Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783)
Cantate pour flûte à bec en si bémol majeur

Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
Sonate en ré majeur

Nicola Fiorenza (1700–1764)
Sonate en la mineur

Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678–1760)
Sonate en mi mineur

Franco Sarti (?)
Sonate en sol mineur

Baldassare Federici (?)
Sonate en fa majeur

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonate en la mineur
Sonate en do mineur

Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
Sonate en fa majeur

Daniel Rothert, flûte à bec
Luca Quintavalle, clavecin

The music on this extraordinary compilation of late baroque recorder pieces come from a collection of the then Viceroy of Naples, Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach, an Austrian diplomat who collected these manuscripts from 1707 to 1733. A part of this collection is now located in New York, and it contains the largest collection of solo flute literature from Naples. Many of these important works on this CD are receiving their first recordings. The two young performers Daniel Rothert and Luca Quintavalle are excellent musicians with a precise knowledge of these unique works and display a sense of joy in presenting this virtuoso repertoire.