This album of works for flute and piano presents a sequence of 19th-century variations exploring the virtuosic, lyric and popular impulses of the genre. Ignaz Moscheles� Variations concertantes is a graceful work by one of the greatest piano virtuosos of his time in which both instruments are given equal importance. Richard Strauss�s Introduktion, Thema und Variationen � composed when he was 15 years old � is an example of the young composer�s precocity. Beethoven�s contribution was aimed at the British amateur market with its selection of popular songs, while Theobald B�hm�s arrangements of Schubert Lieder from Winterreise and Schwanengesang reveal some of the composer�s most beautiful and expressive melodies.