POULENC The Complete Songs Vol 5
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Composer or Director: Francis Poulenc
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Signum
Magazine Review Date: 09/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: SIGCD333
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(Le) Bal masqué |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Andrew Barnard, Percussion David Corkhill, Percussion David Cowley, Oboe Francis Poulenc, Composer Gary Lovenest, Percussion Gemma Rosefield, Cello Jarek Augustyniak, Bassoon Julian Bliss, Clarinet Malcolm Martineau, Piano Simon Desbruslais, Trumpet Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Violin Thomas Allen, Baritone |
Banalités |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo soprano Francis Poulenc, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(Le) Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée, 'Book of B |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Badke Quartet Francis Poulenc, Composer Jarek Augustyniak, Bassoon Julian Bliss, Clarinet Lisa Friend, Flute Thomas Allen, Baritone Thomas Oliemans, Baritone |
(2) Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Ann Murray, Mezzo soprano Francis Poulenc, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano |
(4) Poèmes de Max Jacob |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
David Cowley, Oboe Francis Poulenc, Composer Jarek Augustyniak, Bassoon Joshua Ellicott, Tenor Lisa Friend, Flute Simon Desbruslais, Trumpet Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Violin |
Rapsodie nègre |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Badke Quartet Francis Poulenc, Composer Julian Bliss, Clarinet Lisa Friend, Flute Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Oliemans, Baritone |
Vocalise |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Francis Poulenc, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Sarah Fox, Soprano |
Author: Geoffrey Norris
There are similar melodic inflections associated with the camel in the first song of Le bestiare (1918 19), but here Poulenc is dealing with acknowledged poetry by Apollinaire, epigrammatic cameos of the animal kingdom, which Oliemans and Thomas Allen interpret with captivating charm and character. Allen is also the exuberant soloist in the so-called ‘cantate profane’ Le bal masqué, a wonderful surrealist romp of 1932 that in its angular turns of phrase, its distinctive instrumental timbres and high spirits has much in common with the piano-and-wind Sextet conceived at about the same time.
The tenor Joshua Ellicott eloquently voices the alternating weirdness and volatility of the Quatre Poèmes de Max Jacob (1921); and in the two sets that require piano accompaniment only, Ann Murray is spry in the 1931 Quatre Poèmes d’Apollinaire (wrongly spelt ‘Appolinaire’ in the booklet texts), and Catherine Wyn-Rogers is seductively expressive in the Banalités of 1941. The instrumental ensembles, thoroughly in tune with Poulenc’s personality, add piquancy to a delightful disc.
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