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Ries: Sonatas for Flute and Piano / Duo Estense
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Ries: Sonatas for Flute and Piano / Duo Estense

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Details

Composer
Ferdinand Ries
Artist
Laura Trapani, Rina Cellini
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 24, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96132
UPC
5028421961323

About

The figure of Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) enjoys a peripheral familiarity among music-lovers as the friend and amanuensis of Beethoven. A bond had formed when Ries’s father Franz taught Beethoven in Bonn. While Beethoven doubtless cast his eye over his friend and student’s pieces from time to time, he sent Ries to his own teacher Johann Albrechtsberger for lessons in composition. The Sonata Sentimentale appears to mark the high-point of the composer’s writing for the flute, which extended to several ‘earlier’-sounding sonatas and lighter fantasias as well as flute-centric chamber music such as six quartets for flute and string trio. Here, to a degree unprecedented in the rest of his work, the flautist is the star of the show. The three Sonatas Op.86, on the other hand, are evidently designed for performers of more modest talents: ‘Sonates faciles’ as they were designated on the title page of their first publication in 1839. This set dates with fair certainty from London in 1819, and Ries appears to have composed it with the profitable market of proficient amateurs in mind. According to manuscript dates the Sonatinas Op.5 were the last works on this album to be composed, in London in 1821, published two years later there by Muzio Clementi. The rippling ‘Alberti bass’ sequences in the left hand, the preponderance of moderate tempi and straightforward two- and three-part textures, lying well under the fingers, indicate that Ries had in mind the same public market for these attractively sunny pieces as the Op.86 sonatas.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 10:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:06
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  2. 2 II. Adagio con moto 06:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio con moto
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 07:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  4. 4 I. Allegro 03:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  5. 5 II. Andante 01:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  6. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro 02:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  7. 7 I. Allegro con brio 03:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  8. 8 II. Romance: Andante 02:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Romance: Andante
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  9. 9 III. Rondo: Allegro 02:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  10. 10 I. Allegro non troppo 03:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  11. 11 II. Larghetto 01:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  12. 12 III. Rondo: Allegretto 03:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Ensemble
    Duo Estense
  13. 13 I. Allegro ma non troppo 05:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini
  14. 14 II. Andantino 02:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini
  15. 15 III. Rondo: Allegretto 03:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini
  16. 16 I. Allegro non troppo 03:07
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini
  17. 17 II. Andantino 04:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini
  18. 18 III. Rondo: Allegretto vivace 03:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto vivace
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Ferdinand Ries
    Performer
    Rina Cellini