Release Date: 14 June 2024
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623231969
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Composer/Series: Impressions
Release Date: 14 June 2024
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623231969
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Composer/Series: Impressions
Description
Popular Impressionist masterpieces shine in a completely new light in these highly original interpretations for the trio's debut album. Virtuoso panflutist Sebastian Pachel is a pioneer on his instrument, breaking new ground, both with his performance style and his artistically sensitive arrangements. Together with solo harpist Nora Koch and the fabulous chamber music pianist Johann Blanchard, he has found like-minded musicians who know how to inspire audiences with their powerful new versions of classical favourites by the French composer trifecta - Debussy, Faure and Ravel.
The sound of the pan flute is so mysterious its origins are steeped in mythology. In ancient Greek folklore, the beautiful wood nymph Syrinx fled Pan's amorous advances by metamorphosing into a reed. When Pan's breath blew across it, the reed made a haunting sound. This inspired Debussy's masterpiece for solo flute which Pachel interprets with great virtuosity, conveying the archaic roots of modernity.
Debussy's popular masterpiece "Clair de lune" is given new, fragrant, impressionistic colours in the trio arrangement, as is Ravel's famous "Pavane pour une infante defunte". Here, too, metamorphoses are in play, transforming many a familiar piece anew. Debussy's "Arabesque", originally a piano piece, is here dedicated to the harp. Now and then the same motif roams through all three instruments, bringing ever new hues to the fore.
Tracklisting
Karl-Andreas Kolly
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Anna Pikulska
Tatjana Vorobjova
Steffen Schleiermacher
Ma'alot Quintett, Trio Roseau
Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Stephen Marchionda
Slawomir Tomasik, Robert Morawski, Krzysztof Stanienda
Meccore String Quartet
Rachel Podger; Brecon Baroque
Maria Bayley (harp & soprano); Marco Orsini-Brescia (clavichord)
Francisco Fullana, Matthias Kirschnereit
Eleanor Grant and Gus McQuade
Eva Saladin, Daniel Rosin, Johannes Keller
Vilem Vlcek, Denis Linnik