Name: A l'aube du romantisme by Juliette Hurel, Hélène Couvert
Brand: Juliette Hurel
SKU: 822189023881
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Juliette Hurel's 2013 album on Naïve explores pieces for flute and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, evoking the period between Classicism and early Romanticism. Perhaps the subtlest work of the program is Beethoven's Flute Sonata in B flat major, WoO A4, written in 1790 and fashioned under the influence of Haydn. Its sunny disposition and light textures are periodically interrupted by unexpected key changes and sudden digressions into the minor, characteristics that anticipate Beethoven's later development and mark it as a transitional work. His Serenade for flute and piano, Op. 41, is an arrangement of the Serenade for flute, violin, and viola, Op. 25, and it has a similar, if sometimes deceptive, air of Classical simplicity, which is all the more apparent because of the brevity of the movements. Only Schubert's Variations on a Theme from Die schöne Müllerin is unequivocally Romantic, and its sudden changes of mood and key make it the most fascinating piece on the disc. Hurel and her accompanist Hélène Couvert play with grace and refinement, and their performances display expressive flexibility and technical control, particularly by balancing the poise and cheerfulness of the Beethoven pieces with the melancholy mood and volatility of Schubert's variations. Naïve's reproduction is clear and bright, with considerable presence.

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A l'aube du romantisme

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1. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: I. Entrata. Allegro

2. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: II. Tempo ordinario d'un menuetto

3. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: III. Allegro molto

4. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: IV. Andante con variazioni

5. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: V. Allegro scherzando e vivace

6. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: VI. Adagio

7. Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 41: VII. Allegro vivace e disinvolto

8. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: I. Introduction

9. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: II. Thème

10. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: III. Variation I

11. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: IV. Variation II

12. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: V. Variation III

13. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: VI. Variation IV

14. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: VII. Variation V

15. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: VIII. Variation VI

16. Introduction, theme and variations on "Trockne Blumen" from Die schöne Müllerin. D. 802, Op. 160: IX. Variation VI. Allegro

17. Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO A4: I. Allegro

18. Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO A4: II. Polonais

19. Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO A4: III. Largo

20. Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO A4: IV. Theme et Variations

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