Denis Lupachev - Denizov, Hindemith, Nagovitsyn, Prokofiev: 20th Century Flute Sonatas

Written over the course of a quarter-century, these four flute works reflect the individual approaches to the flute sonata taken by their composers. Hindemith�s aim was to offer new music of buoyancy and brio, tempered by elegiac moments. Prokofiev�s famous sonata has Classical formal elegance, while the sonatas of Denisov and Nagovitsyn are single movement works that explore the flute�s extreme registers, as well as its dynamic contrasts and virtuosic capacities.