Beethoven / Di Felice / Giammarco - Beethoven: Works for Flute & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Beethoven,L.V. / Pagnini,Francesca - Beethoven 3 Sonatas For Flute & Piano Op.12 [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/13/2016

Beethoven's mastery in all genres extends to the sequence of music he wrote involving the flute. The Serenade in D major may have a somewhat convoluted history, but it illustrates the creative purposes to which Beethoven put traditional material and the inventive contrasts he embedded into this six-movement work. Both the Sonata in B flat major and the Trio in G major probably date from his years in Bonn. The former includes a lively Polacca and the latter ingeniously suggests the famous InchMannheim Rocket.Inch Flautist Kazunori Seo is a specialist of the late-Classical/early-Romantic period. Seo is paired with pianist Makoto Ueno in this as well as in a previous of works by Moscheles, which received an American Record Guide Critic's Choice Award. Bassoonist Mitsuo Kodama also appeared in Volume 1 of this series, in which he and Seo performed Beethoven's Three Duets WoO 27.

Ludwig van Beethoven stands as a giant in music history for his great symphonies, piano sonatas and string quartets, and the challenges of deafness later in life. This programme shows the younger Beethoven's facility as a creator of light and entertaining chamber works as enjoyable to perform as they are to hear. Taking their cues from Mozart, the 'Duos' build on sonata form and dance movements, the slightly later 'Serenade' taking the shape of a genial 18th-century divertimento. Flutist Kazunori Seo was born in Japan in 1974. He began studying music at age 6 with his parents before going on to study in Paris. He was the recipient of the Premier Prix in flute in 1998 and the Premier Prix in chamber music in 1999. His previous recordings for Naxos include the flute music of Leopold Hofmann, Karl and Franz Doppler, Ignaz Moscheles, and Carl Czemy.