The German composer Ferdinand Büchner is still one of those composers who have been completely forgotten. Born in Pyrmont, Lower Saxony in 1825 and considered a musical prodigy on the flute, Leonardo di Lorenzo raved about the thirteen-year-old's concert in London. After studying in Hanover, he went to Berlin, where from 1847 he caused a general sensation. After performing in St. Petersburg a few years later, he was engaged at the Moscow Opera, where he also taught at the Moscow Conservatory. As a composer he has written around 60 works, mainly for the flute, including 8 flute concertos. Ferdinand Büchner died in 1912 at the age of 87.
The pieces for 2 flutes and piano op. 65, which have now been published again for the first time and which were printed in 1909 under the somewhat cumbersome title “16 characteristic pieces for 2 flutes and piano”, are among the composer's mature early works and with opus 65 among his penultimate printed work. Reduced in the demands on the two flute parts and the piano, but extremely accurate in its musical statements, the pieces were probably written with educational intent for young, aspiring musicians and therefore represent a great discovery for this line-up from today's perspective These two volumes are wonderfully enriching the repertoire at this level of difficulty.
1. Frauenliebe
2. Tarantelle
3. Russischer Tanz
4. Springinsfeld
5. Amour und Psyche
6. Rosenzeit
7. Klein Russland
8. Ballnacht
