Pan and Apollo - or to put it in musical terms: wind and string instruments. Both of them ancient gods from Greek mythology: Pan, god of shepherds, the forests and nature and Apollo, son of Zeus, prophetic god of music - each representing their own instrument. Ovid's Metamorphoses tell of the contest, Pan with his syrinx (pipes of pan) and Apollo strumming on his lyre. J.S. Bach took this theme for his famous cantata Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (Calm, you whirling winds) (Secular cantatas Vol 9 BWV 201, 207a). But this recording is not a contest between the two instruments (in our case, the flute and the harp), rather something quite different. Staying in the realm of ancient Greece: water, the theme of this release, comes from the "four elements" doctrine of the ancient Greek philosophers. And that is not the only remarkable feature of this recording. Alongside the beauty of the chamber music, the clarity and lucidity of both instruments, lies the enjoyment of precious musical rarities.

Tracklist:

Suite En Duo (Version For Flute & Harp): I. Préambule. Modéré
Suite En Duo (Version For Flute & Harp): II. Modéré
Suite En Duo (Version For Flute & Harp): III. Assez Lent
Suite En Duo (Version For Flute & Harp): IV. Danse À Onze Temps. Très Animé
3 Thèmes (Version For Flute & Harp): No. 1, Asturienne
3 Thèmes (Version For Flute & Harp): No. 2, Moldave
3 Thèmes (Version For Flute & Harp): No. 3, Saltarelle
3 Impressions (Arr. For Flute & Harp): No. 1, La Fontaine De La Villa Médicis
3 Impressions (Arr. For Flute & Harp): No. 2, La Petite Nymphe De Diane
3 Impressions (Arr. For Flute & Harp): No. 3, La Danse D'elké
Am Springbrunnen, Op. 23
Algues: I. -
Algues: II. -
Algues: III. -
Algues: IV. -
Algues: V. -
Algues: VI. -
Algues: VII. -
Syrinx, L. 129
Toward The Sea III: I. The Night
Toward The Sea III: II. Moby Dick
Toward The Sea III: III. Cape Cod
Naiades

UPC: 881488200416
Label: Profil - G Haenssler
Release Date: 10.23.20
Format: CD

Pan & Apoll / Various - Pan & Apoll (CD)