
FLÛTE PASSION: BACH
Precision and direction are two words more than appropriate to describe this second album in the Flûte Passion series, which features three Quebec artists with deep roots in the local music scene: Nadia Labrie, Camille Paquette-Roy and Luc Beauséjour. Nadia Labrie is a flutist with a master's degree in performance from the Université de Montréal and a first prize with great distinction from the Conservatoire de Québec. Camille Paquette-Roy has a similar background, holding a diploma from the Conservatoire de Trois-Rivières and a master's degree in performance from McGill University. Both women are accompanied on piano by Luc Beauséjour, an early music specialist and director of the baroque music workshop at Université de Montréal, among others. This trio offers us the chance to discover key works from Johann Sebastian Bach's repertoire of flute sonatas. The communion between the three musicians - which is audible - makes the interpretation of these three sonatas highly interesting. The precision of the flute attacks, the lightness of the cello bow and the perfect balance of the piano accompaniment allow us to float to the sound of this ethereal music. The album closes with the Partita for solo flute in A minor by the same composer, leaving us to appreciate Nadia Labrie's flawless instrumental technique and round sound.