Composer: Georges Barrère, Maurice Duruflé, César Auguste Franck, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor
Performer: Adam Walker, Timothy Ridout, James Baillieu
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20229
Release: 2021
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Saint-Saëns: Romance in D flat major, Op. 37
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
02. I. Allegro ben moderato
03. II. Allegro
04. III. Recitativo-Fantasia
05. IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Barrère: Airs de ballet d’Ascanio
06. Poco adagio
07. Andantino
Widor: Suite for flute and piano, Op. 34
08. I. Moderato
09. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
10. III. Romance. Andantino
11. IV. Final. Vivace
Duruflé: Prelude, recitatif et variations, Op. 3
12. I. Prélude
13. II. Récitatif
14. III. Thème et variations
French Works for Flute is the Chandos début of Adam Walker, ably accompanied by James Baillieu. The pair are joined by the violist Timothy Ridout in Duruflé’s Prélude, récitatif et variations. At the forefront of a new generation of wind soloists, Adam Walker was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2009 at the age of twenty-one. In 2010 he won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award and was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award. He is visiting professor at the Royal College of Music. Judged by The Daily Telegraph to be ‘in a class of his own’, James Baillieu is one of the leading chamber pianists and accompanists of his generation. Built around three major works (Widor’s Suite, Jean-Pierre Rampal’s edition of Franck’s Violin Sonata, and Duruflé’s flute trio), the programme proves an excellent showcase for Walker’s prodigious talent – effortless virtuosity, ethereal sound, and above all outstanding musical expression.