The melodic inventiveness of the 'Amuzettes' is indebted to the taste of the Parisian salon. The characterizing 'Zeitvertreib' titles reflect the noble grace and playfulness of the 'very light'-flavor...
Sonata I: G major; Sonata II: d minor; Sonata III: a minor
Sonata IV: C major; Sonata V: B flat major, Sonata VI: C major
Sonata VII: g minor; Sonata VIII: F major; Sonata IX: g minor
Loeillet's sonatas shine with a didactic flair for flute-specific passage playing as well as cultivated French 'sound rhetoric'. A must for school and home.
