Short bio Michel Blavet
Birthday:
1700 in Besançon, France
Died:
1768 in Paris, France
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Michel Blavet
Michel Blavet was a French composer and flute virtuoso born on March 13 , 1700, in Besançon, France. He taught himself to play almost every instrument but became best known for his virtuosity on the flute. Blavet was considered one of the foremost flute players of his time and was particularly noted for his skill as an improviser.
Blavet started his career as a composer and performer in Paris, where he gained recognition as a member of the Concert Spirituel, the foremost concert series in Paris at the time. During his career, Blavet composed and published numerous works for the flute, including sonatas, concertos, and chamber music. He was also known for transcribing works of other composers, such as Antonio Vivaldi's works, for his own instrument.
Blavet's compositions are characterized by their virtuosic instrumental writing and lively character, which helped to establish the Galant style of the mid-18th century. His music was popular among flute players of his time and remains popular today, particularly his six flute sonatas.
Despite his success as a composer, Blavet continued to perform throughout his career, and his playing was renowned for its expressiveness and technical brilliance. He died on October 28, 1768, in Paris, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most influential French composers and performers of his time.
Compositions featuring Michel Blavet
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonata for flute & continuo in E minor, Op. 3/3 | 8:46 min | Chamber Music | 1740 |
| 2 | Sonata for flute & continuo in B minor, Op. 3/2 | 8:48 min | Chamber Music | 1740 |
| 3 | Sonata for flute & harp No. 2 ("L'Henriette") | 15:54 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 4 | Sonata for flute & continuo in G minor, "La Lumaque", Op. 2/4 | 12:47 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 5 | Sonata for flute & continuo in G major, Op. 2/1 | 14:56 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 6 | Sonata for flute & continuo in E minor, "La Dhérouville" Op. 2/3 | 14:32 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 7 | Sonata for flute & continuo in D minor, "La Vibray", Op. 2/2 | 12:57 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 8 | Sonata for flute & continuo in D major, Op. 2/5 | 15:39 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 9 | Sonata for flute & continuo in A minor, "La Boucot", Op. 2/6 | 11:59 min | Chamber Music | 1732 |
| 10 | Troiseme Recueil de Pieces | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 11 | Concerto for flute & orchestra in A minor, "A 4" | 14:07 min | Concerto | - |
| 12 | Sonatas (6) for flute & continuo, Op 3 | 60:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Sonatas (6) for flute & continuo, Op 2 | 71:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 14 | Sonata for flute & continuo in D major, Op. 3/6 | 11:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 15 | Sonata for flute & continuo in A major, Op. 3/4 | 9:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 16 | Rondeau dans Zaïde, for 2 flutes | 4:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 17 | Recueil de Pièces | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 18 | Prélude de Mr. Blavet, for 2 flutes (Premier recueil de pièces) | 2:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 19 | Prélude de M. Blavet, for 2 flutes (Deuxième recueil de pièces) | 3:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 20 | Prélude de Blavet, for 2 flutes (Troisième recueil de pièces) | 2:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Pourquoi doux Rossignols for two alto recorders in B flat major | 3:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | Menuet l'inconu, for 2 recorders | 6:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Marche de la Grand Loge | 1:03 min | - | |
| 24 | L'Insinuante de Blavet, for 2 flutes (Premier recueil de pièces) | 4:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | Gigue et Rondeau for flute | 2:57 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Michel Blavet
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Georg Friedrich Händel, Michel Blavet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karolina Juodelytė, Vilmantė Kaziulytė, Valstybinis Vilniaus Kvartetas, Musica Humana – Intro Musica(CD, Album) | 2013 | Lietuvos Nacionalinė Filharmonija |
