{"title":"Sharon Bezaly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharon Bezaly\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1972) - flutist.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"synergy-sharon-bezaly-friends-7318599923390","title":"Synergy \/ Sharon Bezaly, Swedish Chamber Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eSynergy\u003c\/em\u003e, flautist Sharon Bezaly and her musician friends demonstrate that one plus one can be much greater than two. Featuring works that celebrate the coming together of like-minded musicians, this project is a reminder, after more than two years of a pandemic that has affected all of us, that true musical synergy can only be achieved 'face-to-face’, rather than ‘remotely’. With his Concerto for flute and recorder, Telemann not only creates a fusion of different musical styles of his time – namely Italian, German and French – but also shows a gift for borrowing elements from popular music. Saint-Saëns brings swirling colors and energy with a Tarentelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra, that at times displays obsessive, even threatening undertones. From the same period, Doppler’s Concerto for two flutes is not far from the world of opera, providing the two soloists with ample opportunity to shine like two singers in front of an orchestra. In addition to celebrating the synergy created between musicians, the last two works featured on this disc, \u003cem\u003eBachianas Brasileiras\u003c\/em\u003e No. 6 and Suite from the Orchestral Works, are telling examples of synergy between composers: it is as if Villa-Lobos and Mahler were shaking hands with Johann Sebastian Bach across distances of thousands of miles and hundreds of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe principal attraction of this SACD, as good as the performances are, is the uniqueness of the program. Sharon Bezaly, one of the outstanding flutists of our time, has brought together composers not particularly associated with each other, and from different eras. While each performance is enjoyable, the real success of the disc is how the imaginative program flows in such a lovely way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Telemann’s Concerto in E Minor for Recorder, Flute, and Strings with harpsichord continuo. Bezaly is joined by one of the world’s premier recordists, Michala Petri, and their interplay is delightful. The final \u003cem\u003ePresto \u003c\/em\u003eis particularly inventive and sparkling in the way the two soloists play off each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Collins and Bezaly play Saint-Saëns’s \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTarantelle\u003c\/em\u003e with total communication, lingering lightly over lyrical passages while clearly enjoying their virtuoso moments as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe big surprise for me was the Concerto in D Minor for Two Flutes by the flute virtuoso and composer Franz Doppler (1821–1883). The music is almost vocal in its melodic shape, but the remarkable aspect of the score, surprisingly, are the passages where the two flutes must play in unison. Bezaly and Walter Auer come close to making us believe that they are a single flute. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext comes the one work without orchestra, Villa-Lobos’s \u003cem\u003eBachianas brasileiras \u003c\/em\u003eNo. 6, scored for flute and bassoon. Bram van Sambeek is a brilliant technician, but more importantly he produces a rich sound from his bassoon and provides harmonic support for Bezaly’s flute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer combination of rich tone and rhythmic precision is just right for The Mahler-orchestrated selections from the Second and Third Orchestral Suites. While no one would mistake this for an historically informed performance, it is an extremely stylish one. Michael Collins and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra bring elegance to the Air and energy to the Gavotte from the Third Suite. As an encore Bezaly give us a repeat of the Badinerie from the Second Suite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBIS’s usual high standards of engineering and informative program notes round out a truly lovely disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Fanfare (Henry Fogel)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIS","offers":[{"title":"SACD","offer_id":46012557197546,"sku":"7318599923390","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4118938-2862414.jpg?v=1778242877"},{"product_id":"aho-moonlight-concerto-alto-flute-concerto","title":"Aho: Moonlight Concerto; Alto Flute Concerto","description":"This recording is dedicated to two recent concertos by  Kalevi Aho, one of Finland's foremost contemporary  composers. The author of a body of work as important  as it is varied, Aho enjoys collaborating with exceptional  soloists, for whom he composes works that highlight  their musical qualities, inventiveness and personality.    The Concerto for Alto Flute and Strings features an  instrument with a soft tone, well suited as a soloist with  a small orchestra of strings alone. The work is in six  movements played without interruption, and the soloist,  Sharon Bezaly, sometimes switches to the bass flute,  which brings a mystical feel to the music. The St Michel  Strings and their conductor, Erkki Lasonpalo, contribute  to the mysterious atmosphere in which lyrical and  dramatic episodes abound.    The Double Concerto for Viola, Percussion and  Orchestra, entitled 'Moonlight Concerto', was composed  at the initiative of a Berlin-based musician couple, violist  Hiyoli Togawa and percussionist Alexej Gerassimez.  Here we are immersed in a Japanese atmosphere that  reveals echoes of the 1,000-year-old tradition of  ritualistic gagaku music. In this work, the percussionist  plays instruments that are not usually heard in  orchestral concerts, such as the moon gong, the  waterphone, a hang drum and nine Thai gongs. 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