Carol Wincenc & Andras Schiff: The Complete Musical Heritage Society Recordings

WINCENC / SCHIFF MHS liner notes

The long-standing association between woodwind artistry and the Paris Conservatoire is almost too well-known to comment on. The lengthy catalogue of French names such as Tabuteau, Laurent, Oubradous, Hamelin and Georges Barrere extended even to first chairs in the leading American orchestras. Most of today's domestic virtuosi spent at least part of their student careers under the tutelage of these men and their compatriots. Some of the great woodwind vehicles were written for examination pieces at the music school. But you don't have to be French to write French flute music ....