Aurèle Nicolet & Munich String Trio - Mozart: Flute Quartets (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Flute Quartet in C Major, K. Anh. 171: I. Allegro
02. Flute Quartet in C Major, K. Anh. 171: II. Theme & Variations
03. Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: I. Andante
04. Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: II. Tempo di menuetto
05. Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: I. Andante
06. Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: II. Minuet
07. Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: III. Rondo. Allegretto grazioso
08. Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: I. Allegro
09. Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: II. Adagio
10. Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: III. Rondo


Serene, almost heavenly in mood, the four masterpieces stand alone in Mozart's oeuvre. This is the only time he combined flute and solo strings - to bewitchingly elegant effect, be it in invention, emotion, or formal diversity. Each movement has a particular character, for instance the Andantino con Variazioni in the C major Quartet, a delightful cycle lasting over 11 minutes, or the Adagio in the D major Quartet, filled with the 'sweetest melancholy, perhaps the loveliest accompanied solo ever written for the flute' (Alfred Einstein).The great flautist Aurèle Nicolet (1926-2016), for years solo flute of the Berliner Philharmoniker, possessed a characteristically transparent tone that made him the ideal interpreter of Mozart: 'A tone of pure silver' is how the Neue Zürcher Zeitung described it in its obituary of Aurèle Nicolet. It is a singular stroke of luck that this recording was made with the Münchner Streichtrio, whose unique style was moulded by violinist Ana Chumachenco, now an internationally renowned pedagogue.

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