NEW • NOUVEAUTE • NEUHEIT 10/10-(5) „Blue Hour“ Brilliant and Sentimental Moments Works by Nino Rota, Zequinha de Abreu, Joaquin Rodrigo, Rimsky-Korsakow etc. Andreas Blau, flute Hendrik Heilmann, piano 1 CD Order No.: MDG 308 1659-2 UPC-Code: Blue Blood At the incredibly young age of twenty Andreas piccolo, and the noble alto flute that appeals to Blau was already the solo flutist in the Berlin our senses. It is the special magical moment, the Philharmonic Orchestra. He presented countless blue hour between daylight and nighttime reverie, recordings and concerts with Herbert von that we feel here. The atmospheric pictures Karajan, Claudio Abbado, and Simon Rattle while presented to us by Blau in the finest sound always seeking to explore the limits of his quality and airy acoustics are tuneful, peppy, instrument, whether as a member of the Berlin witty, melancholy, and always highly pleasurable. Philharmonic Soloists or as the founder of the Our warning: such interpretations have addictive Fourteen Berlin Flutists, which with its listening potential! spectacular performances regularly brings the whole of the German capital’s symphonic life to a stunned standstill. „Dancing Flutes“ Bizet: L’Arlesienne Favorite Color Ravel: Ma mere l’oye Blue Hour is not only a witty play on words on the Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre etc. interpreter’s name (“blau” means “blue” in Die 14 Berliner Flötisten German) and the blue note so popular in jazz. MDG 308 1114-2 The flutist and his equally dexterous piano partner Hendrik Heilmann deliver with light hand „Flute Waves“ some two-dozen great popular favorites from Mozart: Overture „Figaros Hochzeit“ “Greensleeves” to “The Godfather” in Verdi: Overture „La Traviata“ sophisticated arrangements. Händel: Einzug der Königin von Saba etc. Die 14 Berliner Flötisten Blue Ribbon MDG 308 1393-2 (CD) It is not so much the individual ingredients such MDG 908 1393-6 (Hybrid-SACD) as tangos, folk songs, popular favorites, and film hits or the varied sound of the full-size flute, DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM AUDIOVISION GMBH • BACHSTRASSE 35 • D-32756 DETMOLD TEL.: ++49-(0)5231-93890 • FAX.: ++49-(0)5231-26186 .