Charles Koechlin: Les Chants de Nectaire 2ème série
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The album has been recorded in Summer 2004 in the church of Zimmerwald near Bern. There's a German review by Wolfgang Böhler at Codex Flores.
Nectaire, the old gardener (a fallen angel) from the novel “The Revolt of the Angels” by Anatole France, plays the flute for his guests. He improvises so beautiful musical nature descriptions that even the animals come and listen to him.
This scene inspired Charles Koechlin to write a three-volume cycle of 96 pieces for solo flute. The 77-year-old composer wrote this collection on the suggestion of the flutist Jean Merry. This CD contains volume 2 with the subtitle “In the antique forest”.
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