Mario Carbotta, Luigi Alberto Bianchi - Rolla: Chamber Music (2001)

Tracklist

01. Duet for flute and violin, BI 247: I. Andante sostenuto
02. Duet for flute and violin, BI 247: II. Allegretto
03. Duet for flute and violin, BI 251: I. Largo sostenuto
04. Duet for flute and violin, BI 251: II. Rondo. Presto
05. Duet for flute and violin, BI 252: I. Sostenuto
06. Duet for flute and violin, BI 252: II. Andante con variazioni
07. Duet for flute and violin, BI 252: III. Rondo. Presto
08. 3 Esercizi: Capriccio No. 1
09. 3 Esercizi: Capriccio No. 2
10. 3 Esercizi: Capriccio No. 3
11. Duet for flute and violin, BI 249: I. Larghetto
12. Duet for flute and violin, BI 249: II. Rondo. Scherzoso
13. Duet for flute and violin, BI 253: I. Larghetto
14. Duet for flute and violin, BI 253: II. Rondo. Allegretto
15. Duet for flute and violin, BI 255: I. Andante sostenuto
16. Duet for flute and violin, BI 255: II. Rondo alla polacca

Alessandro Rolla (Pavia 1757 - Milan 1841) was one of the finest exponents of Italian instrumental music between the 18th and the 19th centuries. Born in a then Austrian Lombardy, he was a great admirer of Haydn and Mozart, and an outstanding virtuoso on both the violin and the viola, which created the long-maintained belief that he taught Paganini. The classic ”proportions” of Rolla’s style are clearly evident in the six elegant Duets for flute and violin here recorded by Mario Carbotta and Luigi Alberto Bianchi; the three Caprices for viola, instead, reveal the virtuosity of Rolla’s compositions for this instrument, which are unquestionably on a par with the more famous Paganinian ones.

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