Aurèle Nicolet
Aurèle Nicolet was a Swiss flutist whose recordings of Bach and Mozart received considerable critical acclaim. A remarkable stylist, Nicolet was praised for meticulously nuanced and elegant playing. Having established himself as a preeminent performer of Bach and Mozart, Nicolet dedicated himself to contemporary music, playing works that prominent composers -- including Klaus Huber, Toru Takemitsu, György Ligeti, Edison Denisov, and Heinz Holliger -- had dedicated to him. Nicolet first studied with Willy Burckhard and Andre Jonet in Zurich, later moving to Paris, where his teachers were Yvonne Drappier and Marcel Moyse. During his studies at the Paris Conservatory, Nicolet thoroughly mastered the French style of flute playing, graduating in 1947 with a premier prix. The following year, Nicolet won first prize in the Geneva Competition. First flutist for the Winterhur Symphony from 1948 to 1950, he was hired by Wilhelm Furtwängler to play first flute in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. This engagement lasted until 1959. Furthermore, between 1952 and 1965, Nicolet taught at Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. In 1965, he went to Freiburg, where he taught master classes until 1981. Nicolet also pursued a distinguished international career as a concert artist. He died in January 2016, a week after his 90th birthday.
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Mozart: Concerto pour flûte No. 2 & concerto pour cor No. 4 (Mono Version)
Aurèle Nicolet, Jan Zwagerman, Otto Ackermann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1955
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Weber & Franck: Sonatas for Flute & Piano
Kamermuziek - Released by Tudor on 18 aug. 2023
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Das Schaffen Johann Sebastian Bachs: Serie K. Instrumentalkonzerte (Stereo Version)
Aurèle Nicolet, Rudolf Baumgartner, Ralph Kirkpatrick
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Das Schaffen Johann Sebastian Bachs: Serie K: Instrumentalkonzerte (Stereo Version)
Rudolf Baumgartner, Helmut Winschermann, Aurèle Nicolet
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Debussy & Ravel: Mélodies (Mono Version)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel, Aurèle Nicolet
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Mozart: Quatuor pour hautbois, K. 370 & Quatuor pour flûte, K. 285 (Mono Version)
Kehr Trio, Helmut Winschermann, Aurèle Nicolet, Günter Kehr, Georg Schmid, Hans Münch-Holland
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Bach: Concertos brandebourgeois Nos. 2 & 4 (Stereo Version)
Adolf Scherbaum, Aurèle Nicolet, Helmut Winschermann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1960
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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Mono Version)
Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Lehmann, Berliner Philharmoniker
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Berliner Philharmoniker spielen: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune
Berliner Philharmoniker, Aurèle Nicolet, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, André Pepin
Concertmuziek - Released by Classico Ivano on 12 dec. 2014
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Aurèle Nicolet / Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne spielen: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flötenkonzert Nr. 2
Aurèle Nicolet, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne
Concertmuziek - Released by Classico Ivano on 14 nov. 2014
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Aurèle Nicolet / Winterthur Symphony Orchestra / Clemens Dahinden play: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flötenkonzert, Wq 169, H 445
Aurèle Nicolet, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra
Concertmuziek - Released by Classico Ivano on 13 mrt. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo