Airlines

Classical · 2020 · 9 tracks · 56m

Airlines

Alexandre Desplat

A master of film scoring reimagines his own cinematic themes for solo flute and orchestra. Crystalline, elegant, and deeply French.

August 26, 2020 · Warner Classics

An elegant, airy collection of themes that feels like a sophisticated conversation between a soloist and a world-class orchestra.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 56m

01

The Shape Of Water

11:08

02

Pelléas et Mélisande: I. Comme un oiseau pourchassé

7:38

03

Pelléas et Mélisande: II. Ils regardent la lumière

5:22

04

Pelléas et Mélisande: III. Rosée de plomb, inexorables ténèbres

6:20

05

Lust, Caution

2:22

06

Girl with a Pearl Earring

7:27

07

Birth

7:36

08

Airlines

4:20

09

The Grand Budapest Hotel

4:08

Moments Worth Listening For

The eleven-minute expansion of The Shape of Water where the flute takes on a fluid, aquatic quality.

The rapid, fluttering woodwind textures in the title track Airlines that mimic the sensation of flight.

The transition into the playful, rhythmic precision of The Grand Budapest Hotel theme.

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