10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107 (Flute Version) : Beethoven: 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107 (Flute Version): No. 5, A Madel, ja a Madel
by Cecile Licad
About "10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107 (Flute Version) : Beethoven: 10 National Airs with Variations, Op. 107 (Flute Version): No. 5, A Madel, ja a Madel" by Cecile Licad
A tender, almost hesitant set of variations on a German folk song. Licad's playing is all intimacy and nuance, the piano's voice a whisper in a quiet room. There's a gentle melancholy here, a sense of a memory being carefully, lovingly unpacked.