Formats and Editions
1. Fanny Caecilie Mendelssohn Hensel:5 Lieder, Op. 10, No. 2 Vorwurf
2. 5 Lieder, Op.10, No. 3 Abendbild
3. 6 Lieder, Op. 7, No. 4 Du bist die Ruh
4. Lieder (6), Op. 1, No. 2 Wanderlied
5. Lieder (6), Op. 1, No. 3 Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass
6. Lieder, Op. 9, No. 6 Die Mainacht
7. Felix Mendelssohn:Flute Sonata in F major
8. Clara Schumann:Romances (3), Op. 22 (Drei Romanzen)
9. Robert Schumann:Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (Fantasy Pieces)
10. Romances (3), Op. 94
More Info:
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.