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RIES: 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145
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A pupil of Beethoven in Vienna, Ferdinand Ries enjoyed a successful career as a performer and as a composer. After a period in England, he finally retired to his native Rhineland where he wrote his Flute Quartets. Written in an early Romantic style, the Quartets are notable for their diversity, the first with a Spanish finale, the second more sombre in tone, and the third providing a bright conclusion, as though it were designed to cap an evening of music-making. Quotations or near quotations from works by other composers of the period give the Quartets a humorous and unusual unpredictability.
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Ries, Ferdinand
Flute Quartet in C Major, Op. 145, No. 1
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I. Allegro con brio
00:04:08
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II. Larghetto cantabile
00:05:11
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III. Scherzo and Trio: Allegro vivace
00:04:17
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IV. Finale: Allegro all' espagnola
00:04:02
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Flute Quartet in E Minor, Op. 145, No. 2
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I. Allegro moderato
00:04:31
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III. Menuetto and Trio: Molto moderato
00:03:31
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IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato
00:05:05
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Flute Quartet in A Major, Op. 145, No. 3
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II. Scherzo and Trio: Vivace - Più lento
00:03:39
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IV. Allegro (cadenza by J. H. Littlefield)
00:05:18
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Total Playing Time:
00:56:35
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