Instrumental, Organ Solos, Poulenc (composer)
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Concerto for Organ, String and Timpani & Stabat Mater
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), James O’Donnell (organ), Kate Royal (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
A thoroughly enjoyable, reliable set of well-curated recordings. The wind section is particularly commendable throughout, glistening over the top of the orchestra and choir. —
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Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Cameron Carpenter (organ)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Concerto (Organ)
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto & Concert champêtre
Philippe Lefebvre (organ), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord)
Lille National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Elisabeth Chojnacka gets off to a head start against most others who have recorded the Concertchampêtre by using the right kind of instrument: she understands that it's much sillier to play... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Recommendation
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Iveta Apkalna, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
I can say that Apkalna is very musical and that the registers and voicing she selects are varied and colorful. The scale ranges from a delicate chamber organ to a walloping fortissimo with floor-shaking... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Georges Prêtre conducts Poulenc
RecommendedMaurice 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...
This set usefully collects Poulenc's concertante works and throws in Les biches and the Litanies à la Vierge noire for good measure. Richly characterful accounts, though far from blemish-free. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Winner
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Franck: Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Simon Preston (organ)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Here's almost two and a half hours of bliss. These are recordings to set aside for the time when, as the prayer says, 'the busy world is hushed'. Asked to characterise Fauré's and Duruflé's... —
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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Poulenc: Gloria, Organ Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Simon Preston (organ), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Building a Library, October 2001, First Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
RecommendedOlivier Latry (organ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
…it is a breathtaking achievement. There is passion, but precision, technically well-nigh faultless. —
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Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice
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