Flute player and conductor of Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko, demonstrates some favorite flutes from his collection. He takes us from the modern flute through the renaissance, baroque, classical and romantic periods. Some are copies of historical instruments made by modern instrument makers, and some are original instruments from the period.

He tells the stories of these very special instruments, how he found them, about each of their specific idiosyncrasies, and which period and type of music they would be played for.

Alexis has a collection of 65 flutes, representing each period of the history of the flute. Take this special opportunity to hear about some of the instruments from his collection!

This episode is about the newly released recording of Mozart's opera, Cosi fan tutte, by Russian orchestra MusicAeterna and conductor, Teodor Currentzis. This recording was made over two weeks in January in Perm, a Russian provincial city close to the Ural Mountains.

Marie talks about her experience making this recording in Perm and what it was like to play in a Russian orchestra. Playing musical clips from the recording, she recounts stories and anecdotes from the making of these CDs, and talks about the history of the orchestra, and how their philosophy is so different from other classical music ensembles today.

     To buy the new Cosi fan tutte with MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis, please check out these links:

CD: http://smarturl.it/tc-cosifantutte-del

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/tc-cosifantutte

Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/tc-cosifantutte-vin