Koechlin - Les Chants de Nectaire, Series 2: Dans la Foret antique
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Label: Hoxa
Cat No: HS190205
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 30th October 2020
Contents
Artists
Nicola Woodward (flute)Works
Les Chants de NectaireArtists
Nicola Woodward (flute)About
The Chants de Nectaire were inspired by the wise old flute player Nectaire who appears in La Révolte des Anges by Anatole France (1914). The ninety-six gems were composed by Charles Koechlin over four months in 1945. Despite the speed the quality is incredible with great attention to detail; each piece is its own unique sound world, imaginative, sensitive, beautiful and above all, sincere.
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) studied at the École Polytechnique but tuburculosis prevented him from following a military career. And so fortunately he turned to music, studying with Fauré and Massenet. He worked incredibly quickly when inspired and his output covers all genres from the vast orchestral work La Loi de la Jungle (inspired by Kipling), to choral, chamber and solo works. He favoured the flute and seemed to understand the subtleties as if he played himself. According to Koechlin, his personality was dominated by characteristics from his Alsatian roots; an energy, naivety and an absolute sincerity that lie at the heart of all his music.
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