Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute François Lazarevitch

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Album-Release:
2017

HRA-Release:
19.04.2017

Label: Alpha

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

Artist: François Lazarevitch

Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

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  • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): 12 Fantasies for Transverse Flute Without Bass:
  • 1No. 1 in A Major, TWV 40:203:22
  • 2No. 2 in A Minor, TWV 40:305:10
  • 3No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 40:404:08
  • 4No. 4 in B-Flat Major, TWV 40:504:10
  • 5No. 5 in C Major, TWV 40:604:29
  • 6No. 6 in D Minor, TWV 40:706:21
  • 7No. 7 in D Major, TWV 40:805:58
  • 8No. 8 in E Minor, TWV 40:904:36
  • 9No. 9 in E Major, TWV 40:1006:19
  • 10No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor, TWV 40:1104:50
  • 11No. 11 in G Major, TWV 40:1203:57
  • 12No. 12 in G Minor, TWV 40:1305:29
  • Total Runtime58:49

Info for Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute



The reserve collections of the Bibliothèque Royale of Brussels hold the sole printed copy of Telemann's Twelve Fantaisies for solo flute. . . . These fantasias considerably enrich the slender corpus of Baroque works for flute without bass, alongside two other gems, the Partita of J.S. Bach and the Sonata in A minor of C. P. E. Bach. A cycle for solo flute of this kind, arranged by tonalities (the twelve that come most naturally to the instrument) and rising gradually from the key of A to that of G, is unique in the repertory. . . . These fantasias, each with its own mood, are miniatures consisting of a succession of three or four movements in the same key. All of them have in common the concision, the formal brevity and the rapid alternation of their movements. Telemann plays on effects of contrast and surprise by switching between opposing characters and tempi. The open form of the fantasia offers the composer an ideal field of freedom and expression for his inexhaustible imagination. A fervent champion of the réunion des goûts (mixed style) embracing German, Italian, French and Polish tastes, Telemann covered all the genres, national styles and compositional idioms of his time. (Francois Lazarevitch)

Francois Lazarevitch, flute



Francois Lazarevitch
Although his primary instrument is the flute, from the outset, François Lazarevitch has concentrated his apprenticeships, research and musical practices on the diversity of sources, oral and written, which he deems necessary for recreating the early and Baroque repertoires today. Backed, since 2006, by the companionship of his Musiciens de Saint-Julien, to whom he passes on his craving for going ever further in comprehension, his taste for the discovery of forgotten repertoires and experimental curiosity about all cultures, he takes a singular new look at a whole chapter of our musical history. The driving force? Rhythm, this impulse born of dance and which calls more on what is felt than on what is written on paper and which must imbue all music with flexibility and in awareness. This is why his recording of Bach's Flute Sonatas (Alpha Classics, 2014, 'Choc' Classica) surprises and charms with the eloquence, invention and refinement of his art of phrasing and ornamentation.

It must be said that while François Lazarevitch tackles early music and the flute with pioneers such as Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, Barthold Kuijken and Pierre Séchet, he also approaches Indian music, has a passion for the Irish flute, and practices music of oral tradition with those who still perpetuate it locally. These fruitful encounters and explorations open up his own path, uncharted and demanding, which he travels, adding strings to his bow: today, he divides his time between the flute and the musette with equal virtuosity, the pastoral timbre having become emblematic of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Artistic director of the ensemble, he conducts it on the French and international music scenes, recording innovative programmes for Alpha Classics, which are regularly acclaimed. He also enriches his experience through collaborations with Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Talens Lyriques, dancers and choreographers, stage directors and composers of today. An impassioned instrument collector and researcher, he publishes scores of unearthed repertoires. Finally, he teaches Baroque flute and musette at the Versailles Conservatory, eager to pass on what drives him: 'the freedom of breath in the service of listening, understanding and energy'.

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