POULENC FRANCIS

(CD) LA VOIX HUMAINE
Two dramas for solo woman. A young woman talks over the phone to her lover, whom we never hear; tomorrow he is going to marry someone else... Several times the conversation is interrupted as the line is cut, each time with dramatic effect; and behind this everyday banality, we realise that we are witnessing a veritable descent to the depths with this abandoned woman. Three years after La Voix humaine (his "sad and lovely child", as he used to refer to it with Denise Duval, its first performer), Poulenc was to conclude his collaboration wi...
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(4-CD SET) PIANO MUSIC - CHAMBER MUSIC
Francis Poulenc is one of those French twentieth-century composers who managed to combine light-heartedness, serious aspects and even wit in his works. Perhaps due to his reputation does not equal that of the likes of Ravel. This in spite of for instance the large number of beautiful songs he wrote. Poulencs oeuvre includes a large number of short pieces for piano solo which are rarely performed. This set includes 2 CD's with several dozens of them, like the 15 improvisations, the tiny Humoresque and the lovely 3 Pieces. Performances by G...
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(CD) RUTTER: GLORIA / BERNSTEIN: CHICHESTER PSALMS / POULENC: QUATRE PETITES PRIERES DE ST FRANCOIS D'ASSISE
Here are dynamic modern performances of some of the most popular of all sacred vocal works written in the second half of the last century, expertly done by chamber choirs soaked in the tradition which the works themselves draw upon. The Gloria is perhaps the best-known of the extended compositions by John Rutter, composer of such choral evergreens as A Gaelic Blessing and Shepherds' Pipe Carol. Rutter's setting fully captures the exuberance of the text, with sparkling orchestral colours and fullbodied choral parts. Like the Gloria, Bernste...
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