Joana Luisa Nogueira Amorim & Fernando Miguel Jaloto - Airs et Brunettes - Les plus convenables a la Flute Traversiere seule, ornez d'Agrements

The world premiere recording of works by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre for flute and harpsichord.

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673-1763), musician at the court of Louis XIV, was one of the first great French flutists.He composed several works for his instrument of choice, the transverse flute, also writing several important methods. From the flutes he built, one is preserved today at the Steiermarkischen Landesmuseum in Graz, Austria. For this recording, a copy of this same instrument was used, made by the builder Giardino Tardino.Around 1721 Hotteterre published in Paris the collection entitled Airs et brunettes. The name brunettes indicated petites airs tendres, or short and simple arias, of a more popular nature and often with a pastoral ambience.At the end of the book, there are twenty-one pieces for solo flute, with ornamentations -- agrements or doubles -- complex and refined, often with a free and fluid, almost improvised character. They are very delicate pieces, undoubtedly intended for pedagogical practice or simply for personal delight.