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Hoffmeister's Magic Flute, Vol. 1 / Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Piatti Quartet

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Details

Composer
HOFFMEISTER, FRANZ ANTON
Artist
Bizjak, Trotovsek
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Oct 02, 2020
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0620
UPC
748871062023

About

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the label debuts of two exciting young Slovenian soloists – flautist Boris Bizjak and violinist Lana Trotovšek – and 2015 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition winners, the Piatti Quartet. They come together for revelatory performances of six pieces for flute, violin and string quartet elements by Frank Anton Hoffmeister, all receiving their first recordings. Now overshadowed by his illustrious contemporaries, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven (music by all whom, including the Diabelli Variations, he published), Hoffmeister was himself a prolific composer in every form. Although the flute is often placed centre-stage in these six works, all demonstrate Hoffmeister’s eloquently proportioned, life-enhancing and integrated feeling for chamber music. The two most substantial works here are a taut, dramatically urgent Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello in C minor, and an E-flat major Quintet for flute, violin, two violas and cello of Mozartian mien and mood. With echoes of Gluck, Mozart and Haydn, two Trios for flute, violin and cello (in B-flat major and D major) and a Duetto in G major for flute and violin offer superbly expressive examples of Hoffmeister’s music at its most effusive and engagingly virtuosic. Hailed in his native Slovenia for his “musicality [and] captivating performance”, London-based Boris Bizjak has won several international flute competitions and is in growing demand around the world. Lana Trotovšek, praised by The Washington Post for her “clean, refined tone with musical sense of phrasing and impeccable intonation”, is also a Professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The Piatti Quartet – Nathaniel Anderson-Frank and Michael Trainor (violins), Tetsuumi Nagata (viola), Jessie Ann Richardson (cello) – have gained growing recognition for their “ferociously fine form” (BBC Music) and playing of “absolute authority and conviction” (Gramophone).

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 06:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Tetsuumi Nagata, Jessie Ann Richardson
  2. 2 II. Andante 03:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Tetsuumi Nagata, Jessie Ann Richardson
  3. 3 III. Allegro non molto 04:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro non molto
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Tetsuumi Nagata, Jessie Ann Richardson
  4. 4 I. Allegro 07:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  5. 5 II. Andante 03:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  6. 6 III. Allegretto - Allegro 04:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto - Allegro
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  7. 7 I. Allegro 06:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  8. 8 II. Adagio 03:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  9. 9 III. Allegretto 04:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  10. 10 I. Allegro 05:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  11. 11 II. Adagio 03:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  12. 12 III. Allegretto 02:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek, Jessie Ann Richardson
  13. 13 I. Allegro 07:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak
    Ensemble
    Piatti Quartet
  14. 14 II. Andante 04:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak
    Ensemble
    Piatti Quartet
  15. 15 III. Allegretto 04:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Franz Anton Hoffmeister
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak
    Ensemble
    Piatti Quartet