FLUTE SKETCHES (Mosaic of Flute Favourites)
CD Release Date: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 + Tour
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Samantha Chang, Flutist
Ellen Meyer, Pianist
Khai Nguyen, Violinist
Amy Laing, Cellist
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Tan, Mizi (b. 1936)
[01] A Caged Partridge’s Longing (1987) 05.48
Woodall, Albert
[02] Serenade 04.00
Taffanel, Claude-Paul (1844-1908)
[03] Fantaisie on Mignon (1866) 13.51
Schulhoff, Erwin (1894-1942)
Sonata (1927)
[04] Allegro moderato 06.16
[05] Scherzo. Allegro giocoso 01.35
[06] Aria. Andante 02.49
[07] Finale. Allegro molto gajo 02.43
Piazzolla, Ástor Pantaleón (1921-1992)
[08] Oblivion 03.13
Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten (1824-1910)
[09] Ballade Op. 288 (1908) 08.15
Dorozio, Tod Paul
[10] The Exodus Partita 06.12
Goossens, Sir Eugène Aynsley (1893-1962)
Four Sketches Op. 5 (1913) Book II
[11] Romance 05.05
[12] Humoreske 02.42
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Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Mark Camilleri at Imagine Sound Studios (Toronto)
Executive Producer: Samantha Chang
Co-Producer: Stephen Fox
Flute: Muramatsu DN Model
Piano: 9’ Bösendorfer 92 Keys
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CD Review by Allan Pulker of Wholenote Magazine (April 2009)
Flute Sketches - Mosaic of Flute Favourites
Samantha Chang; Ellen Meyer; Khai Nguyen; Amy Laing
Independent (www.samanthaflute.com)
Flutist Samantha Chang’s debut CD, “Flute Sketches” offers a variety of repertoire, ranging from Paul Taffanel’s Mignon Fantasy of 1866 to Tod Dorozio’s The Exodus Partita written just last year for Ms. Chang. From the one hundred and forty-two years separating these two compositions are works by Albert Woodall, Erwin Schulhoff, Carl Reinecke, Eugene Goossens, Astor Piazzolla and Mizi Tan.
Ms. Chang is at her best in the lyrical music she has chosen for the CD. She has a strong affinity, for example, to A Caged Partridge’s Longing, by Toronto flutist, composer and her first teacher, Mizi Tan, using a sound akin to that of a bamboo flute, entirely appropriate to the piece. Her interpretation of Schulhoff’s Sonata, especially the first movement, is very convincing, although I often wished she could bring to more of her playing the intensity of sound she produced about three-quarters of the way through Carl Reinecke’s late (1908) composition, Ballade.
The always confident but never intrusive piano playing of Ellen Meyer makes a tremendous contribution throughout. Amy Laing’s expressive cello in Piazzolla’s Oblivion and Khai Nguyen’s capable violin playing in the Piazzolla and in Goossens’ Romance and Humoreske add variety and interest.
Ms. Chang is a young and resourceful artist with a strong personal commitment to the flute. This CD is a promising beginning.
Allan Pulker