Inna Leoni - Vladimir Tsybin - Concerto Allegro No 2 for Flute and Piano

Vladimir Tsybin - Concerto Allegro No 2 for Flute and Piano Inna Leoni, flute. Brian Gilmore, piano. https://www.innaleoni.com Recorded at L. Brown Recording, Inc. New York. Track from the original recording "The Russian Romantic Flute". Recorded on Haynes Silver Flute with David Williams Headjoint and Steinway D Centennial Grand Piano. Владимир Цыбин - Концертное Аллегро No. 2 для Флейты и Фортепиано. Vladimir Tsybin (1877-1949) is a name highly revered among Russian flutists. As a professor of flute at the Moscow Conservatory for nearly a quarter of a century, Tsybin taught and influenced generations of flutists and is regarded by some as the father of the Russian School of flute playing. His substantial compositional output includes the three Concerto Allegros for flute, Ten Concert Etudes for flute and piano, and other compositions. Tsybin’s Concerto Allegro is a forum for extroversion and serves as a grand monument to the unbridled virtuosity so characteristic of the Romantic era. Such intense display is simultaneously an attraction and a deterrent, for while we can feel exhilarated by its arresting spectacle, we also may judge such works harshly, often prematurely dismissing them as empty showpieces. To condemn such a work to obscurity would be greatly unjust; for whatever its shortcomings, this is a work of great merit and undeniable effect. Formally, “Concerto Allegro No 2” is a well-crafted, large scale sonata allegro movement featuring an extensive cadenza. Throughout the pages of this majestic work Tsybin accentuates the flute’s brilliance, lyricism, and depth of sound by virtue of rich, expansive melodies and the opulent tapestries of passagework he creates. The culmination of Tsybin’s inspiration is manifested in a glorious cadenza highlighting the flute’s sensitivity, power and agility. -Brian Gilmore