Essence - Lisa Friend plays Fauré & Debussy Woodwind Piano Chandos

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1891-94)

9:55

Symphonic Poem

À Raymond Bonheur

Arranged for Flute and Piano by Karl Lenski

Assez lent - Moins lent - En animant un peu - Animez toujours -

Premier mouvement - Mouvement du début - En retenant -

Mouvement du début (avec plus de longueur) - Plus lent - Très lent

GABRIEL FAURÉ

Après un rêve, Op.7 No.1 (c.1878)

3:04

from Trois Mélodies

À Madame Marguerite Baugnies

Transcribed and arranged for Flute and Piano by Alain Marion (1938-1998)

in D minor • in d-Moll • en ré mineur

Andantino

Fantaisie, Op.79 (1898)

5:05

in E minor / C major • in e-Moll / C-Dur • en mi mineur / ut majeur

for Flute and Piano

À Monsieur Paul Taffanel

Andantino - Allegro

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Clair de lune (c.1890, revised 1905)

5:05

No.3 from Suite bergamasque

for Piano

'Promenade sentimentale'

(Lovers walking)

Arranged for Flute and Piano by Peter Kolman (b.1937)

Andante très expressif - Tempo rubato - Un poco mosso -

En animant - Calmato - A tempo I

La Fille aux cheveux de lin (c.1910)

2:34

No. VIII from Préludes, Book 1

for Piano

Transcribed for Violin (Flute) and Piano

by Arthur Hartmann (1881-1956)

Très calme et doucement expressif - Un peu animé - Murmuré et en retenant peu à peu

GABRIEL FAURÉ

Sonata, Op.13 (1875-76)

27:39

in A major • in A-Dur • en la majeur

for Violin and Piano

Transcribed and edited for flute by Robert Stallman (B.1946)

Piano part edited by Robert Casadesus (1899-1972)

À Monsieur Paul Viardot

Allegro molto

9:56

Andante

7:07

III

Allegro vivo

4:32

Allegro quasi presto

5:49

Total time: 54:07

Solo: Rohan de Silva piano

“… The performances are persuasive … The sultry tone that Friend adopts at the start of Faune is admirably sustained throughout …[De Silva] comes into his own in the Fauré Sonata, matching the sweep and elegance of Friend’s phrasing with playing of considerable suppleness and subtlety throughout… very enjoyable …”

Tim Ashley – Gramophone magazine – July 2019

Performance **** Recording ****

“… the disc showcases Friend’s creamily luxuriant tone, supported by Rohan da Silva’s refined pianism. Lyrical favourites of both composers are convincingly conveyed … Après un rêve and Clair de lune are charming, while La fille aux cheveux de lin, with its low tessitura, is the most idiomatic. It is all lovely …”

Christopher Dingle – BBC Music magazine – July 2019

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