The tone secrets of the top flutists//reviewing their tone

Flutists in this video:

Jean-Pierre Rampal

James Galway

Jeanne Baxtresser

Jasmine Choi

Emmanuel Pahud
Flutists and videos analyzed in this video in order:

Jean-Pierre Rampal

James Galway

Jeanne Baxtresser

Jasmine Choi

Emmanuel Pahud
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[flutechannel]

A fairly unknown flutist and taken away from us way to soon is Cécile Daroux maybe the best sounding flute player ever.

[chas]

Thank you. Excellent video. Your voice is not annoying.

[witneyskye]

Thank you for the inspiration! My current favourite flutist is Bill McBirnie. He specializes in playing jazz/Latin jazz. Actually, I have two current favourites...Gary Schocker

[robertgiles]

Galway can ruin some pieces with tha over the top vibrato; Like Bach in a ROMANTIC STYLE. But his Poulenc with the Orchestration is a favorite. Love that he took on the Guitar Concerto of Rodrigo. I like Alain Marion for his less over the top retrained sound. 
Do you only cover Classical? I love Hubert Laws who can also play Jazz and not that fake Bolling Jazz that has no improvisation. Also Frank Weiss playing The Very Thought of You is sublime.
I think it's sad that so many flutists never work on improvisation ever. Many famous composers certainly did.

[benoitlaine]

Rampal has a beautiful midrange. Sounds like... flute actually, not like a horn, doesn't feel like screaming in the forte. Low register is more brassy, and I feel it is a bit inconsistent with the second octave? I have been annoyed about his intonation at places in your selected videos. Galways I just don't like, taste matters maybe. But for me Galways lacks nuance, everything sounds the same, brassy and loud. A sound to like at places and times, but not always and everywhere. Then I'm amazed by his ability to play with that beard :-). I would have played Galways & Argerich Prokofiev sonata as an example. Jasmin Choy sounds a bit veiled in your example, but I like her variations in vibrato, more nuance than e.g. Galway. And her low register is more fluty and less brassy, which I value. I like horn to be played on a horn. Pahud I won't comment, he strikes at perfection for me. He's not only got a great sound, he's got greats SOUNDS. A lot of nuances in focus, brilliance, vibrato, ... BTW, I think you could make the distinction between hole coverage and roll angle. Pahud leaves a lot of hole open, but plays into the flute quite a bit.

[breakfastplan]

What I love about Galways vibrato is that most flute players dont like it. Yet, when I play his music for Violinists, its the FIRST thing they find beautiful about his playing.

[jodimerusi]

When I was about 14 (now 66) my parents took me to see Rampal in concert at Tanglewood (Summer "home" of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.) He played one of the Mozart Concertos and music from his newest album which featured all Ragtime music (mostly Scott Joplin.) I still have his autograph!! I could have listened to him all day!

[LaMerleNoir]

When I first saw a video of Pahud I was like there is no way this man is actually blowing into that instrument. it was crazy. just shows how amazingly he plays.

[corneliaippers]

Emily Beynon - you probably can do more than just part 2.
Would be interesting to get more analysis what the flutists are actually doing very differently.

[TUH-gp]

What a wonderful, wonderful video! So educational, I love your comments. And you are also so funny. A few sidenotes: Jasmine Choi's dress is so unbelievably beautiful, I would like to wear it but I dont have her size, I want to kiss Pahud's lips but he is already kissing his flute and your dog is adorable.

[danibosnjak]

The goddess of flute is Irena Grafenauer if you know who’s that you could make a video.many American players are very influenced by her

[aaron.anchored.in.christ]

Jasmine is definitely my fav! Please do Julius Baker, Gary Schocker, Marina Piccinini, and Jeffrey Khaner next! 😁💗💗

[carjamash]

Part 2 please! With Clara Andrada de la Calle. Best flautist ever ❤️
Also some Sebastian Jacot and Chiara Tonelli please! Wooden flutes ftw

[marinansel]

I love this video! I am a returning older flute player and was told by a teacher that my embouchure was all wrong. Now, after seeing all these wonderful flutists, makes me think mine might be okay. I need to watch more of these. Have you featured Ian Anderson? 😊

[grace-ypsv]

some recommendatioms for part 2: bouriakov, as ive seen others say, but also mimi stillman, sounds so clear and shimmery sounding! i recommend looking at her somewhat recent recording of the poulenc sonata, the second movement is gorgeous. and stefan ragnar hoskuldsson, who's the principal of the cso! his tone is SO warm, i saw him playing brahms 4 in concert in december and it blew me away!

[CrystalWitch]

RAY THOMAS from The Moody Blues, may he rest in peace, is the reason I became a flute player in my early childhood and played for 7 years. Listen to his flute solos in the songs "Nights in White Satin" and "Legend of a Mind"! Absolutely mind-blowing! ❤

[albertnemiroff]

I have had the great pleasure of seeing Maestri Galway and Rampal both perform and give extended master classes, i.e. one each. The experiences were wonderful.
Another time Galway invited Julius Baker to join him during a concert . The performance too was outstanding. When I heard Maxence Larrieu in the 1980s I experienced a quiet intense excitement evidenced by the hairs on my arms were raised. That was repeated only once more for the diminuendo by Michelle Arignon on clarinet to a that could be heard and felt at the back of a moderate sized auditorium. Thank you very much for this video and the analyses you present.

[elysianfibres]

I think another thing they all have in common is that their instruments make very little difference to their sound. If you listen to Galway, for example, he has that same unique sound on one of his gold flutes as on a student model.
I think what we can learn from that is that we shouldn't pay too much attention to flute retailers and rather focus our attention and time on tone development with exercises and a good teacher.

[kayvonderembse]

What about Paula Robison and Mimi Stillman? I enjoy listening to these amazing women.

[henrypalmeter]

The flute world needs to be reminded about Elaine Shafer, who died in 1973. She had a beautiful sound that I have never heard matched. William Kincaid gave her his platinum flute for good reason.