| 2 |  |
Michel Blavet - Philippe Pierlot, Sylvia Abramowicz, Richard Siegel – Sonates (Mêlées De Pièces Pour La Flûte Traversière Avec La Basse Oeuvre 2)(CD, ) | 2003 | Maguelone |
| 3 |  |
Michel Blavet - Thierry Bellenoue, Marie-Anne Billet – Intégrale Des Six Sonates Opus 2 Pour Flûte(CD, Album) | 2000 | Not On Label (Thierry Bellenoue Self-released) |
| 4 |  |
Blavet, Claire Guimond, John Toll, Jonathan Manson – Sonates Pour Flûte Et Basse Continue, Œuvres II(CD, Album) | 2000 | Atma Classique |
| 5 |  |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, François Couperin, Michel Blavet, Marin Marais, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Tompes de France, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Orchestra Of The 18th Century – At The Court Of The Sun King(CD, Compilation) | 1996 | Philips |
| 6 |  |
Michel Blavet, Accademia Farnese – Six Sonates Melees de Pieces Oeuvre II(2×CD, Stereo) | 1996 | Mondo Musica |
| 7 |  |
Michel Blavet, Hans-Joachim Fuss, Nicolau de Figueiredo, Michael Spengler – Blavet 6 Sonatas(CD, Album) | 1996 | Pan Classics |
| 8 |  |
Masahiro Arita, Hotteterre 〜 Blavet 〜 Leclair 〜 Dieupart 〜 Boismortier – Flute Music Of The "Grand Siècle"(2×CD, ) | 1994 | Denon |
| 9 |  |
Quantz, Vivaldi, Tartini, Blavet / Per Øien, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra – Virtuoso Flute Concerti Of The Baroque(CD, Compilation) | 1993 | BIS |
| 10 |  |
Blavet, Masahiro Arita, Chiyoko Arita, Wieland Kuijken – 5 Sonates Pour La Flûte-Traversiere(CD, Album) | 1992 | Denon |
| 11 |  |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, František Benda, Michel Blavet, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Milan Munclinger, Josef Hála, František Xavier Thuri, František Sláma – Baroque Flute Sonatas(LP, Repress, Stereo) | 1989 | Supraphon |
| 12 |  |
Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Sammartini, Michel Blavet, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hans-Martin Linde, Werner Berndsen, Kurt Redel, Aurèle Nicolet – Große Flötenkonzerte | 1989 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 13 |  |
Sammartini • Devienne • De Croes • Blavet • J.S. Bach - Jean-Pierre Rampal – Fluitconcerten II(CD, Compilation, Stereo) | 1989 | Erato |
| 14 |  |
Telemann, Blavet, Geminiani, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin – Concerti Grossi(CD, Album, Club Edition) | 1988 | Capriccio (2) |
| 15 |  |
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Telemann, Blavet, Geminiani – Burlesque De Quixotte / Concerti Per Flauto / Concerto Grossi(CD, ) | 1986 | Capriccio Digital |
| 16 |  |
Blavet - Philippe Allain-Dupré, Marianne Muller, Marc Tallet, Yannick Le Gaillard – Blavet: Sonates Pour Flûte Et Basse Continue | 1986 | Le Chant Du Monde |
| 17 |  |
Ransom Wilson - Blavet, Tartini, Devienne, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra – Baroque Concertos For Flute(LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | 1986 | Angel Records |
| 18 |  |
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Philipp Telemann, Michel Blavet, Francesco Geminiani – Burlesque De Quixotte / Concerti Per Flauto / Concerto Grossi(LP) | 1986 | Capriccio Digital |
| 19 |  |
Blavet, Boismortier, Buffardin, Corrette, Quentin, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel – Concerts | 1983 | Archiv Produktion |
| 20 |  |
Marin Marais, Michel Blavet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Philidor – Duo Clavecin & Flûte(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1981 | ILD |
| 21 |  |
J.S. Bach, Tartini, Vivaldi, Sammartini, Pergolesi, Blavet, De Croes, Devienne - Jean-Pierre Rampal – Fluteconcertos(2×LP, Compilation) | 1980 | Erato |
| 22 |  |
André Pepin · Raymond Leppard · Claude Viala · Loeillet · Gaultier · Handel · Telemann · Vinci · Blavet – Baroque Flute Sonatas(LP, Album, Repress, Stereo) | 1978 | London Records |
| 23 |  |
Devienne • Blavet • Touchemoulin - Maxence Larrieu, Ensemble Instrumental De France, Jean-Pierre Wallez – The Golden Age Of The Flute Concerto. Devienne. Blavet. Touchemoulin.(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1973 | PETERS INTERNATIONAL |
| 24 |  |
Rameau • Blavet - The Tipton Trio – Duos & Trios For Flute, Cello & Harpsichord | 1971 | Westminster Gold |
| 25 |  |
