Giovani Battista Fontana
(ca. 1560-1631)
1-3 Sonata seconda

Dario Castello
(early seventeenth century)
4. Sonata prima

Walter Steffens
(b. 1934)
5. Structure de la Rose op. 20

Charles Dieupart
(ca. 1680-1740)
6-12 Suite II

Somei Satoh
(b. 1947)
13. Kaze no Kyoko
(Music of the Winds II)

Dario Castello
14. Sonata seconda

Anonymus
(seventeenth century)
15-27 Greensleeves to a Ground (Theme and Variations)

Heiner Stadler
(b. 1942)
28. Just Five

Giovanni Paolo Cima
(ca. 1570-1620)
29-31 Sonata in D minor

Benedikta Bonitz
Il Flauto Dolce

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Labor Records releases IL FLAUTO DOLCE, an album featuring recorder virtuosa Benedikta Bonitz

The ”sweet flute” (flauto dolce) of the middle ages, Renaissance and baroque made a huge comeback in the 20th century, gaining momentum since the 1930s. Benedikta Bonitz, an artist noted for her powers of expression and tone quality on this ancient instrument, plays a program that includes some of the earliest known instrumental music, mostly from Italy in the early sixteenth century. She also performs an early dance suite from France, English variations on Greensleeves and contemporary music by the German composer Walter Steffens, the Japanese Somei Satoh and the German-American Heiner Stadler.

Ms. Bonitz performs solo and also accompanied by cello and harpsichord (Irene Güdel and Yoma Appenheimer, respectively). The recording was made in the thousand year old church in Heiden, a medieval village in Westphalia, Germany.

“…crystal-clear, pearl-like tones…”
Westphalen Post

“…consistently astounding interpretation…”
Hamburger Abendblatt

Highlights

• Featuring a dazzling performer, deeply expressive and with a uniquely mellifluous style
• Juxtaposing baroque music from Italy, France, England, with modern works from Japan, Germany, and New York
• A new set of variations on Greensleeves from seventeenth century England