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"...The high point of this disc is a beautifully sensitive performance of Debussy's elusive late sonata, a "terribly sad" work according to the composer himself, but also containing in its latter two movements an uneasy kind of high spirits born of desperation. The opening and close of the first movement provide two of those haunting moments at which French composers seem to excel. Philippe Rernold, until recently first flute of the Lyon National Opera, is a player of delicate, refined tone whose descents to the edge of sound are hypnotic in their effect; and with his two partners the performance rivals those recordings I have hitherto cherished as yardsticks for the sonata - the classic Melos of 1962 and the Nash of 1991.
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Bernold captures the spirit of rapture in Syrinx (where his long, controlled diminuendos and his use of pauses are notable), which is heard both in its usual form as an unaccompanied solo and as it was originally intended, as incidental music to a play, Psyche..."
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Gramophone (July, 1998. From review of the original release on Harmonia Mundi)
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Works on This Recording
1.
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Philippe Bernold (Flute),
Isabelle Moretti (Harp),
Gérard Caussé (Viola)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
2.
Syrinx by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Irène Jacob (Spoken Vocals),
Philippe Bernold (Flute)
Written: 1913 pub 1927
3.
Chansons de Bilitis for Speaker and Chamber Ensemble by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Isabelle Moretti (Harp),
Philippe Bernold (Flute),
Germaine Lorenzini (Harp),
Irène Jacob (Spoken Vocals),
Ariane Jacob (Celesta),
Mathieu Dufour (Flute)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1900; France
4.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Philippe Bernold (Flute),
Ariane Jacob (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1892-1894; France
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