Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Sandrine Chatron, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
Conductor: François Lazarevitch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1065
Release: 2024
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314
01. I. Allegro aperto
02. II. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andantino
06. III. Rondeau. Allegro
Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313
07. I. Allegro maestoso
08. II. Adagio ma non troppo
09. III. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto
Mozart’s flute concertos are of course a Holy Grail for flutist Francois Lazarevitch, one that he has decided to tackle together with his ensemble Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien in connection with their work on sources of interpretation. He has recorded the two concertos for flute and orchestra on a one-keyed flute, a copy of an instrument made in Mozart’s time, and the concerto in C for flute and harp on an eight-keyed flute — a flute with a C foot — with Sandrine Chatron playing a period harp by Francois-Joseph Naderman. As Mozart left no original cadenzas for the flute concertos, Francois Lazarevitch has here created his own, drawing inspiration from the cadenzas Mozart composed for his piano concertos. The Menuets and Gavottes in the final movements are particularly highlighted by the ensemble’s expertise in music for dancing: “after a first movement that is a little solemn and a second that is more lyrical, the final movements are often a moment for release in dance,” concludes Lazarevitch.