ROMANCES

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.