Carol Wincenc was First Prize Winner of the Walter W. Naumburg Solo Flute C… Read Full Bio ↴Carol Wincenc was First Prize Winner of the Walter W. Naumburg Solo Flute Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with such ensembles as the Chicago, Saint Louis, Atlanta and London Symphonies; the BBC and Buffalo Philharmonics, the Saint Paul and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestras, and the New York Woodwind Quintet. She has performed in the Mostly Mozart Festival and the music festivals in Aldeburgh, Budapest, Frankfurt, Santa Fe, Spoleto and Marlboro. Ms. Wincenc has premiered numerous works written for her by many of today's most prominent composers, including Christopher Rouse, Henryk Gorecki, Lukas Foss, Peter Schickele, Joan Tower and Tobias Picker. She has recorded for Nonesuch, London/Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Telarc. As a result of her fascination with the flute family, Ms. Wincenc created and directed a series of International Flute Festivals in St. Paul, Minn, feturing such diverse artists as Jean-Pierre Rampal, Herbie Mann and the American Indian flutist R. Carlos Nakai. Carl Fischer is publishing a series of Carol Wincenc Signature Editions, featuring her favorite flute repertoire. In addition to teaching at Stony Brook, Ms. Wincenc has also taught at the Juilliard School.

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2. Cantabile
Carol Wincenc Lyrics

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@SirMTB

12y↑8

Her flute sound is so warm, not sure I've heard anything like it EVER!!!

@remdex1

10y↑20

Truly beautiful My daughter has just started learning this piece. Of all the recordings I've heard this is my favourite.

@stamsospecial

11y↑3

Enescu for flute and Wincenc . . . hand in hand . . . best recording!! thanks for posting from this debut . . . wonderful

@Bekuh

13y↑8

I got to meet her and she heard me play.. shes awesomeeee

@MadMoler

She is beautiful 😍

@donhulbert1913

8y↑9

I've always loved Carol Wincenc's unique sound -- not just the vibrato but the color. It makes me think of Callas. But not everyone agrees, and that's fine. The beauty of sound quality and use of vibrato is that much of it is entirely subjective; as long as it's in tune, there is no "wrong."

@mmuussiicc2

12y↑2

I am playing this right now and it is one of the most difficult pieces I have ever done! I wish I could sound this good!

@ferdinanddepaoli1599

10y↑1

Bravo ! Foarte frumos !

@robimof39

10y↑10

It must be great to be at the level of a professional competition professor of flute to be able to criticise this playing!!

@tatuni7

11y↑1

bravooooooo! beest played ever!

@122avis

10y↑4

Her reading sounds very French, which is in keeping with both the composition's milieu and style for the period. I also like the phrasing which makes good musical sense.

@jonhpf07

7y↑5

amazing use of tone color and intensity for vibrato...dynamics are extreme for a reason, loud is loud and soft is soft...if you're gonna judge someone for playing loud at least recognize she can play at both ends of the spectrum and with an amazing tone.

@ChristopherPettersen

9y↑8

@Jenifer Swanson: Her vibrato certainly isn't nanny-goatish. A nanny goat vibrato sticks out like a sore thumb in a persons playing, and tends to make their entire tone unstable. Her tone is pure beauty, with a richness, warmth you just can't find in many other places. She is professor of flute at Juilliard and one of the greatest flutist America has been given the honor of providing to the world of music. Plus, this is an old recording, perhaps some of her modern playing is much better than this.

@mauriziobignardelli556

Meraviglioso !

@dautinjeancharles

12y↑4

very good ...pianist!

@MyTunerLock

13y↑1

it's lyric sound!!!!

@dasteufelhund

7y↑2

There is something about her coloring and those who've studied with her that I just can't stand. It sounds like the player want their sound to be intimate (almost like muffled or under water) and their vibrato narrow and fast, making the sound closed off even more. Many years ago, I was told this type of sound is so called the "New York" sound. Shallow and nasal with fast vibrato She's a legendary artist who's made this a trademark, kudos.

@thunderfoot43

12y↑1

Her vibrato is so vibrant and full. I don't know if it's perfect or way overdone...

@ilarionremizov3185

6y↑1

first

@andreiutul02

@Chris Pettersen: I thought you are the MAN (the greatest flautist in the world). But - surprise; I've found you're playing "Jeux Sonatine" by Ibert (second-hand, OK, second degree piece). Can you even play the "Concert" by Ibert? If not, please, don't make any comments about someone like Wincenc. Please...

@ChristopherPettersen

I can and have. Lol. I think you'll find that I've improved since my performance of Jeux Sonatine. I think Jeux is a charming and enchanting piece, well within the reach of an intermediate flutist and the second movement is stunning.

@avieilam

11y↑1

Great flutist, no doubt! Beautiful and very delicate sound. I would like you to replace your head-joint or even your flute. Too little Projection... Get one of Mancke or Nagahara head joints. U r a wonderful flutist and musician. I enjoyed your playing greatly. Thanks. Dr. Avi Eilam

@starry0601

7y↑3

Dr. Avi Eilam Amzallag If only you had commented this 39 years ago haha

@andreiutul02

@jean-charles Dautin: "pardonnez-moi, s'il vous plait" but you're missing the point here... Or maybe, you're the MAN!!! The best flute player, or what? Or the one who knows Enescu as nobody here does? Are you? Or, are you not? I think you don't...

@user-to7ki7dn6h

I believe that the variety of rythmic changes in the first part should be emphasized more clearly without effecting the beat

@user-to7ki7dn6h

Some passages are signed cleary to be stressed (appuye) and this is not emphasized in this recording. the softness of blowing rules over the composition with no changes of dynamics or nuances

@MadMoler

She is the hottest

@neilmetcalfe8406

Excessive vibrato makes the flute sound uniquely cheesy

@altusartist88

11y↑1

Ugh, I hate her vibrato. Its too nannygoat-ish. I feel like she's killing the piece with vibrato and loudness. No doubt her finger technique and articulation is great, but her vibrato and tone are annoying in the cantabile section.

@stevieredfern6547

7y↑5

Jenifer Swanson I personally like Galway's version better. I'm actually learning this piece. I started out listening to Galway therefore I'm used to him bug she isn't bad.She just sounds different by using her own techniques. So don't hate on a perfessinal because they're different. Everyone has their own opinion.