Ries Quartets for Flute Strings

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) is still best known for the early period in his career when he studied with Beethoven and then became his secretary; copying scores and handling correspondence for a composer whose relationship with the outside world only became more unpredictable with the onset of deafness.
However, Ries (like his master, born in Bonn) fled Vienna in 1807 and thereafter embarked on a well-travelled career – in Paris, then Vienna again, venturing as far as St Petersburg and London, before settling in Frankfurt. Within a prolific output, he wrote 30 separate works scored for a solo flute, almost all of which date from his period in London (1813-24), where he won a reputation as a piano teacher to the well-to-do while producing his own music for London’s vibrant concert life.

Composer: Ferdinand Ries
Artists: Ginevra Petrucci (flute)
Trio David

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The three Quartets Op.145 for flute, violin, viola and cello were composed in 1814-15 and published in 1826, while the trio of Quartets WoO35 belong to Ries’s later period in Germany. Ries dedicated Op.145 to Charles Aders, a wealthy amateur flautist, who likely commissioned him; there is no sign of the composer ‘writing down’ to accommodate any limitations in his dedicatee’s playing, from the poignant and tumultuous emotions that pervade Quartet No.2, and the vibrant spirit of the finales, such as the Allegro all'espagnola of Quartet No.1.
As Ginevra Petrucci remarks in her booklet essay, ‘Ries masterfully balances diversity of form with captivating expression. The writing's density and variety are remarkable, marked by thematic abundance, rich modulations, rhythmic contrasts, and variations.’ This is true even more of the later Quartets WoO35, which were probably written with the flautist Anton Bernhard Fürstenau in mind. The expression is notably more refined and Romantic in spirit than the earlier set, sometimes softer-edged, often with more sophisticated dialogue between flute and strings, ’bearing a near-Beethovenian character.’
Italian born, Ginevra Petrucci graduated from Stony Brook and Yale. Based in New York, she performs across the US while continuing to return to Europe for projects such as this recording. She is joined here by Trio David, a trio of Italian musicians who came together in 2020 and since then have given concerts across Italy as well as recording the string trios of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari for Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist:
Ferdinand Ries:
Flute Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 145:
00:00:00 I. Allegro con brio
00:05:59 II. Larghetto cantabile
00:11:00 III. Scherzo, allegro vivace
00:15:33 IV. Allegro all’espagnola
Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 145:
00:19:49 I. Allegro moderato
00:27:29 II. Andante
00:33:20 III. Menuetto molto moderato
00:37:08 IV. Rondo, allegro moderato
Flute Quartet in No. 3 A Major, Op. 145:
00:42:42 I. Allegro moderato
00:50:21 II. Scherzo, vivace
00:54:00 III. Adagio
00:59:35 IV. Allegro
Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, WoO 35:
01:04:39 I. Allegro
01:13:28 II. Adagio con moto
01:18:58 III. Scherzo, vivace
01:25:32 IV. Finale, allegro molto
Flute Quartet No. 2 in G Major, WoO 35:
01:33:57 I. Andante
01:36:48 II. Allegretto
01:43:05 III. Adagio con moto, cantabile
01:46:59 IV. Allegro vivace
Flute Quartet No. 3 in A minor, WoO 35:
01:52:11 I. Allegro non troppo
01:58:51 II. Largo
02:03:23 III. Menuetto, moderato
02:07:49 IV. Rondo grazioso, allegretto

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