Philippa Davies, Maggie Cole, Alison McGillivray - J.S. Bach: Flute Sonatas (2006)

Three of the UK’s most distinguished instrumentalists come together for a stellar recording of some of the brightest chamber music from the baroque era. Joining flautist Philippa Davies are cellist Alison McGillivray and harpsichordist Maggie Cole for a selection of sonatas that have been central to the repertoire of successive generations of the flautists since Bach penned them in the first half of the 18th century, around the time that the transverse flute came into fashion and the master of counterpoint found he had a range of technical and expressive qualities and tonal colours newly available to him. Davies, Cole and McGillivray are all well known recording artists who between them have garnered numerous Gramophone Awards and Grammy nominations as well as wide-spread critical acclaim. They revel in Bach’s fancy finger work, producing a performance that is full of light and grace, always with an air of distinction.