Debussy, Ravel, Fauré: French Songs for Flute & Harp

‘Chansons sans paroles’: masterpieces of 20th-century song in original arrangements for a quintessentially French instrumental combination, in new recordings by a talented young Italian duo. Composers: Debussy, Fauré, Ravel Artists: Andrea Manco (flute), Stefania Scapin (harp) Online purchase and streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): More information: é/ Stefania Scapin’s performance on YouTube of Debussy’s Clair de lune eloquently demonstrates how sympathetically the impressionist writing of French composers translates to the harp in the right hands. Here in partnership with the flautist Andrea Manco, who joined the Orchestra of La Scala Milan in 2014, she presents some of the best-loved masterpieces by three giants of turn-of-the-century French music. An opening trio of Debussy numbers includes the evergreen Rêverie, ideally suited to the dreamy colours of flute and harp. The Arabesque which would usually form an ‘instrumental interlude’ precedes the two brief but voluptuously harmonised Romances. The Cinq Mèlodies Populaires Grecques and Deux Mèlodies Hèbraïques by Ravel make a piquant contrast with their much more melismatic writing for the melody instrument, exotically soaring above the accompaniment. The album ends in a mood of refined melancholy with seven songs by Fauré, including another Clair de lune as well as Chanson d’amour and the unavoidable Après un rêve, subject before now of countless arrangements which have rarely captured the rapturous ecstasy of the original like this transcription. As Stefania Scapin observes in her booklet notes, the flute becomes the voice of the poetic text without expressly ’speaking’. It nevertheless communicates the poetic meaning through those melodious qualities which distinguish it as an extension of the human voice. The harp becomes a secure but suspended base between the here and now of the plucked string and an unpredictable and mysterious continuation of sound. This delicate balance of sound and memory belongs to the language of the French impressionists, and these performances will afford delight as well as insight into the original songs. Tracklist: Composer: Claude Debussy 00:00:00 Nuit d’étoiles 00:03:29 Rêverie 00:07:50 Beau soir 00:10:24 Arabesque I 00:14:53 2 Romances: I. Romance 00:16:41 2 Romances: II. Les cloches Composer: Maurice Ravel 00:18:29 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: I. Chanson de la mariée 00:20:19 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: II. Là-bas, vers l’église 00:21:38 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: III. Quel galant m’est comparable 00:22:28 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: IV Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques 00:25:13 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: V Tout gai! 00:26:23 2 Mélodies hébraïques: I Kaddisch 00:30:57 2 Mélodies hébraïques: II. L’énigme éternelle Composer: Gabriel Fauré 00:32:10 Les berceaux in B-Flat Minor 00:35:08 Sicilienne, Op. 78 00:38:59 Clair de lune 00:42:03 En prière 00:44:24 Chanson d’amour 00:46:29 Notre amour 00:48:40 Après un rêve Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel: And visit our channel for the best classical music from the greatest composers like: Bach, Satie, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Ravel, Debussy, Verdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Brahms, Liszt, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, Strauss, Handel, Dvorak and many more! We upload complete albums, music for relaxing, working, studying, meditating, concentrating, instrumental music, opera, violin, classical piano music, sonatas and more! #BrilliantClassics #Debussy #Ravel #Fauré #Harp #Flute #Music #French #Songs #Classical #Classic #Classics