REINECKE Flute Works / Jeehee Han | Deutsche Grammophon

On her upcoming debut album, South Korean flautist Jeehee Han presents a trio of flute works by Carl Reinecke. 

At the heart of this album is the Undine sonata for flute and piano, for which she is joined by star pianist Lang Lang. For the other two works, the Flute Concerto in D major and the Ballade in D minor, Han is accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Vasily Petrenko.  

“I fell in love with Reinecke when I was thirteen,” says Jeehee Han, who first discovered the composer through the recordings of Jean-Pierre Rampal. The Concerto and Undine were key works during her student years in Vienna, Paris and at Oberlin College in the US. And, having written her Master’s thesis on Reinecke’s Flute Concerto, it was the obvious choice for her return to the concert platform after a career break. While considering the repertoire for her first recording, she remembered Reinecke’s final work, the Ballade, and the plan for an all-Reinecke album was born.   

Listen to a pre-release track, the first movement of Reinecke’s Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 “Undine”. The full album is released digitally and on CD on 24 April and is now available for pre-order.