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About the artist Robert Aitken

Born in Nova Scotia, Robert Aitken studied the flute with Nicholas Fiore at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Following study with Frederick Wilkins and Julius Baker in New York, he met the eminent French flautist Marcel Moyse, whom he considers his principal teacher. In 1964, with a Canada Council grant, he studied in Europe with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Severino Gazzelloni, André Jaunet and Hubert Barwahser. At nineteen he became principal flautist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and at 24 co-principal flautist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 1970 he left the orchestra to concentrate on composing and a solo career. He then founded and directed Music Today at Niagara-on-the-Lake (1968–70), the chamber music festival Music at Shawnigan (1981–1990) and was Director of the Advanced Studies in Music Programme at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts from 1985 to 1989. Among his awards are the Order of Canada, the Roy Thomson Hall Award (Toronto), the Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award, the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Flute Association (USA). He was also a prizewinner in the Concours International de Flûte pour la Musique Contemporaine at Royan and the first Jean Pierre Rampal Concours International de Flûte de Paris. Robert Aitken presents master-classes throughout the world, has more than fifty recordings to his credit and numerous composers have dedicated works to him. In 2004 he retired as Professor of Flute at the Freiburg Musikhochschule, a post he had held for sixteen years, to continue his solo and composition career and direct New Music Concerts (Toronto) which, with composer Norma Beecroft, he founded in 1971.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Robert Aitken

CATALOGUE NR: SMCD51772  (barcode: 0059582517727)
RECORD LABEL: CBC Records
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.99
RELEASE DATE: 25-Jun-1999

COMPOSER: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
TITLE: Flute Concertos
TRACKS: Concerto for flute and strings in G Major H445 Wq169. Concerto for flute and strings in A minor H431 Wq166. Concerto for flute and strings in B Flat major H435 Wq167. Concerto for flute and strings in A Major H438 Wq168. Concerto for flute and strings in D Minor H426. Hamburger Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo H564 Wq133. Sonata for flute and basso continuo in A minor H555 Wq128.
ORCHESTRA: CBC Vancouver Orchestra
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Colin Tilney    

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD320  (barcode: 7318590003206)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Franz Doppler  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Casilda fantasy (Doppler / Zamara). Ballade (Badings). Nocturne (Naderman / Tulou). Sonata (Mozetich).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Erica Goodman    

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD183  (barcode: 7318590001837)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Introduction and Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' (Schubert). Rondo in E minor (Mozart). Sonata 'Undine' (Reinecke). Les Folies d'Espagne for solo flute (Marais). Image op.38 for solo flute (Bozza).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Robin McCabe    

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD650  (barcode: 7318590006504)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Jean-Michel Damase  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Toward the Sea
TRACKS: Sonata pour flute et harpe (Damase). Sonatine pour flute et harpe (Inghelbrecht). Quatre Danses Medievales for flute and harp (Lauber). Sonata for flute and harp (Basacopol). Toward the Sea III for alto flute and harp (Takemitsu).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Erica Goodman    

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570150  (barcode: 0747313015078)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 26-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Johann Stamitz
TITLE: Flute Concertos
TRACKS: Flute Concerto in D major. Flute Concerto in C major. Flute Concerto in D major. Flute Concerto in G major.
ORCHESTRA: St Christopher Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Donatas Katkus
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken      

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD143  (barcode: 7318590001431)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Louis Spohr  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Flute and Harp
TRACKS: Sonate concertante in E flat op.113 (Spohr). Sonata (Donizetti). Sonata in F (Krumpholz). The Garden of Adonis Suite op.245 (Hovhaness).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Erica Goodman    

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD166  (barcode: 7318590001660)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Paul Taffanel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Fantasy on 'Der Freischutz' (Taffanel). Introduction and Rondo on 'Le Colporteur …' (Kuhlau). Caprice XXIV (Paganini/Callimahos). Adagio and Variations on 'Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio' (Saint-Saens). Grande Polonaise op.16 (Bohm). Fantaisie pastorale hongroise op.26 for flute and piano. Berceuse op.15 (Doppler). Rigoletto Fantasy op.38. Andante and Rondo op.25 for 2 flutes and piano (F Doppler / K Doppler).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Per Oien   Elisabeth Westenholz   Geir Henning Braaten

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD184  (barcode: 7318590001844)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Paul Taffanel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: French Flute Music
TRACKS: Andante Pastorale and Scherzettino (Taffanel). Suite op.34 (Widor). Trois Impressions (Bozza). Reverie and Petite Valse (Caplet). Chant de Linos. Cinq Incantations for solo flute (Jolivet). Syrinx (Debussy). Trois Pieces for solo flute (Ferroud).
ARTISTS: Robert Aitken   Robin McCabe    

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CATALOGUE NR: BRIDGE9215  (barcode: 0090404921520)
RECORD LABEL: Bridge
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2007

COMPOSER: Stefan Wolpe
TITLE: Chamber Works
TRACKS: Oboe Sonata Fragment. Sonata for Oboe and Piano. Song Speech Hymn Strophe. Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano. Piece for Oboe Cello Percussion and Piano.
ARTISTS: Heinz Holliger   James Avery   Robert Aitken   Beverley Ellis

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CATALOGUE NR: 8555859  (barcode: 0747313585922)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Toru Takemitsu
TITLE: Chamber Music
TRACKS: And then I knew 'twas Wind - for flute viola and harp. Rain Tree for 3 percussion players. Toward the Sea for alto flute and guitar. Bryce for flute 2 harps marimba and percussion. Itinerant for solo flute. Voice for solo flute. Air for solo flute. Rain Spell for flute clarinet harp piano and vibraphone.
ARTISTS: New Music Concerts Ensemble   Robert Aitken    

- Jan-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Awards-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Outstanding release that showcases these musicians' empathy with Takemitsu's world'

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