Suite in D Major No. 1, Op. 2

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre: Suite in D Major No. 1, Op. 2 for flute and piano was written in 1708 and published the same year in Paris by Christophe Ballard. It is the opening work of his Premier livre de pièces pour la flûte-traversière et autres instruments avec la basse, published as Opus 2. Though commonly performed with piano today, it was originally written for transverse flute and basso continuo (typically harpsichord and viola da gamba or cello).
The whole collection is dedicated to the King of France (Louis XIV).
Hotteterre, known as "Le Romain," was a member of a famous family of wind instrument makers and performers. Following his 1707 treatise on flute playing (the first of its kind), this 1708 collection was his first published book of chamber music.
Hotteterre held positions in the "Grands Hautbois" and the "King’s Chamber", where he likely premiered these works for the French court and elite Parisian circles.
Hotteterre and Michel de la Barre were both part of a "transitional" generation that revolutionized the flute, and they both were Ordinaires de la Musique du Roi, often playing alongside other Baroque masters of that time like François Couperin, Marin Marais, and Antoine Forqueray.
While Michel de la Barre was primarily recognized as the first great soloist and composer for the instrument, Hotteterre was renowned for his pedagogical and technical influence. He authored the world's first flute manual (1707) and belonged to a famous family of instrument makers who physically perfected the flute.