The album title, "Femmes de légende" (Legendary Women), reflects the program's focus on musical portraits of heroines from mythology and literature.
Composition History
Henri Dutilleux's suite "Au gré des ondes" is an early work composed for radio, with its title being a play on words referring to musical 'waves' wandering as they please.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mel Bonis's cycle "Femmes de légende" consists of seven independent pieces, written over fifteen years, that were later grouped together by a publisher due to their thematic affinity.
Composition History
Claude Debussy's "L'isle joyeuse" was inspired by Jean-Antoine Watteau's painting "Le pèlerinage à l'île de Cythère," which depicts couples in three stages of love on an enchanted island.
Performer Biography
Pianist Élisabeth Pion made her solo recital debut at Wigmore Hall in 2021 and performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2022.
Composer Biography
Lili Boulanger, an extremely prolific composer, was the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1913, but her life was tragically cut short at age 24 by intestinal tuberculosis.
Recording & Production
The album includes two bonus tracks: a short prelude written by Élisabeth Pion herself and an ornamented version of Dutilleux's "Prélude en berceuse."
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