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Beethoven & Reger: Serenades for Flute, Violin & Viola / Oliva, Parazzoli, Sanzo
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Beethoven & Reger: Serenades for Flute, Violin & Viola / Oliva, Parazzoli, Sanzo

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN REGER
Artist
Oliva, Parazzoli, Sanzo
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 26, 2017
Catalog #
BRI95420
UPC
5028421954202

About

The first phrase of Reger’s Op.141 Serenade plunges the listener into the world of joyful music-making among friends circa 1780. The immediate modulation to a higher key in the second phrase brings us back to the more knowing world of late-Romanticism, and Reger thereafter moves between the two with great charm and no little skill. Light and effervescent the temper of these serenades may be but they also make considerable demands on their performers to keep up with the composer’s breathless turn of phrase and invention; these Italian musicians are fully up to speed. The Larghetto slow movement of Op.141 is an expressive high-point on the disc and, like much of Reger’s music, it is far too little known given its tender appeal to the general listener. With these two works, Reger was evidently paying homage to a Classical spirit whichfound its fulfilment – at least in this unusual instrumentation – in Beethoven’s Serenade. The six movements find the young Beethoven at his most carefree and effervescent: even the Andante and variations (which would become a conduit for profound thoughts later in his career) is as light as air and bubbling with melody and witty repartee. Anyone who only knows Beethoven from the symphonies, sonatas and concertos has a very pleasant surprise in store with this disc. Andrea Oliva is principal flautist of the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and has made many notable recordings with them and their music director, Sir Antonio Pappano, but he has also enjoyed a successful career as a soloist: according to Sir James Galway, he is ‘one of the best flutists of his generation, a shining star in the world of the flute.’ He has recorded Bach sonatas with Angela Hewitt and the chamber music of Saint-Saëns (BC95165) and Dutilleux (BC94738) with his Santa Cecilia colleagues, both released by Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Entrata: Allegro 03:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Entrata: Allegro
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  2. 2 II. Tempo ordinario d'un minuetto 05:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tempo ordinario d'un minuetto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  4. 4 IV. Andante con variazioni 06:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  5. 5 V. Allegro scherzando e vivace 02:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegro scherzando e vivace
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  6. 6 VI. Adagio 01:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Adagio
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  7. 7 VII. Allegro vivace e disinvolto 04:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Allegro vivace e disinvolto
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  8. 8 I. Allegro 07:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  9. 9 II. Andante semplice con variazione 07:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante semplice con variazione
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  10. 10 III. Presto 04:54
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  11. 11 I. Vivace 05:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  12. 12 II. Larghetto 06:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò
  13. 13 III. Presto 05:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Max Reger
    Performer
    Andrea Oliva, Carlo Parazzoli, Luca Sanzò