Bonis - Complete Music for Flute & Piano
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96927
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 19th January 2024
Contents
Works
Air vaudois, op.108Andante et Allegro, op.133
Flute Sonata in C sharp minor, op.64
Melodies (3), op.91 (arr. for flute and piano)
Piece for flute and piano, op.189
Scherzo (Finale), op.187
Une Flute soupire, op.117
Artists
Mario Ancillotti (flute)Eliana Grasso (piano)
Works
Air vaudois, op.108Andante et Allegro, op.133
Flute Sonata in C sharp minor, op.64
Melodies (3), op.91 (arr. for flute and piano)
Piece for flute and piano, op.189
Scherzo (Finale), op.187
Une Flute soupire, op.117
Artists
Mario Ancillotti (flute)Eliana Grasso (piano)
About
Bonis’s talents found expression in many genres, and the piano was undoubtedly her favourite instrument. Nevertheless, in her chamber music scores the flute is often the protagonist, and in the flute repertoire, Bonis’s chamber music output bridges the gap between Romanticism and Impressionism. In her Flute Sonata in C sharp minor, op.64, throughout four large-scale movements Bonis creates a post-romantic atmosphere full of poetry and light. The piano score, strongly influenced by Franck’s use of the keyboard, requires exceptional virtuosity. The flute writing is very dense as well, and both instruments link and exchange motifs as if they were one. The Trois Mélodies, originally for soprano and piano, are arranged here for flute and piano, creating a passionate, if wordless, dialogue between the two instruments and challenging the flute to find an extensive tonal palette. The Scherzo (Final), op.187, belongs to a lost manuscript, probably a Suite for flute and piano. The flute here plays a passionate melody over fast and pressing triplets in the piano part. Pièce, op.189, is another work rediscovered in recent years. Its beautiful melody is accompanied by slow piano chords, offering the flautist room to express varied sounds and colours. The Air Vaudois, op.108, reflecting the pastoral, bucolic nature of the Swiss canton, finds joy and leisure at a time when worries and hardships plagued the Bonis family due to the war. Une Flûte soupire, op.121, combines lyricism and colour contrasts in a more impressionistic style than the preceding works. The album closes with Andante et Allegro, op.133, her most avant-garde work in terms of harmonic choices and original development. The Andante’s irregular phrases and long lines are met with the Allegro’s rapid, low piano octave, growing in intensity towards a stormy finale.
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