Debussy’s Bilitis Songs were originally for the stage, to accompany a recitation of the text. The original scoring included two flutes, and the work was composed in 1897-8. Debussy later re-scored the melodic material to create the Six Epigraphes Antiques for two pianos. This arrangement returns the melody lines to the flutes, and includes very sensitive scoring for the strings. The arrangement is entirely natural and works extremely well. The playing here is similarly excellent; Chapron’s flute...

• Epigraph 1 : To invoke Pan
• Epigraph 2 : For a tomb without a name
• Epigraph 3 : For the night
• Epigraph 4 : For the dancer
• Epigraph 5 : For the Egyptian woman .mp3
• Epigraph 6 : To thank the rain