Café au Lait

Sharon Bezaly may be the best flautist since Rampal. She does not have a major label recording contract like Emanuel Pahud, but BIS allows her to record repertoire, such as on this CD, that a major label probably would avoid. Bezaly has a rich, even tone, and phrases with taste and exquisite sensibility. It was a good idea of BIS to pair her on this CD with the virtuoso pianist Roland Pontinen.

The 1999 reissue of this album marks a total reconstruction and rethinking of the original LP, and such a complete break from the original album that its story could fill a book. Such Sweet Thunder was originally announced as a stereo and mono release, but only showed up in mono thanks to the technical problems inherent in early stereo in creating a concert-like ambience in which the performance seemed continuous. ~ AllMusic

Le chef étoilé propose plus de cent recettes de son savoir-faire culinaire, inspirées des classiques de la cuisine de bistrot : potage Crécy au lard de Paris, goujonnette de cabillaud, betterave rémoulade, saucisson de ris de veau, blanc de saint-pierre et jeunes carottes glacées au safran, bavarois rubané et pistache, glace de pêche au lait, etc. …