Melissa Farrow

Melissa Farrow, Erin Helyard – A Viennese Bouquet (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:35 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ABC Classic

Exquisite eloquence from Australia’s foremost Baroque and Classical flute virtuoso, Melissa Farrow. Well known to Australian audiences as a featured artist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Haydn Ensemble and Pinchgut Opera, this is her first solo album: a deep dive into the elegant musical salons of early 19th-century Vienna. Sublime melodies, joyous virtuosity, and delicate nuances of colour: Farrow plays the nine-key instrument prized by composers of the day, where each note has multiple possible fingerings, each with its own subtle shades of timbre. Capable of expressing a vast range of emotions, the instrument was, as the great German Romantic Jean Paul described it, ‘a divining rod, plumbing the depths of the soul.’

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