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To be accurate, this collection should have been entitled "Transcriptions of Romantic Music for Flute and Harp," since all but three of the pieces were arranged by harpist Nóra Mercz. Beyond that quibble, the disc is a pleasant but fairly bland confection that is almost too perfectly suited for background listening. The combination of János Bálint's consistently sweet flute playing and Mercz's reverberant accompaniment may be agreeable in small doses, but the charm wears off after only a few tracks. Taken individually, each piece is well executed and played with warmth, and listeners will find many of them to be familiar. Bizet's Intermezzo from Carmen and his Minuet from L'Arlésienne are among the best known, along with Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Mozart's Andante, and the "Hindu Song" from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov. Massenet's "Méditation" from Thaïs is also famous, but as a rapturous, ephemeral violin solo; the transition to the flute's rounder sonority is not quite successful. Debussy's En bateau and Ravel's Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera offer a slight change of mood, though this may not matter if the duo's tone colors have already started to pall on the listener. The Chopin Variations and Strauss' Tritsch-Tratsch Polka are the liveliest selections, though the contrast they provide is too little, too late.
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Carmen (arr. N. Mercz) (Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Thais, Act II: Meditation (arr. N. Mercz) (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 83 ((Marie) Auguste Durand)
Nora Mercz, Artist, MainArtist - Marie Auguste Durand, Composer - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: III. Menuet (arr. N. Mercz) (Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Petite Suite: I. En bateau (arr. N. Mercz) (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Piece en forme de habanera (arr. N. Mercz for flute and harp) (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Chaconne in A-Flat Minor, Op. 62 ((Marie) Auguste Durand)
Nora Mercz, Artist, MainArtist - Marie Auguste Durand, Composer - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (arr. N. Mercz for flute and harp) (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Andante in C Major, K. 315 (arr. N. Mercz for orchestra) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Variations in E Major on Non più mesta from Rossini's La Cenerentola (arr. N. Mercz for flute and harp) (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Mazurka, Op. 12 (arr. for harp) (Edmund Schuecker)
Nora Mercz, Artist, MainArtist - László Beck, Producer - Edmund Schuecker, Composer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Sadko: Hindu Song (arr. N. Mercz) (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
6 Morceaux, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse sentimentale (arr. N. Mercz for flute and harp) (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214 (arr. N. Mercz) (Johann Strauss II)
Johann Strauss II, Composer - János Bálint, Artist, MainArtist - Nora Mercz, Composer, Artist - László Beck, Producer - Janos Gyori, Engineer
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
Albumbeschreibung
To be accurate, this collection should have been entitled "Transcriptions of Romantic Music for Flute and Harp," since all but three of the pieces were arranged by harpist Nóra Mercz. Beyond that quibble, the disc is a pleasant but fairly bland confection that is almost too perfectly suited for background listening. The combination of János Bálint's consistently sweet flute playing and Mercz's reverberant accompaniment may be agreeable in small doses, but the charm wears off after only a few tracks. Taken individually, each piece is well executed and played with warmth, and listeners will find many of them to be familiar. Bizet's Intermezzo from Carmen and his Minuet from L'Arlésienne are among the best known, along with Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Mozart's Andante, and the "Hindu Song" from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov. Massenet's "Méditation" from Thaïs is also famous, but as a rapturous, ephemeral violin solo; the transition to the flute's rounder sonority is not quite successful. Debussy's En bateau and Ravel's Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera offer a slight change of mood, though this may not matter if the duo's tone colors have already started to pall on the listener. The Chopin Variations and Strauss' Tritsch-Tratsch Polka are the liveliest selections, though the contrast they provide is too little, too late.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:21
- Main artists: Janos Balint Nora Mercz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: AMADIS
- Genre: Klassiek Kamermuziek
(C) 1999 Amadis (P) 1999 Amadis
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