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Mozart & Flute in Paris | Warner 9029673932

Mozart & Flute in Paris

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 9029673932

Barcode: 0190296739323

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 9th July 2021

Gramophone Editor's Choice

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About

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.

Reviews

... this is a double-disc, multi-composer tribute to the notion of Paris as ‘flute capital of the world’ from the 18th century to the present day – as exemplified by the levels of distinction heard from its flautists across the centuries and the way in which the flute embodies the spirit of French art like no other instrument. ... these flute works have the edge right from the programme’s opening seconds; and the further gold stamp is the presence of François Leleux at the helm of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, with everything his oboist’s perspective can bring. ... Not to be missed.  Charlotte Gardner
Gramophone October 2021

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