In september 2016, Frédéric and I took up the opportunity to play and record with a magnificent Steinway piano from 1952 which had belonged to the Tibor Varga foundation, in a dream-like place immersed in nature. It seemed fitting to celebrate our 15 years of artistic collaboration with Claude Debussy, a composer who was the genesis of our first encounter.

Poetry is the common thread. This recording is a homage, as much to the illustrious french composer as to the poets who inspired him.

 

Gionata Sgambaro

 

 

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

 

I. SYRINX

II. BEAU SOIR

III. IL PLEURE DANS MON COEUR

IV.-IX. BILITIS (SIX ÉPIGRAPHES ANTIQUES)*

X. ROMANCE - L'âme évaporé

XI. GREEN

XII.-XIV. SONATE n°3

XV. NUIT D’ÉTOILES

XVI. L'OMBRE DES ARBRES

XVII. PRÉLUDE À "L’APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE"

 

 

All adaptations and arrangements by Gionata Sgambaro (Klarthe Editions)

except * : arrangement by Karl Lenski (Universal Music)

 

cover  : Bruno Griparich @officina calligrafica

 

 

Gionata Sgambaro  | flute

Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter | piano