J-M. Leclair / M. Blavet / J-C. Naudot / M. Corrette - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard – Quatre Concertos Pour Flûte | 1971 | Erato |
| 26 |  |
Jean-Pierre Rampal & Marie-Claire Alain - B. Marcello / M. Blavet / G. Pugnani / J. Alain / F. Martin – Flute Et Orgue | 1970 | Erato |
| 27 |  |
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel Bach / Giovanni-Battista Pergolese / Michel Blavet - Linde, Nicolet, Schaeffer – Concertos Pour Flûte | 1969 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 28 |  |
Vivaldi, Leclair, Pergolesi, Blavet – Fluitconcerten(LP, Compilation) | 1967 | Musique Royale |
| 29 |  |
Michel Blavet - Gabriel Fumet, Jean-Louis Petit – 4 Sonates For Flute & Clavecin (La Lumagne, L'Henriette, La Chauvet, La Vibray) | 1965 | Société Française du Son |
| 30 |  |
Michel De La Barre / Michel Blavet / Anne Danican-Philidor / François Couperin - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Veyron-Lacroix – Eighteenth-Century French Flute Sonatas | 1964 | Dover Publications |
| 31 |  |
Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pierre Pierlot, Jean-Marie Leclair, Michel Blavet – 2 Concertos Avec Rampal Et Pierlot(LP, 10", Mono) | 1956 | Erato |
| 32 |  |
Michel Blavet / M. Marcel Moyse, Mme Pauline Aubert – 2e Sonate Pour Flûte Et Clavecin(Shellac, 12", 78 RPM) | 1935 | L'Anthologie Sonore |
| 33 |  |
Mozart • Blavet • Leclair - Aurèle Nicolet, Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner – Flute Concertos(LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | - | Heliodor |
| 34 |  |
Maxence Larrieu, François Devienne, Michel Blavet, Joseph Touchemoulin – Maxence Larrieu Querflöte(LP, Stereo) | - | Aristocrate (2) |
| 35 |  |
Blavet - Pergolesi / André Vessières, Denise Monteil, Huguette Prudhon, Anne-Marie Beckensteiner, Jean-Marie Leclair Instrumental Ensemble, Jean-François Paillard – Le Jaloux Corrigé (Complete)(LP, Mono) | - | Westminster |
| 36 |  |
Sonates Pour Flûte(LP) | - | REM |
| 37 |  |
Jacques Mule, Pierre Cortellezzi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Marie Leclair, Michel Blavet, Johann Sebastian Bach – Souvenir D'un Concert (programme Intégral)(10", 33 ⅓ RPM) | - | Not On Label |
| 38 |  |
Jean-Marie Leclair / François Francœur / Michel Blavet – La Musique Et Les Salons(LP, Album, Mono) | - | Philips |
| 39 |  |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Michel Blavet, Jean-Marie Leclair – Prestige De La Flûte(LP) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 40 |  |
Michel Blavet, Ransom Wilson, Lionel Party – Blavet: Six Sonatas for Flute and Continuo, Op. 2(LP, Stereo) | - | Musical Heritage Society |
| 41 |  |
Blavet, Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum – Flute Sonatas (Complete)(3×CD, ) | - | Brilliant Classics |
| 42 |  |
Vinci, Blavet, J.S. Bach, Veracini, Annemarie Wydler-Stähli, Giuliana Stehli-Altwegg – Barocke Kammermusik(LP) | - | Not On Label |
| 43 |  |
Michel Blavet - Emmanuel Pirard, Anne Froidebise – Sonates Pour Flûte Et Clavecin Opus 2. 1 à 4(LP) | - | Duchesne |
| 44 |  |
Jean-Marie Leclair, Michel Blavet, Michel Corrette – Concertos For Woodwinds(LP, Compilation) | - | Erato |
| 45 |  |
Domenico Cimarosa, François Devienne, Michel Blavet, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Ransom Wilson, Clementine Scimone, Orchestre De Chambre J.F. Paillard, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone – Concertos Pour 1 & 2 Flûtes(CD, Compilation) | - | Erato |
Videos featuring Michel Blavet
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.2 in D, K.314 - 1. Allegro aperto
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Mozart: Flute Concerto No.2 in D, K.314 - 1. Allegro aperto · Aurèle Nicolet · Festival Strings Lucerne · Rudolf Baumgartner
Rudolf Baumgartner - Great Recordings
℗ 1967 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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Michel Blavet (1700-1768) - Le Jaloux Corrige (Jean Francois Paillard)
Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
Le Jaloux Corrige (Jean Francois Paillard)
Michel Blavet (1700-1768) - Complete Flute Sonatas (Musica ad Rhenum, 3CD)
Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
Complete Flute Sonatas (Musica ad Rhenum, 3CD)
Listas de canciones
Disco: 1
1 Sonate I - Adagio
2 Sonate I - Allegro
3 Sonate I - Aria 1a - Rondeau - l'Henriette
4 Sonate I - Aria 2a
5 Sonate I - Presto
6 Sonate II - Andante La
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