Juliette Hurel, Hélène Couvert & Emmanuelle Bertrand - Nature romantique (2023)

Three leading soloists celebrate Nature in the Romantic era. Flautist Juliette Hurel and pianist Hélène Couvert, currently celebrating thirty years of musical partnership, are joined for this recording by cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand, who was voted ‘Instrumental Soloist of the Year’ at the French Music Awards 2022. They present a recital that enables us to meet the miller’s apprentice imagining his impending death surrounded by the flowers given him by his lost love (in transcriptions of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin ) and the water nymph Undine, who seeks to gain a human soul (in Reinecke’s Undine Sonata ).

Tracklist
1. Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato (8:37)
2. Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (3:01)
3. Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 63: III. Schäfers Klage. Andante espressivo (3:44)
4. Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 63: IV. Finale. Allegro (8:27)
5. Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121 (Transcr. for Flute and Piano by Juliette Hurel) (3:19)
6. Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795: No. 18, Trockne Blumen (Transcr. for Flute and Piano by Juliette Hurel) (3:17)
7. Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 "Undine" : I. Allegro (6:34)
8. Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 "Undine" : II. Intermezzo. Allegretto vivace (3:34)
9. Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 "Undine" : III. Andante tranquillo (3:49)
10. Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 167 "Undine" : IV. Finale. Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato, quasi presto (5:48)
11. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: I. Introduction (2:40)
12. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: II. Theme (1:50)
13. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: III. Variation I (1:35)
14. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: IV. Variation II (1:35)
15. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: V. Variation III (2:02)
16. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: VI. Variation IV (1:44)
17. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: VII. Variation V (2:05)
18. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: VIII. Variation VI (2:39)
19. Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802: IX. Variation VII (3:10)