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The 'Neapolitan School' is often referred to in encyclopedias and books on the history of music. But this term mainly relates to music for the stage - in particular operas and intermezzi - rather than instrumental music. In this category it is mainly music for strings which is of historical importance, not music for the transverse flute.
This disc with flute concertos by Neapolitan composers may therefore come as a surprise. But that makes it all the more interesting. Stefano Aresi suggests Gennaro Rava was probably the only one of the five composers who had a thorough knowledge of the possibilities of the flute, presumably because he was a flautist himself. Aresi also writes that there is no evidence of virtuoso Neapolitan flautists. Nevertheless these concertos suggest that they were played by performers of considerable skill.
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HS-226
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9790215323704
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907018
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