Deanna R. Little, flute and Jerome Reed, piano: Diamonds Uncovered
Within the repertoire of extant flute and piano sonatas, there exists a large body of work that remains relatively unknown among performers and scholars. With this in mind, Deanna Little and Jerome Reed have undertaken to perform and record five such sonatas in order to augment the current canon of regularly-performed compositions. Each of the five works on this recording was written by a North American composer during the twentieth century. While they all share certain traits of scoring and formal construction, each is unique in its inspirations, soundscapes, and challenges for the performers.