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There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to their... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

We are immediately struck, at the start of the Gloria, by the radiantly warm but clean orchestral sonority: only later does an uneasy suspicion arise that, apparently seduced by the sound, the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Here is 1920s French music directed by a conductor who's completely in the spirit of it, and plenty of spirit there is, too. Except for Ibert's Divertissement, this is ballet music. Poulenc's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is another quality disc from Chandos which offers beautiful performances of these attractive French choral works — Canberra Times More…