Hans Ulrich Staeps (1909-1988)
Fantaisia con Echo
Sonate en mi bémol majeur
Sonate en mi mineur in Modo Preclassico
Sonate dans le style ancien
Prélude "Morgen des Lebens"
Immortelle
Furioso, Gigue et Aria
Mobile "Bewegungen um ein Thema"

Carolina Pace, flûte à bec
Mirella Vinciguerra, piano

Among the protagonists of the recorder revival, Hans Ulrich Staeps deserves pride of place. This album allows a full appreciation of Staeps’ multifaceted talent as a composer, of his stylistic flexibility and of his capability to write beautiful music for players of all levels. The pieces performed here include practically all of his published works for recorder and piano. His output for the recorder was created between 1951 and 1988; among the observable influences are certainly those of the French Impressionists and of his teacher Hindemith, though hints of the jazz idiom are also discernible.