Daniele Ruggieri, Luigi Caselli - Schneider: 4 Flute Sonatas (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:03:27 | 509 Mb
Genre: Classical
World premiere recordings of beguiling flute sonatas written on the cusp of the early-Romantic era in Germany.
Almost completely forgotten in our own time, Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider (1786-1853) once enjoyed substantial fame as a pianist, composer, teacher and musical organiser. He was born in 1786, 16 years after Beethoven, in the same year as Weber and the Brothers Grimm, and received his first musical education from his father. His talent was evident from an early age, as he learnt the piano and several other instruments. Breitkopf & Hartel published his Op.1, a set of piano sonatas, in 1804; he went to study in Leipzig, where he became organist of the Thomaskirche, and settled there for his 20s, giving the local premiere of Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto in 1811.