Filigrane

Featuring

Adriana von Franqué
Lili Boulanger
Simon Laks
Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy
César Franck

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Composer Biography

Lili Boulanger, a composer featured on this album, was the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome in composition in 1913.

Composer Biography

Simon Laks, a composer on this album, survived the Holocaust by being appointed leader of the men's orchestra in Auschwitz II by the SS.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Festeburgkirche Frankfurt am Main, Germany, between July 17-19, 2023.

Composer Biography

César Franck, a composer on this album, was one of France's most important organists and served as organist at the Basilique Sainte-Clotilde de Paris for over 30 years.

Compositional Technique

Maurice Ravel's Noctuelles ('Night Moths'), featured on this album, is described as making the frantic beating of countless moths' wings perceptible.

Historical Context

Claude Debussy, a composer on this album, heard an Indonesian gamelan orchestra at the 1889 Paris World's Fair, which influenced his piece Pagodes.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The works on this album are united by a "floating sonic ideal, spherical clarity, and delicate polyphony" that the performer associates with Paris, the "City of Light."