Aero: Contemporary Works For Flute
Navona, 2020
9/10
Listen to Aero: Contemporary Works For Flute
The flute extraordinaire Dieter Flury is in fine company here, as Dijana Bistrovic (flute), Jeva Osa (piano), Bruno Philipp (clarinet) and Branimir Pustick (cello) help flesh out these 8 selections from contemporary composers.
John Bilotta’s “Capricci” starts the listen with a bouncy, playful spirit where the flute acrobatics are immediately engaging, and “Colors” follows with the flute, piano, and clarinet interacting in sublime ways that are dreamy and soaring and not short on harmonies.
In the middle, “Waltz For Flute And Cello” pairs Bistrovic and Pusticki for a stirring, cinematic display in the Andrew Lewinter composition that comes with a three part structure, while “Three Lais For Solo Flute” spreads out over 3 movements that span from calm and meditative to frantic and firm, with unpredictable tonal shifts.
Near the end, “Ondine’s Flute” is a solo flute outing of much grace and timelessness, and “Mad Rush To The End” exits the listen with 2 flutes working off each other’s strengths in a dizzying display of highly skilled adventurousness.
Flury has an impressive resume that includes playing in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and well as being a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. We can now certainly add top notch recording artist to that list of accolades, too.
Travels well with: Quatra Duo- Painted Music; Zephyr Quartet- Epilogue