Sandrini, Paul : Musique de Chambre avec guitare

Description

Paul Sandrini's Chamber Music with Guitar is an album dedicated to the rediscovery and promotion of a composer long forgotten by history. His chamber music works—duets for flute and guitar as well as for voice and guitar—reflect the characteristic style of the early 19th century, music that was then highly successful in the cities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This recording offers a carefully selected choice of Sandrini's most significant and representative works, providing insight into his musical writing. The album opens with a theme and variations for solo guitar, which highlights the main guitar writing techniques of the early 19th century. The Duo concertant for flute and guitar, Op. 12, as well as the Sonata for flute and guitar, are both dedicated to this instrumental combination. The pairing of flute and guitar, widely appreciated by Sandrini's contemporaries, proves particularly effective here: it offers a subtle balance of tonal colors and allows the flute to unfold passages of great virtuosity, while maintaining a light and brilliant character.