Devienne: 6 Flute Duets Op.2

This recording presents the 6 Flute Duets Op. 2, skillfully written for the two instruments, offering an abundance of lovely melodies and attractive interplay.

Composer: François Devienne
Artists: Chiara Pavan (flute), Benedetta Ballardini (flute)

Cover: Le Duo, A Young Man playing the Flute and a Young Woman singing in a Landscape
by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743)

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François Devienne (1759–1803) was a contemporary of Mozart and one of the few virtuosos who didn’t have to flee his own country to get noticed. Born in Joinville, France, the youngest of the 14 children of a saddle maker, Devienne received his formative musical instruction as a choirboy in his hometown and quickly developed into a flute player of formidable gifts, studying with Felix Rault. He was active in Paris as a flautist, bassoonist and composer and played bassoon at the Paris Opera. He was also a sergeant and member of the Military Band of the French Guard, where he was given the responsibility of teaching his military band colleagues’ children in its Free School of Music. After the Revolutionary period, when the Free School became the National Institute of Music, later chartered as the Paris Conservatory in 1795, Devienne was appointed as flute professor, where he taught from 1795 to 1803. He also wrote the Méthode de Flûte Théorique et Pratique (1793), which was reprinted several times and did much to improve the level of French wind music in the late 18th century.

His output includes opera, extensive educational work, and approximately 300 instrumental works that were mostly written for wind instruments. There are about 20 flute concertos, mainly written for his own use, and many of his works are still popular today in standard flute repertoire. His VII Concerto in E minor, for example, contains all the poetry and aesthetics of his music – it is quintessentially beautiful, charming, melodious and witty. Devienne's compositions for flute, revived by Jean-Pierre Rampal in the 1960s, became well-known among flutists. Unfortunately, Devienne’s fortunes declined suddenly in the new century and he died in 1803, four months after being committed to the Charenton insane asylum.

Tracklist:
Flute Duo No. 1, Op. 2:
00:00:00 I. Allegro
00:04:40 II. Rondeau gratioso

Flute Duo No. 2, Op. 2:
00:07:17 I. Allegro moderato
00:12:46 II. Rondeau

Flute Duo No. 3, Op. 2:
00:15:49 I. Allegro
00:22:02 II. Gratioso con variation

Flute Duo No. 4, Op. 2:
00:26:46 I. Allegro
00:31:59 II. Rondeau allegretto

Flute Duo No. 5, Op. 2:
00:35:03 I. Allegro gratioso
00:40:13 II. Menuetto gratioso

Flute Duo No. 6, Op. 2:
00:42:56 I. Allegro
00:48:54 II. Grazio

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