Bernhard Päuler

Kummer's flute solos are among the indispensable instructional pieces, which even in performance are able to inspire thanks to their kaleidoscopically fanned-out techniques.

Hoffmeister's flute duets always offer a rich melodic palette and make perfect use of the instrumental 'vocabulary'.

Thanks to their contrapuntal-imitatorial style and concise melodicism, Sammartini's sonatas surpass the duet productions of his time.

F. M. Simonet dedicated the duos to the famous horn player Domnik (1767 - 1844), who besides horn concertos also wrote a horn school. The duos were written for ensemble playing at conservatories.

The trio, written in 1814, is entirely in the spirit of a 'late' rococo divertimento, playful and virtuosic at the same time.

The popular trio with its variations on the Russian song 'Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden' is a technical bravura piece full of sentimental melodic episodes to be celebrated.

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