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Flute Variations, D. 802/Guitar Quintet D. 96
Franz Schubert

Flute Variations, D. 802/Guitar Quintet D. 96

Maarten Root / Leo van Doeselaar / Fred Jacobs / Staas Swierstra / Viola de Hoog

Label: Globe
Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525504004
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Catalog number: GLO 5040
Releasedate: 19-08-02

  • The world premiere recording or Schubert's famous Guitar Quartet performed on period instruments!

  • The performers are all celebrated soloists in their own right and are at the top of their profession in the

    world of authentic performances

  • The virtuos performance of Schubert's equally famous Variations on "Trockne Blumen" from "Die schönie Müllerin" is a breathtaking musical experience where the original Fortepiano (built in Vienna by Friedrich Hoxa in 1826) lends even greater splendour to the brllllant performance of both Marten Root and Leo van Doeselaar

  • This CD comprises all the chamber music works written by Schubert for the flute and has as such no competition in the present-day CD catalogue

    • The intimate, yet spacious recording sound, brings out every detail of these master pieces In clear detail

    • As always, full details in English, French and German on the historic background of the works In the

    accompanying booklet

• A winner!

-  Marten Root studied flute with Frans Vester and baroque flute with Barthold Kuijkeo, both at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Alter his studies he developed a special interest in the 19th century keyed flute and its repertoire. He is first flute in the orchestra of the Netherlands Bach Society, the Ensemble dell'Anima Eterna, and also the Hannover Band, with which he participated in recordings or symphonies by Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn.

Leo van Doeselaar studied organ at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory from which be graduated in 1978 with the Prix d'Ecellence. He also graduated from this Conservatory as pianist In 1981. Leo vun Doeselaair received several awards, including an important one from the Sociely of Friends of the Concertgebouw. Active as soloist, ensemble player and accompanist, he also forms an extremely successful piano duo with Wyneke Jordans.

Fred Jacobs studied baroque lute and theorbo with Anthony Balles and is a member of several internatlonal baroque ensembles, among them the Locke Consort of which he was one of the co-founders. Fred Jacobs appears all over Europe and the United States and has played with conductors such as Gustav Leonhardt, Alan Curtis, Rene Jacobs, Jos van lmmerseel and Philippe Herreweghe

Leo van Doeselaar studied organ at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory from which he graduated in 1978 with the Prix d'Ecellence. He also graduated from this Conservatory as pianist In 1981, Leo van Doeselaar received several awards, including an important one from the Sociely of Friends of the Concertgebouw. Active as soloist, ensemble player and accompanist, he also forms an extremely successful piano duo with Wyneke Jordans.

Fred Jacobs studied baroque lute and theorbo with Anthony Balles and is a member of several internatlonal baroque ensembles, among them the Locke Consort of which he was one of the co-founders. Fred Jacobs appears all over Europe and the United States and has played with conductors such as Gustav Leonhardt, Alan Curtis, Rene Jacobs, Jos van lmmerseel and Philippe Herreweghe.