Airlines

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Alexandre Desplat

2020

Airlines

Film composer Alexandre Desplat is renowned for the rich inventiveness of his soundtracks, several of which have been transformed here into dazzling concert pieces for flute and orchestra. Having studied the flute as a child, he knows exactly how to write for the instrument: In The Shape of Water suite, soloist Emmanuel Pahud is put through his paces with virtuosic flourishes and beautiful, floating melodies, evident too in the iridescent Girl with a Pearl Earring suite and the brooding “Lust, Caution”. Alongside the film themes sit two concert works for flute and orchestra: The symphonie concertante Pelléas et Mélisande displays Desplat’s dramatic flair, while the title solo work is a sparkling showcase for Pahud’s incredible technical skill.

I. The Shape of Water

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Myriam Lafargue, Alexandre Desplat

2:19

II. Watching Ruth

Alexandre Desplat, Orchestre National de France, Myriam Lafargue, Emmanuel Pahud

3:49

III. Elisa's Theme

Alexandre Desplat, Myriam Lafargue, Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France

4:59

I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé

Emmanuel Pahud, Alexandre Desplat, Orchestre National de France

7:38

II. Ils regardent la lumière

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Alexandre Desplat

5:22

III. Rosée de plomb, inexorables ténèbres

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Alexandre Desplat

6:19

I. Lust, Caution

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Alexandre Desplat

2:22

I. Girl with a Pearl Earring

Alexandre Desplat, Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Pahud

7:26

I. Birth

Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre National de France, Alexandre Desplat

7:36

I. Airlines

4:19

I. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Emmanuel Pahud, Alexandre Desplat, Florentino Calvo, Orchestre National de France

4:08