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Special offer. Poulenc: The Complete Songs

Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler...

Poulenc: The Complete Songs
The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished...

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Special offer. Poulenc: The Complete Songs

Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler...

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The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished...

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Graham Johnson is simply the greatest living authority on French song; an artist whose innate feeling for the music is combined with prodigious scholarship. He also has the ability to discover and nurture singers who here prove to be matchless performers of this repertoire.

Following his many wonderful recordings in Hyperion’s French Song Edition, Johnson turns to the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, released also to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the composer’s death. Each of the four CDs presents a programme of songs in an order that is chronological for that disc alone—signifying four different journeys through the composer’s career. Disc 1 features a substantial appearance, recorded in 1977, of Pierre Bernac (Poulenc’s long-term collaborator)—narrating L’histoire de Babar, a story known to children throughout the world. The singers include Dame Felicity Lott, acclaimed as one of the foremost performers of Poulenc, and many other stars from previous recordings.

Artists

Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor) & Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Ivan Ludlow (baritone) & Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor) & Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Ashley Riches (bass), Neal Davies (bass), Agnieszka Adamczak (soprano)

Contents and tracklist

Poulenc: Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne
Work length3:43
I. Le présent
Track length0:57
II. Chanson
Track length0:45
III. Hier
Track length2:01
Poulenc: Quatre chansons pour enfants
Work length10:12
I. Nous voulons une petite sœur
Track length4:44
II. La tragique histoire du petit René
Track length1:07
III. Le petit garçon trop bien portant
Track length1:33
IV. Monsieur Sans-Souci
Track length2:48
Poulenc: Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin
Work length6:21
I. Le garçon de Liège
Track length1:32
II. Au-delà
Track length1:31
III. Aux officiers de la Garde Blanche
Track length3:18
Poulenc: Le Portrait
Work length1:51
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, FP101
Work length12:18
I. La dame d'André
Track length1:27
II. Dans l'herbe
Track length2:06
III. Il vole
Track length1:48
IV. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
Track length2:47
V. Violon
Track length1:48
VI. Fleurs
Track length2:22
Poulenc: L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant
Work length28:31
I. Babar à la forêt
Track length5:11
II. Babar dans la ville
Track length11:03
III. Le retour à la forêt
Track length12:17
Poulenc: Metamorphoses, FP 121
Work length4:18
I. Reine des mouettes
Track length0:57
II. C'est ainsi que tu es
Track length2:15
III. Paganini
Track length1:06
Poulenc: Deux Mélodies FP162
Work length2:13
II. Nuage
Track length2:13
Poulenc: La courte paille
Work length10:14
I. Le sommeil
Track length2:06
II. Quelle aventure!
Track length1:01
III. La reine de cœur
Track length1:37
IV. Ba, be, bi, bo, bu
Track length0:30
V. Les anges musiciens
Track length1:22
VI. Le carafon
Track length1:05
VII. Lune d'avril
Track length2:33
Poulenc: Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard
Work length6:47
I. Peut-il se reposer
Track length1:55
II. Il la prend dans ses bras
Track length0:48
III. Plume d'eau claire
Track length0:46
IV. Rôdeuse au front de verre
Track length1:52
V. Amoureuses
Track length1:26
Poulenc: Tel jour telle nuit
Work length15:01
I. Bonne journée
Track length2:43
II. Une ruine coquille vide
Track length2:09
III. Le front comme un drapeau perdu
Track length1:04
IV. Une roulotte couverte en tuiles
Track length0:58
V. À toutes brides
Track length0:42
VI. Une herbe pauvre
Track length1:37
VII. Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer
Track length0:50
VIII. Figure de force brûlante et farouche
Track length1:31
IX. Nous avons fait la nuit
Track length3:27
Poulenc: Miroirs brûlants
Work length5:46
I. Tu vois le feu du soir
Track length4:27
II. Je nommerai ton front
Track length1:19
Poulenc: Ce doux petit visage
Work length1:53
Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour
Work length3:27
Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon
Work length4:21
I. C
Track length3:17
II. Fêtes galantes
Track length1:04
Poulenc: Le Disparu
Work length1:30
Poulenc: Main dominée par le coeur
Work length1:21
Poulenc: …mais mourir
Work length1:35
Poulenc: Calligrammes
Work length10:45
I. L'espionne
Track length1:50
II. Mutation
Track length0:41
III. Vers le sud
Track length1:35
IV. Il pleut
Track length1:12
V. La grâce exilée
Track length0:42
VI. Aussi bien que les cigales
Track length1:51
VII. Voyage
Track length2:54
Poulenc: La Fraîcheur et le feu
Work length8:07
I. Rayons des yeux
Track length1:12
II. Le matin les branches attisent
Track length0:44
III. Tout disparut
Track length1:34
IV. Dans les ténèbres du jardin
