Browse: Poulenc - Montparnasse

This celebration of dreams and childhood is, on the purely sensuous level, an unending delight. Piau's sweet, unforced tone, her bright top notes perfectly integrated with her medium and exemplary... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Martineau's apparently limitless wisdom about the musicians, the music, and indeed the piano continues at full stretch. The uneasy postlude to 'Voyage', frmo Calligrammes, makes for one of his... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Perhaps best known as a Mozart soprano, the Belgian soprano Sophie Karthäuser is a beguiling advocate for Poulenc's songs. — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 21st November 2014 More…

A lavish, eclectic exploration of Paris — BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first time Michel Piquemal met Pierre Bernac, for whom most of these songs were written, Piquemal recalls that Bernac said: 'I am very moved, because what you're doing is exactly what Francis... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…