Complete music for flute and b.c.

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was a virtuoso recorder player at the court of Louis XIV the Sun King, in the distinguished position of Musicien de la Chambre du Roi. He was a famous composer as well, mainly for his own instrument the flute, for which he wrote numerous works, in which he integrated Italian elements, such as instrumental brilliance and a prevalence for longer melodic lines, in the courtly French style of dance forms and lavish ornamentation. Hotteterre expanded the flute repertoire in an extraordinary way with his more than 10 publications. The most relevant is his first work “Principes de la fl6ute traversière” (Paris 1707) which is the first published method for “Baroque” transverse flute, its influence was far reaching in 18-th century Europe and on composers after him. This new recording contains Hotteterre’s complete output for flute and basso continuo, suites consisting of dance forms and sonatas. Brilliantly played on period instruments by Guillermo Peñalver (flute), Antonio Capillo (flute), Maria Saturno (viola da gamba) and Tony Millan (harpsichord) who already made a a highly acclaimed recording of harpsichord music by J.C.F. Fischer for Brilliant Classics.