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Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Here is an attractive programme, and though it comes from Berlin it reminds us that many composers for flute have either been French or at any rate resided in Paris, always a congenial city for flautists. The Carmen Fantasy by Francois Borne is an attractive salon piece . . . . The familiar (but more subtle) Ravel, Roussel and Debussy miniatures are no less successful (the latter is particularly good), as is the pair of pieces by Enescu and the Faure Fantaisie . . . . More substantial music comes in the Ballade by Frank Martin (later orchestrated but here played in its original form) and Jolivet's imaginative Chant de Linos, written in 1944 and intended to suggest an incantatory lament as of ancient Greece . . . . Irena Grafenauer's tone
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is well varied, and . . . these performances are well managed." -- Christopher Headington, Gramophone Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Fantasia brilliante on themes from Bizet's 'Carmen' by Fernande Le Borne
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute),
Michael Grandt (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900
2.
Syrinx by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute)
Written: 1913 pub 1927
3.
Pièce en forme de Habañera by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute),
Michael Grandt (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
4.
Cantabile and Presto for Flute and Piano by George Enescu
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute),
Michael Grandt (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; Romania
5.
Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute),
Michael Grandt (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; France
6.
Joueurs de flûte, Op. 27 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute),
Michael Grandt (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; France
7.
Chant de Linos by André Jolivet
Performer:
Irena Grafenauer (Flute)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; France
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