Emmanuel Pahud: Solo
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TELEMANN / NIELSEN / VARESE / WIDMANN / PART
Emmanuel Pahud: Solo
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
[ Warner Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 5 June 2018
Interweaving the Baroque era and the 20th and 21st centuries, the newest addition to Emmanuel Pahud's Warner Classics catalogue is an imaginative 2-CD collection of music for unaccompanied flute. Among the composers are Telemann, Nielsen, Honegger, Varèse, Berio, Takemitsu, Pärt, Pintscher and Widmann. "Most of the pieces are about exploring new paths," says Pahud. "The power of this music often lies in the contrast between a simple line and the most refined complexities, between a note so quiet as to be barely perceptible and the loudest, most extreme notes playable on the instrument."
"Pahud demonstrates on this truly wonderful album that the flute has the rightful place alongside the more commonly recorded solo instruments - the piano, violin and guitar. Two strands run right through the most engaging programme. On one hand is the Baroque with all twelve of Telemann's Fantasias. Alternating tracks are pieces by various 20th C and contemporary composers. There are many discoveries to be made. Pahud's sheer artistry, finely recorded, is something to savour with music of real scope and variety." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks
Tracks:
Telemann: 12 Fanrasias
Takemitsu: Air
Karg-Elert: Flute Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 140
Widmann, J: Petite Suite
Takemitsu: Voice
Helps: Second Thoughts
Honegger: Danse de la chèvre
Pintscher: Beyond (a system of passing)
Ferroud: Pièces (3): Bergère Captive
Ferroud: Pièces (3): Jade
Nielsen: Børnene leger
Ferroud: Pièces (3): Toan-Yan
Berio: Sequenza I for flute
Pärt: Estländler
Varèse: Density 21.5
Marais, M: Les Folies d'Espagne, 32 Variations pour flûte seule
