Tour de France
Works by Claude Debussy, Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel, François Couperin und Louis Ganne
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GEN 87108 EAN: 4260036251081
19.10.2007Special offer18.90 € 16.90 €
Spirit, lightness, clarity – which instrument would be better suited to embody these French cardinal virtues than the flute? And when five highly decorated instrumentalists (four ladies and a gentleman) also come together to bind a colourful bouquet of French flowers, Monet’s poppy fields or Cézanne’s whirring summer landscapes appear before the inner eye of the listener already with the first notes. The name of the Leipzig flute ensemble is Quintessenz, playing for the most part their own adaptations of classics such as Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” and Bizet’s “Children’s Games” on their first GENUIN CD. But not only are these genre pictures, rather intimate in their original versions as well, precisely and delicately whispered. Works originally conceived for large ensembles, such as “Alborada del Gracioso” and the “Afternoon of a Faun” resonate with such beauty and fullness of sound that one does not miss the symphony orchestra – on the contrary!
Read the review published by Pan flute.
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Tracklist
- C. Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune - C. Debussy
Petite Suite - G. Bizet
Jeux d’enfants - C. Saint-Saëns
Le carnaval des animaux - M. Ravel
Pièce en forme de Habanera - M. Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (from “Miroirs”) - C. Debussy
Suite Bergamasque - F. Couperin
Le tic-toc-choc - L. Ganne
Andante et Scherzo
Spirit, lightness, clarity – which instrument would be better suited to embody these French cardinal virtues than the flute? And when five highly decorated instrumentalists (four ladies and a gentleman) also come together to bind a colourful bouquet of French flowers, Monet’s poppy fields or Cézanne’s whirring summer landscapes appear before the inner eye of the listener already with the first notes. The name of the Leipzig flute ensemble is Quintessenz, playing for the most part their own adaptations of classics such as Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” and Bizet’s “Children’s Games” on their first GENUIN CD. But not only are these genre pictures, rather intimate in their original versions as well, precisely and delicately whispered. Works originally conceived for large ensembles, such as “Alborada del Gracioso” and the “Afternoon of a Faun” resonate with such beauty and fullness of sound that one does not miss the symphony orchestra – on the contrary!
Read the review published by Pan flute.