The Feminine Flute (2007)

This is a sweet, but never insipid disc. While you might suspect the former of a recording entitled The Feminine Flute, you might also fear the latter, but flutist Christine Hankin and pianist Timothy Murray have chosen the repertoire too wisely and played it too well for those fears to be realized. On the one side, there are three perfectly adorable French works: Claude Arrieu's Sonatine, Cécile Chaminade's Sérénade aux Étoiles, and Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps. On the other side they have exotic works: Anne ... Read More

This is a sweet, but never insipid disc. While you might suspect the former of a recording entitled The Feminine Flute, you might also fear the latter, but flutist Christine Hankin and pianist Timothy Murray have chosen the repertoire too wisely and played it too well for those fears to be realized. On the one side, there are three perfectly adorable French works: Claude Arrieu's Sonatine, Cécile Chaminade's Sérénade aux Étoiles, and Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps. On the other side they have exotic works: Anne Boyd's Bali Moods No. 1, Cecilia McDowall's Not Just a Place, and Amanda Jane Fox's Infinity. And in deep left field, they have hard-edged modernist works: Elizabeth Maconchy's Colloquy, Elisabeth Lutyens' Variations for solo flute, and Sofia Gubaidulina's Sounds of the Forest. And yet, the program is arranged so cunningly that each piece refreshes and stimulates the ear without exhausting it. But, of course, Hankin and Murray can only accomplish this because of their superb playing... Read Less

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2007, Dutton Vocalion UPC: 765387719326 CD See All