Devienne: Flute Concertos, Vol. 3 Patrick Gallois & Svenska Kammarorkestern

• François Devienne (1759 - 1803): Flute Concerto No. 9 in E Minor:
• 1Flute Concerto No. 9 in E Minor: I. Allegro08:35
• 2Flute Concerto No. 9 in E Minor: II. Adagio cantabile02:52
• 3Flute Concerto No. 9 in E Minor: III. Allegretto con variazioni05:15
• Flute Concerto No. 10 in D Major:
• 4Flute Concerto No. 10 in D Major: I. Allegro assai08:07
• 5Flute Concerto No. 10 in D Major: II. Adagio02:36
• 6Flute Concerto No. 10 in D Major: III. Rondo. Allegretto05:02
• Flute Concerto No. 11 in B Minor:
• 7Flute Concerto No. 11 in B Minor: I. Allegro spiritoso06:56
• 8Flute Concerto No. 11 in B Minor: II. Adagio02:54
• 9Flute Concerto No. 11 in B Minor: III. Allegro05:34
• Flute Concerto No. 12 in A Major:
• 10Flute Concerto No. 12 in A Major: I. Allegro maestoso10:02
• 11Flute Concerto No. 12 in A Major: II. Adagio04:22
• 12Flute Concerto No. 12 in A Major: III. Allegretto05:24
• Total Runtime01:07:39

Info for Devienne: Flute Concertos, Vol. 3

Francois Devienne performed as an orchestral bassoonist and flautist but rose to fame as an operatic composer. His greatest achievement, however, lies in his sequence of Flute Concertos, of which this is the final volume. Despite his failing health, the four works on this recording demonstrate the hallmark combination of melodic elegance and graceful virtuosity that characterizes Devienne’s flute concertos and are among the most attractive of their time. Concerto No. 10 is one of his masterpieces, distinguished equally by the beauty of its thematic material and its confident, cohesive musical structure. Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of seventeen he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the age of 21 was appointed principal flute in the Orchestre National de France, under Lorin Maazel, playing under many famous conductors, including Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Karl Bohm, Eugen Jochum, and Sergiu Celibidache. He held this post until 1984, when he decided to focus on his solo career, which has subsequently taken him throughout the world.

Patrick Gallois, flute
Swedish Chamber Orchestra

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