American works for Flute

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CHAN 20327

American works for Flute

CD UPC: 0095115232729

Release Date: July 2025
Originally recorded in April 2024

Composer
Stephen Foster

Composer
Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Composer
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Composer
Aaron Copland

Composer
Florence Price

Composer
Eldin Burton

Composer
Leonard Bernstein

Composer
Jay Ungar

Solo Flute
Lisa Friend

Solo Piano
Rohan de Silva

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Engineer
Alexander James

Venue 24-26 April 2024
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

Genre:
Chamber
Instrumental

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An American Affair

STEPHEN FOSTER

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854)

3:23

in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur

for Voice and Piano

Arranged 1939 for Violin and Piano by Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)

Performed with Flute

Moderato – Poco meno

CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES

Poem (1918)

10:29

in C sharp minor • in cis-Moll • en ut dièse mineur

for Flute and Orchestra

Arranged for Flute and Piano by Georges Barrère (1876-1944)

Andantino – Poco più mosso – Tranquillamente – Più mosso – Più mosso –Tempo I – Poco più mosso – Più mosso – Poco meno mosso – Più mosso – Con fuoco – Vivace – Presto – Tempo I

AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH

Berceuse, Op. 40 No. 2 (1898)

2:55

in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur

from Three Compositions

for Violin and Piano

Transcribed 2004 for Flute and Piano by Carolyn Brown (b. 1956)

Andantino con molta tenerezza

Invocation, Op. 55 (1904)

3:40

in A flat major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur

for Violin and Keyboard

Transcribed 2004 for Flute and Piano by Carolyn Brown

Adagio con elevazione

AARON COPLAND

Duo (1969– 71)

14:30

for Flute and Piano

To the memory of William Kincaid

Flowing – Much slower – Tempo I – Much faster (always flowing) with delicacy – Relax the tempo somewhat – Relax the tempo – Gradually slowing – As at first (but starting slowly) – A tempo [Much faster] – [Tempo I] – Much slower – Tempo I – Relax the tempo

6:07

Poetic, somewhat mournful – [Somewhat faster] – [Tempo I] – [Faster] – [Somewhat slower] – [Tempo I] –

4:51

III

Lively, with bounce – [Somewhat slower] – A tempo – [Somewhat slower] – [A tempo] – [Somewhat slower] as before – A tempo – Broaden tempo somewhat

3:32

FLORENCE PRICE

première recording

Adoration (before 1951)

2:50

in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur

for Organ

Arranged c. 2024 for Flute and Piano by Stuart Ross Carlson (b. 1996)

Andante – A little slower – Tempo I

ELDIN BURTON

Sonatina (1946)

9:16

for Flute and Piano

Adapted by the composer from an earlier piece for piano

To Samuel Baron

Allegretto grazioso – Più mosso (ma non troppo) – Tempo I – Più mosso – Più mosso (Animato)

3:33

10.

Andantino sognando – Un poco più mosso – Tempo I – Quieto

3:03

11.

III

Allegro giocoso; quasi fandango – Brilliante – Tempo I

2:40

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

première recording

12.

Medley of Themes (1956, 1957)

6:23

(‘Bernstein Medley’)

Arranged 2024 for Flute and Piano by Leigh Phillips (b. 1973)

Crotchet = 65 Flowing – Crotchet = 55 Slower (freely) – Slowly (own time) – Crotchet = 95 Moving on – Slowly – Crotchet = 90 Flowing – Slower – Crotchet = 90 With movement – Slower – Slower – Crotchet = 65 Flowing – Slowly – Crotche = 65 Flowing – Slowly

JAY UNGAR

première recording

13.

Ashokan Farewell (1982)

3:37

Arranged 2024 for Flute and Piano by Leigh Phillips

Crotchet = 50 Mysteriously – Crotchet = 70 (Flowing) – Tempo I

TT 57:06

An American Affair