Raffaelo Galli:
Variations Op. 83 on "The Barber of Seville'' by Gioachino Rossini

Jules Herman:
"Don Giovanni", Op. 24 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Giulio Briccialdi:
Fantasy, Op. 76 on "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi

Moritz Forstenau:
Lied vom Abendstern from '"Tannhauser" by Richard Wagner

Friedrich Kuhlau:
Introduction und Variations, Op. 63 on "Euryanthe" by Carl Maria von Weber

Joachim Andersen:
Fantasy on "Norma'" by Vincenzo Bellini

Theobald Bohm:
Polonaise, Op. 8(a) on "Adele di Lusignano" by Michele Carafa

Wilhem Popp:
Fantasy caprice, Op. 203 on themes from "Rinaldo" by Georg Frederic Handel

Nineteenth-century opera arrangements for flute and piano have been extraordinary popular. Unfortunately the have so far received little attention in the annals of music history. Even in concerts you may hardly find them on the programmes. Therefore the present recording provides exciting music to rediscover with works by Briccialdi, Herman, Popp, Galli, Kuhlau, Fürstenau, Boehm and Andersen.

Dorothea Seel used three different flutes to reproduce the flute sound of the time in all its diversity. This demands specific playing techniques, which can be determined from the historical source texts.

Christoph Hammer played an original pianoforte from the collection of the Tyrolean regional museum in Innsbruck. The woody tone, rich in harmonics, is a perfect foil for the flutes.

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Recordings: 2019. Flutes: Johann Ziegler/Wien, Werkstatt 1821-1850/51, zehn Klappen; H. C. Stümpel/Minden, Werkstatt ab 1830-1861, Meyersystem, elf Klappen; Julius Max Bürger: Konische Ringklappenflöte, Werkstatt: 1881-1904. Piano: Conrad Graf, Wien 1835.