Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

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[the Nielsen] merits the supreme artistry that Shraon Bezaly brings to it, both in terms of deft, discerningly harnessed virtuosity and in her supple, sinuous shaping of the music. Neeme Jarvi... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: BIS1679
Label: BIS
Length: 69 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

November 2013

Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards

2014

Shortlisted - Concerto

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Nielsen: Flute Concerto, FS119

Work length16:28

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:56

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II. Allegretto - Adagio ma non troppo - Tempo di marcia

Track length6:32

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Griffes: Poem

Work length10:07

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283

Work length18:19

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length7:09

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II. Lento e mesto

Track length4:50

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III. Finale (Moderato)

Track length6:20

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Chaminade: Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107

Work length7:14

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Tchaikovsky: Largo and Allegro in D Major (arr. E. Sauter for flute and strings)

Work length4:01

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Poulenc: Flute Sonata, Op. 164

Work length11:36

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

I. Allegro malinconico (arr. L. Berkeley for flute and orchestra)

Track length4:30

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II. Cantilena (Assez lent) [arr. L. Berkeley for flute and orchestra]

Track length3:36

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III. Presto giocoso (arr. L. Berkeley for flute and orchestra)

Track length3:30

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Excerpt, Rimsky Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op. 57

Work length1:34

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Sharon Bezaly
Hague Residentie Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. K. Aho for flute and orchestra)

Track length1:34

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One of today’s most highly respected exponents of her instrument, Sharon Bezaly is a staunch champion of contemporary music, with 17 concertos and numerous chamber works dedicated to her. But she has also made acclaimed recordings of flute repertoire mainstays, from Mozart’s concertos and quartets to Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto pastoral. Her latest disc includes two central works from the repertoire for flute and orchestra – the concertos by Carl Nielsen and Carl Reinecke – as well as less often heard gems, such as Cécile Chaminade's melodious Concertino and Charles T. Griffes’ Poem, with its distinctive harmonies and colourful writing. The programme also includes a true rarity in Tchaikovsky’s youthful Largo and Allegro for flute and strings, written while the composer was still a student at the St Petersburg Conservatory. The work was originally composed for two flutes and strings, but as the second flute plays for just 17 of the total of 87 bars, either doubling or filling in when the first player is silent, the two parts have here been combined into one. In contrast, Poulenc's Sonata is of course one of the most popular pieces in the flute repertoire of the 20th century, but it is here performed in an unusual version for flute and orchestra, orchestrated by the British composer Lennox Berkeley, incidentally a friend of Poulenc. Throughout this colourful and varied programme, Sharon Bezaly enjoys the sympathetic support of Neeme Järvi and the Residentie Orchestra who also join her in the spectacular encore, the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho’s virtuosic arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee.

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November 2013

[the Nielsen] merits the supreme artistry that Shraon Bezaly brings to it, both in terms of deft, discerningly harnessed virtuosity and in her supple, sinuous shaping of the music. Neeme Jarvi and the Residentie Orkest Den Haag astutely etch in the lively, spicy instrumental context

16th October 2013

What is great about this disc is the startling playing of Sharon Bezaly. It is not that she grandstands in any way, she is just a phenomenally gifted flautist...The [Nielsen] has never been better recorded technically: that at least is certain.

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