Emmanuel Pahud, Anneleen Lenaerts, P. Meyer, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris / F. Leleux - Mozart & Flute in Paris

Warner Classics

£12.96

Format: 2CD
ICPN: 0190296739323
Release Date: 9th July 2021
Genre: Classical

This double album, Mozart & Flute in Paris, brings together nine captivating works, all with their origins in Paris, which feature a solo flute. Emmanuel Pahud is joined by his colleagues from ‘wind supergroup’ Les Vents Français – oboist François Leleux (here also conducting the Orchestre de chambre de Paris), clarinettist Paul Meyer, bassoonist Gilbert Audin and horn-player Radovan Vlatković – and by Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts. “The pieces on this album represent different golden ages of the flute,” says Pahud. The earliest, dating from 1778 are two concertante works that Mozart wrote while visiting Paris. The newest, premiered in 2014 by Pahud and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, is Dreamtime by Philippe Hersant. The intervening period is represented by pieces by Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Chaminade and Poulenc, composers whose music embodies France’s special relationship with the flute.

TRACKLIST – MOZART & FLUTE IN PARIS
PHYSICAL
CD1
1. Philippe Hersant, Dreamtime
2. Camille Saint-Saens, Romance Op.37
3. Camille Saint-Saens, Odelette Op.162
4. Cecile Chaminade, Flute Concertino Op. 107
5-7 Francis Poulenc (orch. Berkeley), Sonate FP 164
5. Allegretto malinconico
6. Cantilena: assez lent
7. Presto giocoso

8. Gabriel Fauré (orch. Louis Aubert), Fantaisie Op. 79
9. Camille Saint-Saens, Tarentelle Op. 6
CD2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Horn and Bassoon in E-flat Major K. 297b
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Andantino con variazioni
4-6. Concerto for Flute and Harp K.299 (cadences: Nino Rota)
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Andantino
6. III. Rondeau: Allegro