Orchestral, Poulenc (composer)

Special offer. Poulenc: La Voix Humaine

Véronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch

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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs

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Special offer. Poulenc - Piano Works

French duets

Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021

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Pascal Rogé (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Instrumental
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Deux | Music for Violin & Piano by Bartók, Poulenc & Ravel

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2018
BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber

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Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos & Piano Concerto

Eric Le Sage (piano), Frank Braley (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Leige, Stéphane Denève

Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Poulenc: Orchestral Works

Pascal Rogé (harpsichord) Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Francis Poulenc: Orchestral Works

BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022
Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022

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Special offer. Poulenc: Piano Concertos & Aubade

Louis Lortie (piano), with Hélène Mercier (piano) BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner

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Stephen Hough's French Album

Stephen Hough (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice

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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Special Edition)

Dame Edna Everage (narrator), Barry Humphries (narrator) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Kazuki Yamada conducts Roussel, Debussy & Poulenc

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016

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Special offer. Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit, La Création du Monde, Poulenc: Les Biches

Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier

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Honegger: Symphony No. 3

Luba Orgonásová (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Netherlands Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons

Building a Library, March 2008, First Choice
Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
Building a Library, February 2020, Recommended Recording

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Special offer. Forbidden Fruit

Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023

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Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

Sharon Bezaly (flute) Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Neeme Järvi

Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto

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New. Prokofiev — Villa-Lobos — Poulenc

ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Simone Menezes

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Georges Prêtre conducts Poulenc

Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Tacchino, Aimée Van der Weile, Francis Poulenc & Jacques Fevrier Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maîtrise d'enfants de la Radiodiffusion Française, Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Jacques Jouineau & Henriette Roget, Pierre Dervaux

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Winner
Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended

Special offer. Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores

Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Julian Jacobsen

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New. Bernard Haitink – Berlin, Vienna, Boston: Complete Recordings on Decca & Philips

Bernard Haitink

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Special offer. Poulenc / Jongen

Karol Mossakowski (organ), NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Giancarlo Guerrero

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto

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Special offer. French Ballet Music of the 1920s | L’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six

Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. French & Brazilian Piano Music

Elizabeth Powell (piano)

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Special offer. Poulenc, Prokofiev & Britten: Sinfoniettas

Sinfonia Lahti, Dima Slobodeniouk

BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Orchestral Choice

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Special offer. Mozart & Flute in Paris

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre de chambre de Paris, François Leleux

Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice

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Far Flung Trio

Special offer. Short Cuts: 50 Piano Pieces

Antonio Ballista (piano)

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Arvo Pärt; Francis Poulenc; Igor Stravinsky: Choral and Orchestral Works

Genia Kühmeier, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music

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Special offer. 30 Ans de Duo

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

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A Simple Song

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)

Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018

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Poulenc: Les Animaux modeles

Stefano Bollani (piano) Filarmonica ‘900, Jan Latham-Koenig

BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Orchestral Choice

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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Olivier Latry (organ) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice

New. Ustvolskaya: Symphony No. 5 – Poulenc: La voix humaine

Frank Rosenwein, Liyuan Xie, Marc Damoulakis, Michael Sachs, Richard Stout, Tony F. Sias, Yasuhito Sugiyama, Sarah Aristidou, Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer

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Poulenc: Les Biches - Suite, Les Animaux modèles - Suite & Sinfonietta

RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud

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Franck: Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Simon Preston (organ) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

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The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime | Includes some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings in this beautiful 2CD digi-pack set

The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers

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Poulenc - Solo Piano & Chamber Works

Pascal Rogé (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Chantal Juillet (violin), André Cazalet (horn), Michel Portal (clarinet), Patrick Gallois (flute), Maurice Bourgue (oboe) & Amaury Wallez (bassoon)

Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s

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Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177 - Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (Remastered)

Leonard Bernstein, Judith Blegen (soprano) English Bach Festival Choir, Westminster Choir

Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended

Poulenc: Stabat Mater & Les Biches

Marlis Petersen (soprano) Stuttgart Southwest Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, North German Radio Chorus, Stéphane Denève

Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Stabat Mater)

Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Fauré & Poulenc

Bruno Philippe (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month

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Special offer. Complices

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française

Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice

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Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra, etc.

François-René Duchable (piano) & Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon

Special offer. 3x7, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Satie: Septets

Ensemble In Canto, Fabio Maestri

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Special offer. Stravinsky & Poulenc: Choral Music

Marcus Creed (baritone), Richard Morton (tenor) Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Simon Preston

Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended - Liturgical

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Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano Duo

Piano Duo: Mona & Rica Bard

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Special offer. Un Frisson Français - A century of French song

Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)

BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Vocal Finalist

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Special offer. Respighi, Poulenc & Rheinberger: Concertos for Organ and Orchestra

Peter King (Bath Abbey Organ) The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, François-Xavier Roth

Building a Library, December 2015, First Choice
Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Re-issue of the Month

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1000 Years of Classical Music

