Viotti: Flute Quartets... - Quartetto Viotti - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) received his musical education from Gaetano Pugnani. He served for a short time at the Savoy Court in Turin but soon he spread his wings and travelled to Paris, where he was an instant success as a supreme violin virtuoso. He served for a time at the court of Versailles before he founded an opera house in Paris. The French revolution urged him to go abroad and he settled in London, where he featured in the Hanover Square concert series and was active as a concert organizer and impresario, as well as one of the founders of the Philharmonic Society of London.

Viotti was an influential musician violinist and teacher, and he composed extensively for his instrument. This new recording however presents his only opus dedicated to the flute: the three Flute Quartets Op. 22, for solo flute and string trio. These delightful works are in Early-Classical style. Based on the principles of the Viennese Classics it hints at more romantic feelings of times to come.

Played by the Italian Viotti Quartet, paying an impressive tribute to their name giver Giovanni Battista Viotti. They already successfully recorded the complete Viotti String Quartets for Brilliant Classics.

Label: Brilliant Classics | Origin: Holland

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