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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Iveta Apkalna, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
I can say that Apkalna is very musical and that the registers and voicing she selects are varied and colorful. The scale ranges from a delicate chamber organ to a walloping fortissimo with floor-shaking... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Cameron Carpenter (organ)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Concerto (Organ)
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Special offer. Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Concerto for Organ, String and Timpani & Stabat Mater
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), James O’Donnell (organ), Kate Royal (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
A thoroughly enjoyable, reliable set of well-curated recordings. The wind section is particularly commendable throughout, glistening over the top of the orchestra and choir. —
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Special offer. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 26 March 2014.
James O’Donnell (organ)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
these live performances showcase different aspects of this remarkable instrument's capabilities in tandem with orchestra. The Poulenc is generally a hard-edged performance, James O'Donnell dispatching... —
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also Recommended
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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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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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Special offer. Franck: Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Simon Preston (organ)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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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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