Mercadante: Music for Solo Flute

Operatic, early-Romantic fantasias for solo flute by one of the great names of Italian opera. Laura Trapani’s previous album for Brilliant Classics brought wider renown for the sparkling flute-writing of Beethoven’s pupil Ferdinand Ries (96132). Now the Ferrara-based flautist turns her attention south to another overlooked figure of the early 19th century, Saverio Mercadante. Composer: Saverio Mercadante Artists: Laura Trapani transverse flute 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): 💎 More Information: 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: Mercadante learnt the flute as a child and became a virtuoso on the instrument during his training in Naples while learning the craft of an opera composer which would bring him fame across Europe. One of his earliest successes for the stage was a ballet based on the legend of a magic flute - unrelated to Mozart’s masonic tale - and from the 1820s onwards, audiences flocked to Mercadante’s lyric dramas for their pacy drama, memorable tunes and arias that displayed the great singers of the age to best advantage. His Capricci also date from this early stage of his career. Comparable to the more celebrated caprices for violin by his elder contemporary Paganini, they are technical studies which stretch the technique of the most accomplished flautists, and they dazzle the ear with their lightning runs, filigree figurations and flourishes. The Capricci have received recordings from celebrated flautists, whereas the later Arie Variate have been relatively overlooked, and this release marks only their second recording, and the first to be made for CD. They are fantasies on popular operatic arias in the style of the piano pot-pourris and paraphrases which would be raised to an art-form by Franz Liszt a generation later. The chosen themes are mostly drawn from operas of the late 1810s such as Rossini’s Armida and Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra, but they range from Mozart’s Don Giovanni to Mercadante’s own Gabriella di Vergy of 1828. Laura Trapani thus restores to the catalogue a shining example of early Romantic instrumental virtuosity. - Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) was one of the most important opera composers of 19th century Italy. Nurtured on Neapolitan soil he soon gained success all over Italy, where his operas were praised for their strong dramatic impact and brilliant orchestration, a link between Rossini and Verdi. - Mercadante wrote 60 operas, symphonies, concertos and a vast body of chamber music. This new recording presents works written for solo flute: 6 Capriccios and 10 “Arias with variations”. These works show a personal language that blends a taste for lyricism with the pleasure of instrumental bravura. Tracklist: Saverio Mercadante: 00:00:00 Capricci No. 1 in A Major 00:01:10 Capricci No. 2 in E Minor 00:04:17 Capricci No. 3 in B Minor 00:07:00 Capricci No. 4 in A Minor 00:09:33 Capricci No. 5 in C Major 00:10:34 Capricci No. 6 in C Major 00:11:37 Capricci No. 7 in A Minor 00:12:57 Cara per te quest’anima 00:18:56 Ombra che a me d’intorno 00:26:12 Là ci darem la mano 00:33:13 Bell’alme generose 00:42:21 Come la nebbia al vento fuggì mia verde età 00:50:35 D’amor al dolce impero 00:58:18 Ah nati è ver noi siamo sol per amarci ognor 01:00:41 Dov’è mai quel core amante 01:03:41 Assisa a’ pié d’un salice 01:06:38 O cangia il mio destino 👉 Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Mercadante and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #BrilliantClassics #ClassicalMusic #Classical #Mercadante #Flute