Caetano, Diego & Lana Kuscer
Nuances Franaises, 20th Century French Flute Sonatas
Under the label of "French music" one should not count exclusively music written by French composers, but also the music falling under the influence of France, of its culture, of its idiosyncrasies. And since one of the traits of "Frenchness" in music - particularly in the early twentieth century - was exoticism, a paradoxical situation may arise: works which clearly express a foreign musical culture may turn out to be perfect embodiments of musical "Frenchness". This Da Vinci Classic album is in fact compiled with two Sonatas by French composers, and one authored by a Brazilian musician of Italian origins; nonetheless - as will be perhaps more evident upon listening to it than by reading these programme notes - there is a remarkable consistency in stylistic terms.