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Back in the late sixteenth century there was a revolution in flute-making. The Renaissance flute - a simple one-piece wooden flute with no keys and a limited range of notes - was given a conical bore, a key for the little finger of the right hand and a more ornate body made in several sections. These changes gave the flute more notes, making it fully chromatic, and also made a big difference to both pitch and volume. And the resulting instrument, the baroque flute, had a sound that was quite magical! The lower notes were beautifully expressive and mellow, and the higher notes, while sweet, were penetrating enough for the flute to be a solo instrument.
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Virtuoso pianist Leslie Howard has recorded everything Liszt ever wrote for piano - he's the only pianist to have done so - on the Hyperion label. This week we sample highlights from this epic 99-CD journey.
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