Mercadante: Chamber Music for Flute, Gian-Luca Petrucci (CD)

Saverio Mercadante 1795-1870

Chamber Music for Flute

1. 7 Variations in C on the theme “Là ci darem la mano” of “Don Giovanni” by W.A. Mozart

for flute and string trio                                                                                                                                                 11’22

2. 6 Variations in F on an original theme for flute and string trio 5’27
3. Thema & 7 Variations in E minor for flute and string trio 6’02
4. Il Sogno

for soprano, flute and piano                                                                                                                                         5’13

Duet No.6 for 2 flutes

5. Allegro maestoso 4’17
6. Tema con variazioni 2’27
7. Adagio grandioso for flute and piano 3’24
8. La Smania

for flute and piano                                                                                                                                                        1’53

9 Andante cantabile

for flute and piano                                                                                                                                                        2’05

10. Andante arioso

flute d’amore and piano                                                                                                                                               2’01

Trio in F

for flute, flute d’amore and cello

11. Moderato cantabile 9’37
12. Minuetto 2’44
13. Largo 2’55
14. Polacca, Allegro 3’07

Gian-Luca Petrucciflute & flute d’amore

Alberto Martiniviolin (1-3) · Enrico Balboniviola (1-3)

Zoltan Szabocello (1-3)

Rosa Ricciottisoprano (4) · Paola Pisapiano (4, 7-10) · Janos Balintflute (5-6)

Andreas Noackflute (11-14) · Philip Körnercello (11-14)

Live recording

Recording: 4 January 1992 (5-6); 4 April 1995 (4), Rome; 17-19 August 1999, Verona (1-3); 11-12 February 2014, Rome (7-10), Italy; 12 January 2005, Stuttgart, Germany (11-14)