Hoffmeister/ Meier/ Prague Chamber Orchestra - Flute Concertos Nos 16 17 & 22Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a formative figure in the musical life of his time and highly regarded as a publisher of famous contemporaries such as Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. The variety and appeal of his own works also made him a popular and renowned composer. As for volume 1 of this series (8. 572738), flautist Bruno Meier created new editions of these previously unknown works. With elegant and catchy themes, substantial proportions, intriguing

chart a progression from 'rebellion' and 'depression' to 'quiet joy and the contemplation of rest and harmony' - a program reminiscent of the one Strauss had used in his recent tone poem Ein Heldenleben

finds the composer and pianist fusing his passion for the music of West Africa

) Chain Reaction was a stylistic touchstone for the duo and Gap/Void also intends to resubstantiate the ambling

to assert themselves as artists in their own rights

America's Child charted Top Ten on Americana single and album charts

Henrik Schmidt (Synne Sanden

and collaborates as soloist with ensembles

Rafael Fuentes

Stephen Petrunak and many others

While the singer-songwriter is justly famous for the work he did with the Rumour during the first five years of his record-making

still under the watchful eye of Gustav Mahler

his becoming named an honorary member of the Pesth-Ofener Musikverein