Mozart Stories - Emmanuel Pahud,eric Le Sage - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

“Mozart is the reason why I became a musician,” says Emmanuel Pahud. Now, in partnership with pianist Eric Le Sage the flautist has recorded the album Mozart Stories – four Mozart sonatas, originally conceived for violin. Pahud shares a birthday with Mozart (27th January) and was first captivated by the composer’s music when he was just four years old. “Mozart is my lucky musical star,” he says, “When I play his works, as I inhale and exhale, I feel a connection between body and soul. His music combines structure and freedom.”

For Mozart Stories Pahud and Le Sage, an established team in the concert hall, have selected sonatas in B flat major, G major, E minor and C major. “Mozart wrote the sonatas at a time when he was composing works for flute too … so the flute and the violin are very close to each other,” affirms Pahud. “Each of the sonatas, starting off with the key it is written in, has a distinctive character.”

Gramophone’s June 2024 edition welcomes the album warmly: “What a good idea to adapt four of Mozart’s mature violin sonatas …The customary ease, gentleness and fluidity of Emmanuel Pahud’s flute and model taste and clarity of Éric Le Sage’s piano-playing are evident … These are ideal transcriptions ideally performed, not weighed down by comparisons with the original pieces, but finding fresh opportunities in them and offering new things to think about.”

Tracklist

1. Flute Sonata In B-Flat Major, K. 378 (Transcr.) Allegro Moderato
2. Andantino Sostenuto E Cantabile
3. Rondo. Allegro
4. Flute Sonata In G Major K. 379 (Transcr.) I. Adagio - Allegro
5. Iia. Andantino Cantabile. Theme and Variations
6. Flute Sonata In E Minor K. 304 (Transcr.) Allegro
7. Tempo Di Minuetto
8. Flute Sonata In C Major K. 296 (Transcr.) Allegro Vivace
9. Andante Sostenuto
10. Rondo. Allegro

Label: Plg | Origin: Holland