Browse: Vocal, Songs, Poulenc (composer)
This page lists all classical by Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), in genre: Vocal » Songs.
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The persistent ‘Baroque specialist’ label hardly sums up this distinguished French soprano. With her distinctively radiant, secure tone and cut-crystal upper range, her repertoire has always... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Mélodie
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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I’d suggest that not since Martin Isepp accompanied Janet Baker on that bargain Saga long-player from many moons ago has a British singer made a more auspicious recital debut on record. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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This eclectic, if not eccentric song recital by the musically promiscuous French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky should not work. That it does, and so convincingly, is down to the fastidious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Appl is not only a singer of boundless promise, he is already a great artist. This disc shows how versatile he is, with not only great Lieder but interesting rarities too...Appl sounds as if... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Shakespeare Songs
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Five songs from Finzi’s incomparable Let us Garlands Bring see the tenor’s head voice floating sympathetically through the melismatic vowels and ever-shifting metres of Finzi’s most sensitive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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Un Frisson Français - A century of French song
Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The familiar here appears in unusual contexts and alongside a scattering of rarities. The performers are at one in their fluency, delicate rubato and avoidance of Anglo-Saxon archness, within... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Vocal Finalist
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