Sara Ligas & Luca Nurchis - Mouquet: Complete Music for Flute and Piano (2017)

Jules Mouquet (1867‐1946) was born in Paris and studied composition at that city’s Conservatoire with Theodore Dubois. A winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome he became Professor at the Paris Conservatoire, and established himself as a key figure in the French cultural elite, a composer, teacher and author, writing prefaces and notes for works by prominent authors, including Rimbaud, Flaubert and Baudelaire. This new recording presents Mouquet’s complete works for flute and piano. Their titles (La Flûte de Pan, Danse Grecque, Eglogue, Berceuse, Divertissement Grec) already hint at the character of the music: evocative, scenic, often using modal scales and generally influenced by the warm, sensual and sweetly‐romantic language of the young Debussy. Beautifully played, with the right mixture of esprit, charm and seductiveness by Sara Ligas and Luca Nurchis, who already successfully recorded flute music by Karg‐Elert for Brilliant Classics.

TRACKLIST

01. 5 Pièces brèves, Op. 39: I. Andantino in A Minor
02. 5 Pièces brèves, Op. 39: II. Allegretto in G Minor
03. 5 Pièces brèves, Op. 39: III. Adagio-Andante in G Minor
04. 5 Pièces brèves, Op. 39: IV. Andante
05. 5 Pièces brèves, Op. 39: V. Allegro in D Major
06. Danse Grecque in F Major, Op. 14
07. Divertissement grec, Op. 23: I. Lydienne
08. Divertissement grec, Op. 23: II. Dorienne
09. Divertissement grec, Op. 23: III. Phrygienne
10. Berceuse, Op. 22
11. Eglogue, Op. 29
12. La flûte de pan in F Major, Op. 15: I. Pan et les bergers
13. La flûte de pan in F Major, Op. 15: II. Pan et les oiseaux
14. La flûte de pan in F Major, Op. 15: III. Pan et les nymphes