Big Noise

Born in Geneva in 1970, Emmanuel Pahud graduated with the Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatoire in 1990 and was appointed principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic at the age of 22 by Claudio Abbado.

He now combines his post at the Berlin Phil with a career as a soloist and recording artist, and was at one point the only flautist in the world to have a solo contract with a major record label (EMI Classics).

Pahud has recorded dozens of solo albums featuring repertoire from baroque to Haydn and Mozart right through to contemporary music and even jazz.

On one of his latest discs for EMI, he shares the limelight with clarinettist Sabine Meyer for a pairing of Carl Nielsen's flute and clarinet concertos with the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

'I like to work for the mic - it brings a certain close-up on your playing,' he told Muso. 'You have to take care of lots of things that you do not necessarily have to take care of when you are performing in a live concert hall. You don't have the emotional or the visual support, and you have to be exciting nevertheless. So at the same time you have to take greater care of the detail and bring a greater intensity to the music.'

Carl Nielsen Flute/Clarinet Concertos with Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
EMI Classics, 2007

Brahms/Reinecke Sonatas
EMI Classics, 2007

Vivaldi – Flute Concertos
EMI Classics, 2006

Haydn – Flute Concertos
EMI Classics, 2005

Chamber Works
EMI Classics, 2005

Beau Soir
EMI Classics, 2004

Into the Blue
EMI Classics, 2003

Khachaturian/Ibert Flute Concertos
EMI Classics, 2003

Debussy/Ravel/Prokofiev
EMI Classics, 2003

Telemann Concertos
EMI Classics, 2003

Mozart – Flute/Flute and Harp/Clarinet Concertos
EMI Classics, 2001

Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 5
EMI Classics, 2001

Mozart – Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello
EMI Classics, 1999

Paris – French Flute Music
EMI Classics, 1998

Mozart – Flute Concerto
EMI Classics, 1997

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