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Special offer. 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... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The four concertos around which the programme is built - Falla, Poulenc, Françaix and Górecki - have little in common stylistically; the first three perhaps share a loose neoclassical thread... —
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Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedMark Bebbington (piano), Jonathan Davies (bassoon), John Roberts (oboe), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig
[Oboe Sonata] their expressive yet understated performance is the highlight of an attractive, well played, and beautifully recorded disc. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Special offer. Poulenc: Concert champêtre, Suite française and other works
Pascal Rogé (piano/harpsichord)
Orchestre National De France, Charles Dutoit
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Special offer. 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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Georges Prêtre conducts Poulenc
RecommendedMaurice Duruflé, Gabriel Tacchino, Aimée Van der Weile, Francis Poulenc & Jacques Fevrier
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maîtrise d'enfants de la Radiodiffusion Française, Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Jacques Jouineau & Henriette...
This set usefully collects Poulenc's concertante works and throws in Les biches and the Litanies à la Vierge noire for good measure. Richly characterful accounts, though far from blemish-free. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Winner
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Poulenc: Piano & Organ Concertos
Pascal Rogé (piano), George Malcolm (organ)
The Philharmonia Orchestra & L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande etc, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Charles Dutoit/Sergiu Commissiona, Iona Brown
From the first earth-shaking chord [of the Organ Concerto] you are firmly inside the building...Malcolm is alert to every nuance from Bachian majesty to fairground vulgarity and he paints it... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Poulenc: Gloria, Organ Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Simon Preston (organ), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Building a Library, October 2001, First Choice
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This is a disc to treasure. Should the Concert champêtre be performed on the piano? Poulenc said no, but did it often. Bollani's lightly pedalled sound is, for me, utterly convincing and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Orchestral Choice
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