A collection of flute pieces which were all requested by the Paris Conservatory for its annual contest at some time. Each is a real challenge for the performer technically and musically. Includes Cecile Chaminade's Concertino Georges Enesco's Cantabile et Presto and Paul Taffanel's Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino. Edited by Louis Moyse.

Cecile Chaminade's Concertino For Flute And Piano provides quite a workout for the flutist with its wide-ranging highly decorative solo part. A broad and graceful melody opens the work. After a more active central section marked Più animato agitato in the score a short oboe phrase leads into a cadenza for the soloist. A reprise of the opening melody and a rousing coda conclude this melodic and attractive work.

13 Pezzi Per Flauto E Pianoforte-In this collection Elisabeth Weinzierl-Wächter and Barbara Heller present works for flute and piano by 13 female composers: starting with the 18th century with sonatas by Anna Amalia von Preußen and Anna Bon di Venezia via the 19th century with variations by Blahetka and 'Sérénade aux Étoiles' by Cecile Chaminade and via works by Mélanie Bonis Lili Boulanger Germaine Tailleferre to the present time with works by Barbara Heller Gloria Coates Dorothee Eberhardt Caroline Ansink Annette Schlünz and Christine K. Brückner.