Track length0:30
V. Unis la fraîcheur et le feu
Track length1:15
VI. Homme au sourire tendre
Track length1:52
VII. La grande rivière qui va
Track length1:00
Poulenc: Le travail du peintre
Work length12:13
I. Pablo Picasso
Track length2:45
II. Marc Chagall
Track length1:13
III. Georges Braque
Track length1:31
IV. Juan Gris
Track length2:08
V. Paul Klee
Track length0:49
VI. Joan Miró
Track length1:34
VII. Jacques Villon
Track length2:13
Poulenc: Dernier poeme
Work length2:04
Poulenc: Une chanson de porcelaine, FP169
Work length1:27
Poulenc: Le Toreador
Work length5:13
Poulenc: Le Bestiaire ou Cortege d'Orphee
Work length4:59
I. Le dromadaire
Track length1:18
II. La chèvre du Thibet
Track length0:38
III. La sauterelle
Track length0:27
IV. Le dauphin
Track length0:32
V. L'écrevisse
Track length0:50
VI. La carpe
Track length1:14
Poulenc: Deux mélodies inédites du bestiaire, FP15b
Work length1:14
I. Le serpent
Track length0:32
II. La colombe
Track length0:42
Poulenc: Cocardes, FP16
Work length6:42
I. Miel de Narbonne
Track length2:23
II. Bonne d'enfant
Track length2:09
III. Enfant de troupe
Track length2:10
Poulenc: Airs chantés
Work length6:46
I. Air romantique
Track length1:40
II. Air champêtre
Track length1:22
III. Air grave
Track length2:25
IV. Air vif
Track length1:19
Poulenc: Quatre poemes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Work length4:45
I. L'anguille
Track length1:15
II. Carte postale
Track length1:09
III. Avant le cinéma
Track length1:02
IV. 1904
Track length1:19
Poulenc: Pierrot
Work length0:51
Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Work length6:42
I. Dans le jardin d'Anna
Track length3:17
II. Allons plus vite
Track length3:25
Poulenc: La grenouillère, Op. 5
Work length2:01
Poulenc: Bleuet
Work length3:10
Poulenc: Banalités
Work length10:24
I. Chanson d'Orkenise
Track length1:34
II. Hôtel
Track length1:51
III. Fagnes de Wallonie
Track length1:34
IV. Voyage à Paris
Track length0:55
V. Sanglots
Track length4:30
Poulenc: Colloque
Work length3:03
Poulenc: Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Work length4:35
I. Montparnasse
Track length3:38
II. Hyde Park
Track length0:57
Poulenc: Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire
Work length3:14
I. Le pont
Track length1:42
II. Un poème
Track length1:32
Poulenc: Paul et Virginie
Work length1:06
Poulenc: Parisiana
Work length2:36
I. Jouer du bugle
Track length1:45
II. Vous n'écrivez plus?
Track length0:51
Poulenc: Rosemonde
Work length2:07
Poulenc: Deux Mélodies FP162
Work length0:55
I. La souris
Track length0:55
Poulenc: La Puce
Work length0:53
Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo
Work length7:57
Poulenc: Poèmes de Ronsard
Work length11:22
I. Attributs
Track length1:14
II. Le tombeau
Track length2:35
III. Ballet
Track length2:08
IV. Je n'ai plus que les os
Track length3:50
V. À son page
Track length1:35
Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes
Work length11:16
I. La maîtresse volage
Track length0:41
II. Chanson à boire
Track length2:14
III. Madrigal
Track length0:34
IV. Invocation aux Parques
Track length1:26
V. Couplets bachiques
Track length1:25
VI. L'offrande
Track length0:56
VII. La belle jeunesse
Track length1:45
VIII. Sérénade
Track length2:15
Poulenc: Vocalise
Work length3:16
Poulenc: Épitaphe, FP55
Work length1:33
Poulenc: Cinq Poèmes de Max Jacob
Work length8:51
I. Chanson bretonne
Track length0:49
II. Cimetière
Track length2:39
III. La petite servante
Track length2:14
IV. Berceuse
Track length1:08
V. Souric et Mouric
Track length2:01
Poulenc: Huit Chansons polonaises
Work length10:51
I. Wianek
Track length1:48
II. Odjazd
Track length0:55
III. Polska młodzież
Track length0:48
IV. Ostatni mazur
Track length1:48
V. Pożegnanie
Track length1:28
VI. Białą chorągiewka
Track length0:37
VII. Wisła
Track length1:21
VIII. Jezioro
Track length2:06
Poulenc: A sa guitare
Work length2:34
Poulenc: Priez pour paix
Work length2:42
Poulenc: Chansons villageoises
Work length11:36
I. Chansons du clair-tamis
Track length0:57
II. Les gars qui vont à la fête
Track length1:26
III. C'est le joli printemps
Track length3:06
IV. Le mendiant
Track length3:27
V. Chanson de la fille frivole
Track length0:58
VI. Le retour du sergent
Track length1:42
Poulenc: Trois Chansons de F.Garcia-Lorca
Work length4:16
I. L'enfant muet
Track length1:35
II. Adelina à la promenade
Track length0:48
III. Chanson de l'oranger sec
Track length1:53
Poulenc: Hymne
Work length3:39
Poulenc: Mazurka
Work length3:25
Poulenc: Fancy
Work length1:48

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

December 2013

The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished of accompanists, ensuring that every single song is a partnership between singer and pianist, with chemistry that flows both ways.

21st November 2014

Prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death last year and curated by pianist and French music expert Graham Johnson, Hyperion's gorgeous 4-CD set divides the complete songs between seasoned performers such as Felicity Lott and Johnson himself, and stylish newcomers including soprano Ailish Tynan and tenor Robin Tritschler.
Katherine Cooper

17th October 2013

As always, Johnson matches singers to songs meticulously. There are some outstanding performances...It's a gorgeous collection, and for sometime Poulenc sceptics like me, a real revelation.
5 out of 5 stars
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