Composer: Béla Bartók, André Caplet, Claude Achille Debussy, Arthur Honegger, Olivier Messiaen, Ciprian Porumbescu, Edgard Varèse
Performer: Liselotte Rokyta, Eliška Novotna
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Supraphon
Catalogue: SU43112
Release: 2022
Size: 514 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68
01. No. 1, Jocul cu bâtă. Allegro moderato
02. No. 2, Brâul. Allegro
03. No. 3, Pe loc. Andante
04. No. 4, Buciumeana. Moderato
05. No. 5, Poarga Românească. Allegro
06. No. 6, Mărun.el I & II
Debussy: Suite bergamasque
07. Clair de lune
08. Passepied
09. Honegger: Danse de la chèvre
Caplet: Rêverie and Petite Valse for flute and piano
10. Reverie
11. Petite valse
Messiaen: Les corps glorieux
12. L’ange aux parfums
13. Les Corps Glorieux
14. Porumbescu: Hora Prahova
15. Porumbescu: Hora Detrunchiatilor
16. Varèse: Density 21.5
17. Debussy: Rêverie
18. Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute
One of the oldest musical instruments we know of, the Pan Flute was played in many antique civilisations. The sophisticated type used in Romanian folk music is the most familiar to a contemporary audience. The virtuosos who brought fame to the Pan Flute in the second half of the 20th century include the Romanian musicians Damian Luca, Radu Simion, Nicolae Pîrvu, Gheorghe Zamfir and Simion Stanciu.
Liselotte Rokyta studied with four of the “Big Five” and also gained authentic Pan Flute skills from folk players during a number of visits to Romania. The present album documents that the Pan Flute also occupies an indispensable position in classical music. The pieces by Bartók and Porumbescu are arrangements of Romanian folk dances, in which the Pan Flute is commonly employed.
Debussy composed his Syrinx for the transverse flute, to which the Pan Flute (or syrinx) would seem to be an equal variant. The other arrangements are based on 19th- and 20th-century French composers’ works for the flute, as well as the piano and organ. You may have been hard pressed to imagine pieces by Varèse, Honegger or Messiaen played on the Pan Flute, yet you will certainly be engrossed by Liselotte Rokyta’s performance. The enchanting voice of the nymph Syrinx in the realm of classical music.