Liselotte Rokyta - Syrinx (2022) [Official Digital Download]

One of the oldest musical instruments we know of, the pan flute was played in many antique civilizations. 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 respective composers would undoubtedly have written music for the pan flute too had they had available a musician of her quality. The enchanting voice of the nymph Syrinx in the realm of classical music.

Track List:
[01:19] 01. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 1, Jocul cu bâtă. Allegro moderato
[00:33] 02. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 2, Brâul. Allegro
[01:56] 03. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 3, Pe loc. Andante
[01:40] 04. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 4, Buciumeana. Moderato
[00:32] 05. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 5, Poarga Românească. Allegro
[00:59] 06. Liselotte Rokyta - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 6, Mărun.el I & II
[05:11] 07. Liselotte Rokyta - Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
[03:54] 08. Liselotte Rokyta - Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: IV. Passepied
[04:42] 09. Liselotte Rokyta - Danse de la chévre
[04:20] 10. Liselotte Rokyta - Reverie
[02:41] 11. Liselotte Rokyta - Petite valse
[02:06] 12. Liselotte Rokyta - Les corps glorieux: No. 3, L'Ange aux parfums
[05:32] 13. Liselotte Rokyta - Les corps glorieux: No. 1, Subtilité des Corps glorieux
[05:04] 14. Liselotte Rokyta - Hora Prahova
[03:10] 15. Liselotte Rokyta - Hora detrunchiaţilor
[04:35] 16. Liselotte Rokyta - Density 21.5
[04:28] 17. Liselotte Rokyta - Rêverie, L. 68
[04:20] 18. Liselotte Rokyta - Syrinx, L. 129