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Poulenc: Orchestral Works
RecommendedPascal Rogé (harpsichord)
Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
I chose this disc from our Presto Print-On-Demand range primarily for the sparkling account of the 1947 Sinfonietta, which isn't desperately well represented on disc - but Charles Dutoit's take... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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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 newish... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Poulenc - Solo Piano & Chamber Works RecommendedPascal Rogé (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Chantal Juillet (violin), André Cazalet (horn), Michel Portal (clarinet), Patrick Gallois (flute), Maurice Bourgue (oboe) & Amaury Wallez (bassoon)
Behind this bumper box lies the presiding genius of Pascal Rogé, whose tender whimsy and incisive wit have the measure of St Francis' bittersweet sensibility - and its deep-veined melancholy. — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Vividly captured in a warm acoustic, Queyras and Tharaud's is an intimate approach which exactly suits the two short sonatas of Debussy and Poulenc, the former with its abrupt changes of direction... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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George Perle: Serenades
Wenting Kang (viola), Donald Berman (piano)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
[Serenade for Piano and Ensemble] This is a marvelous quasi-concerto that follows the composer’s fantasy to wonderful ends. Overall this strikes me as a late masterpiece. f you do not know Perle’s... — More…
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Simon Rattle conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedFelix Kok & Jeremy Ballard (violins), Peter Cole (viola), Ulrich Heiner (violoncello) & John Tattersdill (double bass), Peter Donohoe (piano), Elaine Donohoe (piano) & Robert Johnston (harp), Jennifer Smith (soprano), John Fryatt (tenor) & Malcolm King (bass), Michael Collins (clarinet)
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Building a Library, November 2014, Top Recommendation
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