Campagnoli / Parrino: 6 Duos for Flute & Violin - COMPACT DISCS

Campagnoli / Parrino: 6 Duos for Flute & Violin - COMPACT DISCSTitle: 6 Duos for Flute & Violin Artist: Campagnoli Parrino Label: Brilliant Classics Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5028421959740 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2019 11 01 Number of Discs: 1 Two previous albums on Brilliant Classics have introduced audiences to the music of Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751 1827), an early Classical violinist and composer whose music had until recently been almost entirely lost to history. And yet these recordings of

Title: 6 Duos for Flute & Violin
Artist: Campagnoli / Parrino
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421959740
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Number of Discs: 1

Two previous albums on Brilliant Classics have introduced audiences to the music of Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827), an early-Classical violinist and composer whose music had until recently been almost entirely lost to history. And yet these recordings of string quartets (BC95037) and flute quartets (BC95399) have shown how charming, unaffected, original and enjoyable is Campagnoli's voice, at least in performances sympathetic to the performing style of his time. The quartets album was awarded five stars and nominated for Album of the Month by CdClassico. Com: 'Required listening'. The duos on this new recording are two- or three-movement sonatas in all but name. Some of them have been recorded before, but Stefano and Francesco Parrino present here the only available complete recording. The works illustrate how Campagnoli could write of his own music as combining 'German erudition and Italian soul', and without false modesty. Spohr heard him play in 1804 and described his style as elegant and fluid but somewhat old-fashioned, which fits Campagnoli's duos too. He wrote them between 1780 and 1796 while in the employ of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, in Dresden, and they are expertly calibrated to appeal to aristocratic tastes for pleasant and lively music in the galant style, always falling easily upon the ear. As well as performing and recording in duet for many years, the Parrino brothers have been members of orchestras across Italy and beyond. As one half of the Quartet DuePiùDue they recorded the Flute Quartets of Cambini for Brilliant Classics (BC95081), 'a close-knit and well balanced ensemble,' according to the Critica Classica website, 'producing excellent interpretations which should delight a wider public without courting banality. '

Tracks:
1.1 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet I in E. Allegro
1.2 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet I in E. Rondo Allegro
1.3 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet II in A. Allegro
1.4 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet II in A. Lento Romance
1.5 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet II in A. Rondò Allegro Molto
1.6 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet III in D. Allegro
1.7 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet III in D. Siciliana
1.8 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet III in D. Polonoise
1.9 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet IV in G. Allegro
1.10 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet IV in G. Romance con espressione
1.11 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet IV in G. Rondò
1.12 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet V in E minor. Allegro
1.13 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet V in E minor. Minuetto un poco adagio
1.14 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet V in E minor. Rondò Allegro
1.15 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet VI in C. Andante con variazioni
1.16 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet VI in C. Minuetto
1.17 6 Duos for Flute ; Violin, Op. 2~Duet VI in C. Rondò

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