Emmanuel Pahud - Romances (CD)

Flautist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Eric Lesage play arrangements of short pieces and songs by four German composers of the mid-19th century: Robert Schumann and his wife Clara (born Clara Wieck), and Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny.Major composers of the earlier Romantic period somewhat neglected the flute as a solo instrument, even though there were a number of virtuoso players and the flute was popular with amateurs. The fact is that the instrument presented technical difficulties in terms of consistency of timbre and intonation; these were not satisfactorily resolved until 1847, when Theobald Boehm, a German manufacturer of wind instruments, produced the revolutionary prototype of the modern flute. The album comprises: Robert Schumann's three Romances op 94 - originally written for oboe and transcribed for flute in the 1950s by Jean-Pierre Rampal - and his three Fantasiestücke op 73, originally conceived for clarinet; Clara Schumann's three Romances op 22, which she dedicated to the great violinist Joseph Joachim; arrangements of six lieder by Fanny Mendelssohn, and the sonata in F that Felix Mendelssohn composed as a violin work in 1838.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. 3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 1 Nicht Schnell
2. 3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 2 Einfach, Innig
3. 3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 3 Nicht Schnell
4. 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1 Andante Molto
5. 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 2 Allegretto. Mit Zartem Vortrage
6. 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 3 Leidenschaftlich Schnell
7. 5 Lieder, Op.10: No. 3 Abendbild
8. 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 6 Die Mainacht
9. 6 Lieder, Op. 7: No. 4 Du Bist Die Ruh
10. 5 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 2 Vorwurf
11. 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 2 Wanderlied
12. 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 3 Warum Sind Denn Die Rosen So Blass
13. Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: I. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck
14. Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: II. Lebhaft, Leicht
15. Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: III. Rasch Und Mit Feuer
16. Sonata in F Major, MWV Q26: I. Allegro Vivace
17. Sonata in F Major, MWV Q26: II. Adagio
18. Sonata in F Major, MWV Q26: III. Assai Vivace