Eva Oertle - Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp (2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The Song of the black Swan” by Heitor Villa-Lobos is the centrepiece of this attractive musical program for flute and harp is conceived around the topics of “water”, “lake”, “ocean” & “rain”. Including the well known piece, “The Swan” from “The Carnival of the Animals” (« Le carnaval des animaux ») by Camille Saint-Saëns, the album features also several songs in arrangements for flute and harp by composers such as Schubert & Mendelssohn. Another key work is Claude Debussy’s “Syrinx”, the first significant piece for solo flute after the Sonata in A minor composed by C. P. E. Bach 150 years before (1763), and it is the first such solo composition for the modern Böhm flute, perfected in 1847.

The Swiss flutist EVA OERTLE is active as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and performs with such internationally renowned orchestras as Il Giardino Armonico and Al Ayre Español. As a soloist she has performed with the Brandenburgisches Streichorchester, the Festivalorchester Davos, the Schweizer Philharmonie and the Festival Strings Lucerne and has toured in Germany, Italy, and Chile, where she also gave master classes. Eva Oertle is also active as a presenter and music editor with Swiss Radio SRF2 Kultur.

Italian harpist Consuelo Giulianelli has performed with the Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Switzerland, i Solisti di Brescia, Italy, Orchesterverein Bregenz, Austria, and others. Consuelo has been Principal Harpist of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. In 2002 she has been appointed as harp professor at the Music Conservatory of Feldkirch, Austria.

“A sound as soft as velvet, heartfelt bel canto, a great sense of empathy, and polished technique” (Rhein-Neckar Zeitung)

TRACKLIST

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1924)

1 Song of the Black Swan 02:59

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

2 Fantaisie, Op. 79 05:15

Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010)

3 Le havre de Saint-Germain, Op. 84 04:30

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

4 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 03:43

Wiliiam Alwyn (1905-1985)

5 Naiades 12:19

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1821)

6 Le carnaval des animaux: No. 13, Le cygne 02:54

Witold Lutoslawsiki (1835-1921)

3 Fragmente
7 I. Magie 01:27
8 II. Ulysse en Itaque 01:33
9 III. Presto 00:57

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

10 Syrinx, L. 129 02:35

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847)

11 Schwanenlied 02:30

Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)

12 Sur l'eau 03:26

Desire-Emile Ingelbrecht (1880-1965)

Deux esquisses antiques
13 I. Scaphé 01:53
14 II. Driades 01:50

Sonatine
15 I. Préambule 04:19
16 II. Sicilienne 03:14
17 III. Rondeau 02:41

Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1805-1847)

18 Venezianisches Gondellied 03:01

Henri Busser (1872-1912)

19 La source, Op. 44 04:35
20 Les cygnes 02:32

Jan Freidlin (1944-)

21 Lake Reflection 04:57

PERSONNEL
Eva Oertle, flute
Consuelo Giulianelli, harp