The Sound of Trees – Camille Pépin, Debussy, Lili Boulanger / Orchestre de Picardie / Arie van Beek CD

UPC: 5051083152297 

MPN: NMM074 

Brand Name: NoMadMusic

Overview

The Sound of Trees offers a poetic meeting point between nature and sound — a contemporary dialogue between Camille Pépin, Claude Debussy, and Lili Boulanger, performed by the Orchestre de Picardie under Arie van Beek. Released by NoMadMusic in 2020, this album bridges impressionism and modernity, bringing together three generations of French musical imagination.

Pépin’s original work The Sound of Trees reflects the quiet pulse of nature and human emotion through shimmering textures and organic rhythms. Her orchestrations of Debussy’s “Images – Série 1” and Boulanger’s “D’un soir triste” and “D’un matin de printemps” beautifully reimagine early 20th-century masterpieces for a modern orchestra, illuminating feminine creativity and continuity in French music.

Product Features

• Format: Audio CD, Album
• Release Date: March 6, 2020
• Label: NoMadMusic – NMM074
• Country: France
• Genre: Classical
• Style: Contemporary / Modern Impressionism
• Conductor: Arie van Beek
• Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie

• Soloists:

  Duration: Approx. 45 minutes
  • Clarinet: Julien Hervé
  • Cello: Yan Levionnois
• Presentation: High-quality studio recording with artistic design by Isabelle Servois

Interesting Facts

• Camille Pépin (b. 1990) is one of France’s most acclaimed young composers, often praised for her evocative orchestral language blending impressionistic color with minimalist clarity.
• The title work, The Sound of Trees, was inspired by American poet Robert Frost and reflects Pépin’s fascination with nature’s quiet spiritual rhythm.
• Pépin’s orchestrations of Debussy and Lili Boulanger were commissioned jointly by the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, Orchestre de Picardie, and Orchestre Régional Avignon-Provence, uniting France’s regional orchestras in a celebration of national creativity.
• The album highlights Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), the first woman to win the Prix de Rome, whose deeply emotional works influenced generations of French composers.
• Released by NoMadMusic, a Paris-based label devoted to innovation and accessibility in classical recording, this album represents a new wave of French orchestral artistry.

Track Listing

The Sound of Trees – Camille Pépin

1. Paisible, boisé – 4:23
2. Plus lumineux, irisé – 2:01
3. Céleste, planant – 3:47
4. Entêtant – Tournoyant, hypnotique – 3:46
5. Apaisé, boisé – 3:27
6. Mystérieux, flottant – 2:13

Images – Série 1 – Claude Debussy (orchestrated by Camille Pépin)

1. Hommage à Rameau – 6:38
2. Mouvement – 4:27

D’un soir triste / D’un matin de printemps – Lili Boulanger (orchestrated by Camille Pépin)

1. D’un soir triste – 12:37
2. D’un matin de printemps – 5:11

Publishers

Label: NoMadMusic (France) Executive Producer: Clothilde Chalot Conductor: Arie van Beek Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie Soloists: Julien Hervé (clarinet), Yan Levionnois (cello) Recording Supervisor: Clément Gariel Graphic Design: Isabelle Servois Management: Adélaïde Chataigner

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