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DIED. JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL, 78, virtuoso flutist who helped restore the instrument to the elevated position it occupied during the 18th century; in Paris. His repertoire ranged from the Baroque giants to jazz and Asian rhythms...
...works by Stravinsky and Ravel, wrote more than 30 comprehensive books on flute technique and was an influential teacher into his 90s. He passed on the playing style of the great 19th century French School to several of today's virtuosi, among them France's Jean-Pierre Rampal, who called Moyse "the king," and Ireland's James Galway, who claimed him as "my guru" in Brattleboro...
Despite their longstanding friendship, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and famed Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal have never played in concert together. But between rehearsals at Carnegie Hall for their separate performances on Gala of Stars, a public-television special airing this month, the two finally attempted a duet-a four-handed Flight of the Bumblebee on Rampal's 14-karat flute. "He's not too bad," said Rampal of his pal, though the performance was "not for musical purposes." Said Perlman, who just won four Grammy Awards: "We could have done better if I had been thinner. Then...
Antonio Vivaldi: Works for Flute and Orchestra Vol. Ill (Jean Pierre Rampal and Joseph Rampal, flutes, with I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, director; Musical Heritage Society). Admirers of 18th century Italian music are indebted to Scimone and his group for their part in rekindling enthusiasm for the Mediterranean treasures of the period. The Rampals, of course, have been outstanding influences in the current popularity of classical flute. The mechanical clarity they bring to Vivaldi's refrains is another in a long line of Rampal victories through air power...
Bach: Six Trio Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord--Superflute Jean-Pierre Rampal races through these show-pieces faster than a speeding bullet, with more emphasis on the virtuoso than the music. But my, how he dazzles...