Michael Hoppe & Tim Wheater - The Yearning: Romances For Alto Flute

"Each "Romance" is individually dedicated to the celebrated women featured in a series of photographs by photographer, E.O. Hoppe' (1878-1972), Michael's grandfather. A sense of yearning and passion runs through each piece, giving the album a consistent mood all the way through. All of the pieces are slow and low-keyed. The alto flute sounds like it has about the same range as a cello, and, that same lovely, melancholy feel that can come from a cello is here as well. Hoppe' keeps his synthsizer washes in the background, and they serve to enhance the sounds of the flute and provide some subtle harmonies and gentle rhythms. Haunting, ethereal, elegant, and emotional are words that come to mind as I listen to this aural work of art." ~Kathy Parsons

tracks:

01. Lilies On The Lake (For Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother)
02. Glass Idol (For Marlene Dietrich)
03. The Waltz Of Whispers (For Gladys Cooper)
04. Indigo Sunset (For Princess White Deer)
05. Memories In Dark (For Marion Davies)
06. Wing'd Slippers (For Tamara Karsavina)
07. Nocturnes And The Quarter Moon (For Lil Dagover)
08. Rendezvous (For Vita Sackville-West)
09. Black Roses, White Jade (For Rebecca West)
10. Of Mask And Shadow (For Ellen Terry)
11. Distant Moment (For Mary Pickford)
12. …Never Forgotten (For Teddie Gerard)