Mozart: Concertos pour flûte & Concerto pour flûte et harpe François Lazarevitch, Sandrine Chatron, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314:
• 1Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314: I. Allegro aperto06:56
• 2Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314: II. Adagio non troppo05:52
• 3Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314: III. Rondo. Allegretto06:20
• Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299:
• 4Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299: I. Allegro10:12
• 5Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299: II. Andantino07:46
• 6Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299: III. Rondeau. Allegro09:44
• Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313:
• 7Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso08:24
• 8Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313: II. Adagio ma non troppo07:49
• 9Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Major, K. 313: III. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto07:27
• Total Runtime01:10:30

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Mozart's flute concertos are of course a Holy Grail for flautist François Lazarevitch, one that he has decided to tackle together with his ensemble Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien in connection with their work on sources of interpretation. He has recorded the two concertos for flute and orchestra on a one-keyed flute, a copy of an instrument made in Mozart’s time, and the concerto in C for flute and harp on an eight-keyed flute — a flute with a C foot — with Sandrine Chatron playing a period harp by François-Joseph Naderman. As Mozart left no original cadenzas for the flute concertos, François Lazarevitch has created his own, drawing inspiration from the cadenzas Mozart composed for his piano concertos. The Menuets and Gavottes in the final movements are particularly highlighted by the ensemble’s expertise in music for dancing: "after a first movement that is a little solemn and a second that is more lyrical, the final movements are often a moment for release in dance," concludes Lazarevitch.

Francois Lazarevitch, Flöte & Leitung
Sandrine Chatron, Harfe
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Francois Lazarevitch
Although his primary instrument is the flute, from the outset, François Lazarevitch has concentrated his apprenticeships, research and musical practices on the diversity of sources, oral and written, which he deems necessary for recreating the early and Baroque repertoires today. Backed, since 2006, by the companionship of his Musiciens de Saint-Julien, to whom he passes on his craving for going ever further in comprehension, his taste for the discovery of forgotten repertoires and experimental curiosity about all cultures, he takes a singular new look at a whole chapter of our musical history.

The driving force? Rhythm, this impulse born of dance and which calls more on what is felt than on what is written on paper and which must imbue all music with flexibility and in awareness. This is why his recording of Bach’s Flute Sonatas (Alpha Classics, 2014, ‘Choc’ Classica) surprises and charms with the eloquence, invention and refinement of his art of phrasing and ornamentation.

It must be said that while François Lazarevitch tackles early music and the flute with pioneers such as Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, Barthold Kuijken and Pierre Séchet, he also approaches Indian music, has a passion for the Irish flute, and practices music of oral tradition with those who still perpetuate it locally. These fruitful encounters and explorations open up his own path, uncharted and demanding, which he travels, adding strings to his bow: today, he divides his time between the flute and the musette with equal virtuosity, the pastoral timbre having become emblematic of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien.

Artistic director of the ensemble, he conducts it on the French and international music scenes, recording innovative programmes for Alpha Classics, which are regularly acclaimed. He also enriches his experience through collaborations with Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Talens Lyriques, dancers and choreographers, stage directors and composers of today. An impassioned instrument collector and researcher, he publishes scores of unearthed repertoires.

Finally, he teaches Baroque flute and musette at the Versailles Conservatory, eager to pass on what drives him: ‘the freedom of breath in the service of listening, understanding and energy’.

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