Undine - Music for Flute & Piano

Debussy, Claude, Doyen, Albert, Mouquet, Jules, Reinecke, Carl, różni kompozytorzy

Colombarolli, Luca, Taio, Rebecca

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The pieces chosen for this album all have one feature in common, they are inspired by fairy tales, myths and poems.

The most famous Romantic flute sonata is the Sonata Undine by Carl Reinecke, composed after reading Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s fairy tale from 1811. The story perfectly suited the German Romantics’ penchant for the supernatural and for tales of a world inhabited by nymphs and demigods. Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune was a revolutionary work which changed the course of musical history. Mallarmé’s evocative verses, telling of a faun irresistibly in thrall to a group of flirtatious nymphs in the heat of an afternoon, inspired Debussy to a work of great sensitivity. Also included are the Poèmes Grecs by Albert Doyen and La Flûte de Pan by Jules Mouquet, highly atmospheric and evocative music.

Rebecca Taio is a highly talented Italian flutist. She studied with Raffaele Trevisani and Patrick Gallois and participated in masterclasses by a.o. Barthold Kuijken and James Galway.

Works:

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
•Doyen: Poèmes Grecs, Cinq pièces brèves pour flute et piano
•Mouquet: La Flûte de Pan, Op. 15
•Reinecke: Sonata for flute & piano in E major 'Undine', Op. 167

CD x 1

Brilliant Classics

2022-10-03

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