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Mercadante: Chamber Music For Flute / Gian-Luca Petrucci
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Mercadante: Chamber Music For Flute / Gian-Luca Petrucci

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Composer
MERCADANTE, SAVERIO
Artist
Gian-Luca Petrucci
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96152
UPC
5028421961521

About

At the time of his death in 1870, Saverio Mercadante was known as a director and administrator first and foremost, who had steered opera houses and then conservatoires through choppy waters at an especially eventful time in Italian political history, rising to become the dominant figure in the musical culture of mid-19th century Naples. Secondly, he was acknowledged as an opera composer of distinction and fluency, if not ranked on the level of lyric geniuses such as Rossini and Bellini. A stroke in 1862 left Mercadante blind, and he began to concentrate his remaining energies on the field of instrumental music which had launched his career in the 1810s. Almost immediately after his death, however, Mercadante’s name became obscured, and only in the last couple of decades have his operas and other works been revived outside his native Italy. Most of the works on this album were composed at either end of his long career, but they are unified by the vocal style of writing for his chosen solo instrument. Perhaps because he valued it as a soprano without words, so to speak, Mercadante wrote much for the flute – concertos, trios, quartets and more – and it takes on the character of a bel canto heroine in his hands, exploiting the resources of the most accomplished performers with coloratura agility and elegant phrasing. Gian-Luca Petrucci’s choice of repertoire opens with a work specifically indebted to the lyric stage, a set of variations composed in 1759 and based on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. He continues with two more attractive variation sets and then a striking scena for piano, cello and voice, Il sogno, to a text by Guacci, with the obbligato cello part transcribed here for flute.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Variations on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni (arr. for flute and string trio) 11:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Variations on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni (arr. for flute and string trio)
    Duration
    11:22
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Alberto Martini, Enrico Balboni, Zoltan Szabo
  2. 2 6 Variations in F Major 05:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    6 Variations in F Major
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Alberto Martini, Enrico Balboni, Zoltan Szabo
  3. 3 Theme and 7 Variations in E Minor for Flute and String Trio 06:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    Theme and 7 Variations in E Minor for Flute and String Trio
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Alberto Martini, Enrico Balboni, Zoltan Szabo
  4. 4 Il sogno 05:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Il sogno
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Rosa Ricciotti, Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  5. 5 I. Allegro maestoso 04:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack
  6. 6 II. Tema con variazioni 02:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Tema con variazioni
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack
  7. 7 Adagio grandioso 03:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Adagio grandioso
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  8. 8 La smania 01:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    La smania
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  9. 9 Andante cantabile 02:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Andante cantabile
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  10. 10 Andante arioso 02:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Andante arioso
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Paola Pisa
  11. 11 I. Moderato cantabile 09:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Moderato cantabile
    Duration
    09:37
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack, Zoltan Szabo
  12. 12 II. Minuetto 02:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Minuetto
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack, Zoltan Szabo
  13. 13 III. Largo 02:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack, Zoltan Szabo
  14. 14 IV. Polacca, allegro 03:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Polacca, allegro
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Saverio Mercadante
    Performer
    Gian Luca Petrucci, Andreas Noack, Zoltan Szabo