Sharon Bezaly - Great Works for Flute and Orchestra '2013

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	One of today’s most highly respected exponents of her instrument, Sharon
Bezaly is a staunch champion of contemporary music, with 17 concertos and
numerous chamber works dedicated to her. But she has also made acclaimed
recordings of flute repertoire mainstays, from Mozart’s concertos and quartets
to Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto pastoral. Her latest disc includes two central
works from the repertoire for flute and orchestra – the concertos by Carl
Nielsen and Carl Reinecke – as well as less often heard gems, such as Cécile
Chaminade's melodious Concertino and Charles T. Griffes’ Poem, with its
distinctive harmonies and colourful writing. The programme also includes a true
rarity in Tchaikovsky’s youthful Largo and Allegro for flute and strings,
written while the composer was still a student at the St Petersburg
Conservatory. The work was originally composed for two flutes and strings, but
as the second flute plays for just 17 of the total of 87 bars, either doubling
or filling in when the first player is silent, the two parts have here been
combined into one. In contrast, Poulenc's Sonata is of course one of the most
popular pieces in the flute repertoire of the 20th century, but it is here
performed in an unusual version for flute and orchestra, orchestrated by the
British composer Lennox Berkeley, incidentally a friend of Poulenc. Throughout
this colourful and varied programme, Sharon Bezaly enjoys the sympathetic
support of Neeme Järvi and the Residentie Orchestra who also join her in the
spectacular encore, the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho’s virtuosic arrangement of
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee.

Tracks:

Nielsen: Flute Concerto, FS119 16:28
01. I. Allegro moderato 9:56
02. II. Allegretto - Adagio ma non troppo - Tempo di marcia 6:32

03. Griffes: 
Poem 10:07

Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283 18:19
04. I. Allegro molto moderato 7:09
05. II. Lento e mesto 4:50
06. III. Finale: Moderato 6:20

07. Chaminade: 
Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107 7:14

08. Tchaikovsky: 
Largo and Allegro in D major (arr. E. Sauter for flute and strings) 4:01

Poulenc: Flute Sonata, Op. 164 11:36
09. I. Allegro malinconico 4:30
10. II. Cantilena: Assez lent 3:36
11. III. Presto giocoso 3:30

12. Rimsky Korsakov: 
Flight of the Bumble Bee 1:34

Personnel:

Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Sharon Bezaly (flute)

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