Israeli-born Swedish flutist Sharon Bezaly has been in the forefront of a group of players who have rediscovered the virtuoso literature of the flute (and other instruments) from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in France especially. She yields to no one in the technical arena, flawlessly executing the circular-breathing techniques and the careening arpeggiations written into the six works presented here. But this disc is about something other than sheer virtuosity -- although there is plenty of that on ...
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Israeli-born Swedish flutist Sharon Bezaly has been in the forefront of a group of players who have rediscovered the virtuoso literature of the flute (and other instruments) from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in France especially. She yields to no one in the technical arena, flawlessly executing the circular-breathing techniques and the careening arpeggiations written into the six works presented here. But this disc is about something other than sheer virtuosity -- although there is plenty of that on display here (check out the final Valse of Benjamin Godard's Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116), the listener who is interested purely in technical frontiers might do just as well to check out her recording of Jacques Ibert's flute concerto, also on the BIS label. What's remarkable about this release is the rediscovery of music long since thrown onto the historical scrap heap, and the shaping of that music into a satisfying program. Bezaly brackets the program with showcases of...
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Add this copy of French Delights to cart. $21.80, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by BIS.
