This original program presents three works originally written for violin and piano in a version for flute and piano: the famous César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata in A major, the Violin Sonata Op. 13 by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) and Five Pieces by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936).

Flutist Rebecca Taio about the project: “I find the idea of being able to use different timbres from those one is normally accustomed to and which most of the composers who have written for flute have been inspired by incredibly fascinating and stimulating. With these transcriptions, I sought a more romantic way of playing the flute, less evanescent, with long tense and held sounds, intense vibrato, all typical characteristics of the string instruments used in this repertoire. In addition, we must not underestimate the technical aspect, for although in some respects it may seem 'easier' to play transcriptions from the violin due to a simple fact of digital technique, we are faced with other kinds of difficulties. Things that for the violin are normal, such as loud and full bass sounds or very high notes in diminuendo to nothingness, for the flute can be a challenge, but that is precisely the point, to challenge the characteristics of the instrument itself, to go beyond the role it has been assigned. It is often imagined that the flute only has the role of a singing, virtuosic, sweet and sometimes insubstantial instrument, but it can also be something else. Therefore, also thanks to and through the use of this repertoire, one can investigate the expressive potential of this instrument”.

Rebecca Taio is a highly talented Italian flutist. She studied with Raffaele Trevisani and Patrick Gallois and participated in masterclasses by a.o. Barthold Kuijken and James Galway. Her first album for Brilliant Classics, titled “Undine” (BC 96695) received remarkable reviews in the international press. On this new recording her piano partner is the excellent Marco Grisanti.