Composer: WIDOR; BENJAMIN GODARD (1849-1895); REINECKE; FRANCK; SAINT-SAENS

Tracks/ Timings: WIDOR: Suite for flute and piano, Op.34 (15:30); GODARD: Suite for flute and piano, Op.116 (9:47); REINECKE: Flute Sonata, Op.167 (17:38); FRANCK: Sonata in A Major (trans. Khaner) (25:00); SAINT-SAENS: Romance, Op.37 (5:22)

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Jeffrey Khaner, principal flutist of the Philadelphia Otchestra, is also recognized as one of the world's leading instrumental soloists. His recordings of solo flute music for independent British label AVIE are among the label's best-selling titles and have become "must-have" recordings for flute players and enthusiasts, chamber music fans, and the broader classical listenership.
Khaner's fifth CD for AVIE offers up a feast of outstanding Romantic solo flute music. Charles-Marie Widor's Suite was composed for legendary French flautist Paul Taffanel; Benjamin Godard, like Widor was on the staff of the Paris Conservatoire and his untimely death robbed him of the opportunity to hear the first performance of his Suite. Prolific German composer Carl Reinecke lived a long life, and the large body of music he wrote is dominated by chamber music. Saint-Saëns originally composed his Romance for flute and orchestra, and he later created a version with piano accompaniment for Taffanel, with whom he toured. The Franck Sonata needs little introduction; versions of this famous sonata, originally for violin, are heard regularly in the concert hall in arrangements for flute, viola and 'cello.