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RIES: Flute Quartets 1
Ardinghello Ensemble
CPO 555 051-72 minutes
The prolific and expressive German composer Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) has been unfairly tarred as both too much and not enough like Beethoven-a fine performer on the piano, and a romantic. I have long enjoyed the six quartets that Ries produced for the combination of flute and strings-one set of three...