Flutist Emmanuel Pahud takes the music of Oscar-winning film composer Alexandre Desplat beyond the cinema. Airlines is entirely devoted to world premiere recordings – of original concert works and of re-imagined versions of Desplat’s film scores, including his Oscar-winners The Shape of Water (2018) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Pahud is accompanied by the French National Orchestra, conducted by Desplat himself. The release of Airlines comes soon after Desplat’s nomination for yet another Oscar, this time for Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig.