Francis Poulenc: Orchestral Works

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There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to their... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Nov 2022
Catalogue No: CHSA5260
Label: Chandos
Length: 74 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

Christmas 2022
Presto Editor's Choice

November 2022

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Poulenc: Sinfonietta

Work length28:07

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BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey

I. Allegro con fuoco

Track length8:55

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II. Molto vivace

Track length5:46

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III. Andante cantabile

Track length6:55

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IV. Finale

Track length6:31

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Poulenc: Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel

Work length2:40

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BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey

No. 4, La Baigneuse de Trouville

Track length1:44

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No. 3, Discours du général

Track length0:56

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Poulenc: Pastourelle

Work length1:57

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BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey

Poulenc: Les Animaux modeles

Work length41:30

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BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey

I. Le Petit Jour

Track length3:43

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II. L'Ours et les deux compagnons

Track length4:46

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III. La Cigale et la fourmi

Track length6:05

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IV. Le Lion amoureux

Track length6:49

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V. L'Homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses

Track length1:57

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VI. La Mort et le bûcheron

Track length5:10

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VII. Les Deux Coqs

Track length9:41

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VIII. Le Repas de midi

Track length3:19

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When we recorded this album, in March 2022, no-one could have imagined that it would be Bramwell Tovey’s last recording. Chandos Records would like to dedicate this recording to the memory of Bramwell Tovey, with whom the company had collaborated for over a decade; a versatile musician highly accomplished as both a composer and a conductor, immensely personable and humorous, who possessed an innate understanding of the qualities of his fellow orchestral musicians and quickly earned their respect and devotion. He shall be very sorely missed. Tovey and the BBC Concert orchestra capture the wit and charm of Poulenc’s music perfectly. Each piece sizzles with excitement, and the well-known pieces (the Sinfonietta and ballet Les Animaux modèles) are beautifully complemented by less frequently heard miniatures: ‘La Baigneuse de Trouville’ and ‘Discours du général’ from Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel and ‘Pastourelle’ from L’Éventail de Jeanne.

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Christmas 2022

There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to their arch shaping so that one needs to tread lightly on their final notes...Above all, Tovey engenders a sense of energy and fun.

December 2022

Chandos collaborated with Bramwell Tovey for more than a decade and the music-making has his trademark naturalness and good humour. Not the most obvious farewell, perhaps, but in its avoidance of pomp and solemnity none the worse for that.

November 2022

What would turn out to be the British conductor's final recording is a joyous, often deliciously irreverent affair, testifying to his sense of fun and acute ear for orchestral colour: there's something to make you smile in practically every bar of Les Animaux modèles (which really deserves to be as widely known and loved as Saint-Saëns's more popular musical menagerie), and the two short excerpts from Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel are marvellously uproarious.

19th November 2022

His Sinfonietta boasts pin-sharp playing from the perennially underappreciated BBC Concert Orchestra (...) and an irresistible sense of fun... Tovey’s performance is tender and affectionate, superbly played.

Classical CD Choice 29th November 2022

Tovey has the full measure of these pieces, finding every ounce of their piquancy and weight – and in a recording in which in its forensic detail registers with total faithfulness. Tovey and the BBC Concert Orchestra revel in the charm, wit and humour of some of Poulenc’s finest orchestral pieces.

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