Arnold / Andrada / Martin Flute Concertos CD

In this album Clara Andrada, solo flutist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, performs three 20th century flute concertos together with the orchestra conducted by Jaime Mart?n. Malcolm Arnold's delightful Flute Concerto No. 1 makes a pleasant addition alongside Nielsen's andßIbert'sßflute concertos. Jaime Mart?n, himself an excellent flutist, is a perfect companion to these works. This is the orchestra's second album forßOndine, and continues the fruitful collaboration between Jaime Mart?n andßOndineßthat has already produced three albums previously. Clara Andrada de laßCalleisßone of the leading Flute players of her generation currently holding Solo Flute positions of both the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Born in Salamanca, she commenced her musical studies with Pablo Sagredo and Magdalena Mart?nez at the Syrinx School of Music. Scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the London Wall Trust Foundation enabled her to continue her studies at the Geneva Conservatory of Music under Prof. EmmanuelßPahudßand Prof. J.D. Castellon as well as the London Royal College of Music under the guidance of Jaime Mart?n. As a Principal Fluteßplayer,ßshe has worked with many leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and NDRßElbphilharmonießOrchestra under esteemed conductors including Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Valery Gergiev, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Myung-whunßChung, andßLorinßMaazel.