Sharon Bezaly & Vladimir Ashkenazy - Franck, Faure & Prokofiev: Works for Flute & Piano (2017) [SACD]
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BAND/ARTIST: Sharon Bezaly, Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Title: Franck, Faure & Prokofiev: Works for Flute & Piano
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: BIS Records [BIS-2259]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: DSD64 image (*.iso) / 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
- Total Time: 01:15:06
- Total Size: 3,5 GB (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Sharon Bezaly dominates the tiny, rarefied space afforded to full-time solo flautists – and this disc demonstrates why: the Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway, but this is not a marketing fad; the luxurious sound is partly attributable to the glorious instrument.
The Prokofiev Sonata, inspired by the flute playing of Georges Barrère, is notorious among the flute community for its challenging and rarely used top D. Naturally, this note – and the rest – cause no issues for Bezaly, who swoops through the movements with incredible power. It’s virtually impossible to imagine that, when the work was premiered in 1943, it was criticised for its meandering solo part, which the composer quickly re-gifted to violinist David Oistrakh. Happily, by the time Galway and Martha Argerich recorded the piece in 1975, the work had been returned to the flautists; Bezaly’s cleaner lines on this new version are preferable.
In a neat twist of irony, this disc pairs the Prokofiev with transcriptions of two violin sonatas, both, curiously, in A major. Franck’s Sonata, originally written for Eugene Ysaÿe, begins with restrained, plaintive melodies, before moving into complex canonical writing for both flute and piano, performed here by the dazzling Vladimir Ashkenazy. Bezaly begins the Fauré – her own transcription – at a trot, never a step out of pace with her pianist. The later movements are a boisterous chromatic canter.
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Tracks:
César Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. J.-P. Rampal for Flute & Piano)
01. I. Allegretto ben moderato 6:15
02. II. Allegro 7:46
03. III. Recitativo-fantasia. Ben moderato 6:33
04. IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6:25
Gabriel Fauré - Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 (Arr. S. Bezaly for Flute & Piano)
05. I. Allegro molto 9:14
06. II. Andante 6:14
07. III. Allegro vivo 3:29
08. IV. Allegro quasi presto 4:55
Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94
09. I. Moderato 8:08
10. II. Scherzo. Presto 4:38
11. III. Andante 3:28
12. IV. Allegro con brio 6:17
Personnel:
Sharon Bezaly, flute
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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The Prokofiev Sonata, inspired by the flute playing of Georges Barrère, is notorious among the flute community for its challenging and rarely used top D. Naturally, this note – and the rest – cause no issues for Bezaly, who swoops through the movements with incredible power. It’s virtually impossible to imagine that, when the work was premiered in 1943, it was criticised for its meandering solo part, which the composer quickly re-gifted to violinist David Oistrakh. Happily, by the time Galway and Martha Argerich recorded the piece in 1975, the work had been returned to the flautists; Bezaly’s cleaner lines on this new version are preferable.
In a neat twist of irony, this disc pairs the Prokofiev with transcriptions of two violin sonatas, both, curiously, in A major. Franck’s Sonata, originally written for Eugene Ysaÿe, begins with restrained, plaintive melodies, before moving into complex canonical writing for both flute and piano, performed here by the dazzling Vladimir Ashkenazy. Bezaly begins the Fauré – her own transcription – at a trot, never a step out of pace with her pianist. The later movements are a boisterous chromatic canter.
classical-music.com
Tracks:
César Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. J.-P. Rampal for Flute & Piano)
01. I. Allegretto ben moderato 6:15
02. II. Allegro 7:46
03. III. Recitativo-fantasia. Ben moderato 6:33
04. IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6:25
Gabriel Fauré - Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 (Arr. S. Bezaly for Flute & Piano)
05. I. Allegro molto 9:14
06. II. Andante 6:14
07. III. Allegro vivo 3:29
08. IV. Allegro quasi presto 4:55
Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94
09. I. Moderato 8:08
10. II. Scherzo. Presto 4:38
11. III. Andante 3:28
12. IV. Allegro con brio 6:17
Personnel:
Sharon Bezaly, flute
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Year 2017 | Classical | HD & Vinyl
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