Atsuko Koga - Serenade for Flute Violin & CelloOn her 8th GENUIN CD, the Japanese flutist Atsuko Koga once again proves her incredible musicality and versatility. This time, she presents works for flute, violin, and cello with the internationally award winning violinist Riyo Uemura and the world renowned cellist Georgiy Lomakov. The high caliber trio performs music from the past four centuries, ranging from examples of Classical works by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven to Claude Debussy's

and Francesco Corti conducts the orchestra and chorus of Il pomo d'oro

The music on this release is a demonstration of the rhythmical elegance

and an extraordinarily rare example of Bahamian fife playing on "I Drink All the Rum and Never Get Drunk"

" The compelling Les Amusemens from Ordre No

drummer Joe Farnsworth

The sense of immediacy

which is why Just a Million Dreams is perhaps a perfect statement for that moment

acting as a call to arms for himself and his surroundings

which follow the example of Schubert's late and sublime song Der Hirt an dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) in weaving a clarinet obbligato around the vocal line

in the various love scenes for Loti and Mahenu (notably the duet 'Restons encore les paupieres mi-closes') and even in the neo-Handelian prelude to Act Two

"Duncan Sheik" brings together diverse musical elements such as acoustic guitar

conducting a 19-member contingent of the period-instrument Haymarket Opera Orchestra