Stephen Schultz records Concerti for Five Flutes from Boismortier

June 27, 2008 - PRLog -- Dorian Sono Luminus announces the October 2008 release of a new recording from classical flutist, Stephen Schultz. Schultz takes on the daunting task of playing all five parts of the Concerti for Five Flutes from Boismortier - a feat never before attempted or accomplished. These six concerti for flute are a welcome addition to the 18th century repertoire as they represent authentic works written specifically for this instrument, not “ all purpose” chamber music for any combination of treble instruments.  Such works are unique in the annals of flute music.

The French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier wrote a great deal of popular music. The transverse flute was his favorite instrument and he considerably extended its repertory.

Boismortier’s music demonstrates great facility, and one regrets that he wrote so few works on a large scale. It is difficult not to agree with La Borde, who said” “He will always be regarded by professionals as a good harmonist… anyone who will take the trouble to excavate this abandoned mine might find enough gold dust there to make up an ingot.” He was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opera ballets, and vocal music.  Boismortier was purely a composer and one of the first to have no patrons; he made his living simply by writing new works of music.

Stephen Schultz, called "among the most flawless artists on the baroque flute" by the San Jose Mercury News, and “flute extraordinaire” by the New Jersey Star-Ledger, is solo and co-Principal flutist with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and performs with other leading early music groups such as Musica Angelica of Los Angeles, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Chatham Baroque, and American Bach Soloists. Concert tours have taken him throughout Europe and North America with featured appearances at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Göttingen International Handel Festival, Library of Congress in Washington D.C., and the Tage Alter Musik Festival, Regensburg.
A graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Holland, Schultz also holds several degrees from the California Institute of the Arts and the California State University of San Francisco. Currently he is an Associate Teaching Professor in Music History and Flute at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the Carnegie Mellon Baroque Orchestra. Mr. Schultz is also a featured faculty member of the Jeanne Baxtresser International Flute Master Class at Carnegie Mellon University and at the International Baroque Institute at Longy School of Music.
This album is one of the first Digipak releases from Dorian Sono Luminus. It is printed on recycled paper in an effort to reduce our manufacturing impact on the environment. Full liner notes, text translations, etc. will be available online at www.dorian.com in a print-ready PDF format.

For more information please contact Suzanne Konefal at skonefal@dorian.com or 540-592-3677.

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