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Boulanger, Camus, Bonis, Bertrand, Sancan & Jolivet: Revelations - Music for Flute & Piano
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Boulanger, Camus, Bonis, Bertrand, Sancan & Jolivet: Revelations - Music for Flute & Piano

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Composer
Elise Bertrand, Melani Helene Bonis, Lili Boulanger, Pierre Emile Leon Camus, Andre Jolivet, Pierre
Artist
Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 26, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96743
UPC
5028421967431

About

Over a century of captivating French music for the flute, from Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937) to Élise Bertrand (b.2000), including a premiere on disc. From the shepherds-pipe dances of Lully to the pan-flute of Debussy’s faun and beyond, French music has always had a special affinity with the flute. Anna Wierer explores some lesser-known byways of this rich repertoire with her new album, which promises ‘Révélations’ galore. She begins with Lili Boulanger’s evocation of a spring morning, as full of new life as a field of young lambs. Among her contemporaries was Pierre Camus, a student of Fauré: his Chanson et Badinerie presents a pair of contrasting miniatures characteristic of late French Romanticism; the first melancholic and songful, the second lively and of sweeping lightness. The most extended work here is the four-movement Sonata by Mélanie Bonis, known in her time as the androgynous Mel so that her music would not be judged as inferior to a man’s: and indeed the sumptuous modal-oriental harmonies and idiomatic writing for both instruments place it in the front rank of French flute sonatas. A century on, Bonis’s music has belatedly won a place in the modern repertoire – by contrast, Élise Bertrand is at the beginning of a promising career. She composed her Impressions Liturgiques Op.2 at the age of 15, inspired by Maurice Duruflé's Requiem. Dating from 1946, Pierre Sancan’s Sonatine floats in on the breeze as a piece of postwar escapism, as light and sensuous as the creation of a master patissier. Finally, Anna Wierer and Alina Pronina turn to the more complex world of André Jolivet, whose Chant de Linos (1944) shares a theme of antiquity with Debussy’s Prelude but explores a darker, more troubled landscape over the course of its ten eventful minutes. This is the second Brilliant Classics album from the well-established duo of Anna Wierer and Alina Pronina, following on the success of their debut release in 2021, of flute music by the Ukrainian composer Dmitri Tchesnokov. Anna Wierer is the director of the BellClassic Music Academy and the Klangfabrik Music School in Berlin; Kyiv-born Alina Pronina likewise has settled in Berlin, but the duo has given concerts together across Germany and farther afield.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 D'un matin de printemps 04:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    D'un matin de printemps
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Lili Boulanger
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  2. 2 Chanson 03:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chanson
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Pierre Camus
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  3. 3 Badinerie 02:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Badinerie
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Pierre Camus
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  4. 4 I. Andantino con moto 04:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andantino con moto
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  5. 5 II. Scherzo: Vivace 01:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  6. 6 III. Adagio 05:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  7. 7 IV. Finale: Moderato 04:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Finale: Moderato
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  8. 8 I. Introït 01:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Introït
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Elise Bertrand
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  9. 9 II. Lux Aeterna 03:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Lux Aeterna
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Elise Bertrand
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  10. 10 III. Supplicatio 01:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Supplicatio
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Elise Bertrand
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  11. 11 IV. In Paradisum 02:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. In Paradisum
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Elise Bertrand
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  12. 12 I. Modéré 03:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Modéré
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Pierre Sancan
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  13. 13 II. Andante 03:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Pierre Sancan
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  14. 14 II. Presto 02:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Pierre Sancan
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina
  15. 15 Chant de Linos (version for flute and piano) 10:34
    Track
    15
    Title
    Chant de Linos (version for flute and piano)
    Duration
    10:34
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Anna Wierer, Alina Pronina