David Russell, The Song Company, Cantillation, Rosemary Hodgson, Daniel Yeadon, Tommie Andersson, Paul McMahon, Sally-Anne Russell, Linda Kent, Rosanne Hunt, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jane Edwards, James Sanderson, Anna Fraser, David Greco, Sara Macliver, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Neal Peres Da Costa, Erin Helyard, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Sinfonia Australis, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Goldner String Quartet, Gerard Willems, The Australian Trio, David Campbell, Jacqueline Cronin, Seraphim Trio, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Ewa Kupiec, Stephanie McCallum, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Simon Tedeschi, Duncan Gifford, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, Australian World Orchestra, Dan Walker, Synergy Percussion, Australian Virtuosi, Antony Gray, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sally Whitwell, Jane Sheldon, Brian Nixon, Rixon Thomas, Ian Cleworth, Jim Franklin, Matthew Doyle Singers of St Laurence, chacona, Adelaide Vocal Project, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Opera Australia Chorus, Sydney Children's Choir, Neil McEwan, Roland Peelman, Antony Walker, Nicholas Milton, Paul Dyer, Anna McDonald, Graham Abbott, Geoffrey Lancaster, William Motzing, Ola Rudner, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Johannes Fritzsch, David Porcelijn, Willem van Otterloo, Tadaaki Otaka, Hubert S

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Special offer. Edition Lockenhaus

Gidon Kremer (violin), Igor Krasovsky (percussion), Shedryk Children's Choir, Kiev (chorus), Dmytro Marchenko (percussion), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Christine Rohan (ondes martenot), Markus Bellheim (piano), Khatia Buniatishvili (celesta), Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano), Clemens Hagen (cello), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Krista Bennion Feeney (violin), Lukas Hagen (violin), Ursula Holliger (harp), Ko Iwasaki (cello), Michael Schnitzler (violin), Daniel Phillips (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Christine Whittlesey (soprano), Robert Levin (piano), Annette Bik (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Irena Grafenauer (flute), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Markus Stocker (cello), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Hatto Beyerle (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola), David Geringas (cello), Yuzuko Horigome (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Thomas Demenga (cello), Julius Berger (cello), Philip Hirschhorn (violin), James Tocco (piano) Sir Simon Rattle, Roman Kofman, Heinz Holliger

Songs of Comfort and Hope

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)

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Special offer. French Orchestral Music

Manuela Wiesler (flute) Tapiola Sinfonietta, Paavo Järvi

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Jack-In-The-Box: A Collection of Amusing and Entertaining Works by Classical Composers

Klara Kormendi (piano), Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Olivier Cazal (piano), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Cecile Licad (piano), Wanda Landowska (harpsichord) Royal Swedish Airforce Band, Richard Hayman Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Mos, Jerker Johansson, Richard Hayman, Barry Wordsworth, Dmitry Yablonsky, Keith Brion, Ondrej Lenard, Andrew Mogrelia, Andrew Penny, Vasily Jelvakov

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L'heure Exquise | Melodies Francaises

Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Amandine Savary (piano)

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Güher & Süher Pekinel: Works for Two Pianos | Live from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Ludwigsburg International Music Festival, 2012

Güher Pekinel (piano), Süher Pekinel (piano) Zubin Mehta

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Je n'aime toujours pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!

Nigel Woodhouse (mandolin), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Orchestra da Camera Italiana, John Alldis (chorus master), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Collegium Aureum (early music ensemble), Steven Isserlis (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Clyde Holloway (organ), Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Roberta Alexander (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano), Gary Lakes (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass baritone), John McCarthy (chorus master), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benny Goodman (clarinet), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), New England Conservatory Chorus, Julian Bream (guitar), Andrew Wilde (piano), Terry Edwards (chorus master), Leslie Pearson (organ), Éva Marton (soprano), Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), Imogen Cooper (piano), Eric Le Sage (piano), Mathieu Dufour (flute), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei Bezrodny (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Chorus, London Musici, London Festival Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Ambrosian Singers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, Munich Radio Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Sir Thomas Beecham, Mark Stephenson, Alfred Scholz, Erich Leinsdorf, Sir Andrew Davis, Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Fiedler, Paul Meyer, André Previn, Mark Ermler, Charles Munch, Carlo Felice Cillario, Seiji Ozawa, Lorna Cooke de Varon, Franzjosef Maier, Claus Peter Flor, Pinchas Steinberg, Rudolf Kempe, Günter Wand, Mikko Franck, Fritz Reiner

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Poulenc: Les Biches, Organ Concerto, Gloria & Litanies de la Vierge de Rocamador

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre

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Special offer. Poulenc: Ballet Suites for Piano

Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)

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Special offer. Poulenc: Piano Music, Vol. 1

Olivier Cazal (piano)

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Flute: Greatest Works

Eckart Haupt (flute), Richard Waage (flute), Johannes Walter (flute), Eberhard Grunenthal (flute), Werner Tast (flute), Siegfried Stockigt (piano)