Helena Macherel – Dances for Flute and Harp (2021)

Swiss flutist, Helena Macherel, is a versatile musician who enjoys her career as a chamber musician and soloist. At the age of nineteen, she was awarded the Paul Streit Prize of the Concours de Genève (Switzerland).Praised for her “luminous musicality”, she had multiple opportunities to perform as a soloist with orchestras such as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in the Zurich Tonhalle, the Budapest Radio Symphonic Orchestra, the Nice Philharmonic, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and has also shared the stage with François Benda, Damien Bachmann, Cédric Pescia, François-Xavier Poizat, Nurit Stark, Caroline Melzer, Tjasha Gafner and Joel Sachs. Additionally, Macherel has also been invited to perform in the Sine Nomine Festival, La Prairie Bellmund, Puplinge Classique, Art Association and Théâtre Kléber-Méleau concert series. Since 2018, she plays the baroque flute with La Fontana Cantabile Ensemble. That same year, she won the 1st prize of the International Anton Rubinstein Competition Berlin. In 2021, she had the opportunity to record three new CDs. During the summer of that same year, she became a member of Verbier Festival Orchestra.
Tracklist
1. Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 51
2. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
3. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: I. Joc Cu Bâtǎ
4. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: II. Brâul
5. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: III. Pê:Loc
6. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: IV. Buciumeana
7. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: V. Poargǎ Româneascǎ
8. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56: VI. Mǎrunţel
9. Entr’acte
10. Petite suite, CD 71: I. En bateau
11. Petite suite, CD 71: II. Cortège
12. Petite suite, CD 71: III. Menuet
13. Petite suite, CD 71: IV. Ballet
14. Pavane, Op. 50
15. Sicilienne: Sicilienne, Op. 78
16. Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils