Malcolm Martineau – Poulenc: The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 5 (2015) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in their individual style and character in a way that defies generalization, Poulenc set music to a wide range of different French poetry – both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal. The final disc in Signum’s series of The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc features a cast of the finest singers of our generation, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau as well as additional instrumental soloists for Poulenc’s larger-ensemble settings of his songs.

Featured works in this final volume include Rapsodie Negre, Le Bestiaire, Quatre poemes de Max Jacob, Vocalise, Quatre poemes d’Apollinaire, Banalite’s and Le Bal Masque?

“Thomas Allen, Thomas Oliemans, Joshua Ellicott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ann Murray and Sarah Fox are all secure and idiomatic Poulenc connoisseurs.” (The Observer)

“The instrumental ensembles, thoroughly in tune with Poulenc’s personality, add piquancy to a delightful disc.” (Gramophone)

„Thomas Allen’s delivery of [La bestiare] is suave and secure. In both cycles, Julian Bliss’s clarinet playing stands out for silkiness of tone…Catherine Wyn-Rogers finds a steely sensuality in Poulenc’s sexiest song ‘Hotel’…The playing is strong, especially from Martineau and the Badke Quartet.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Tracklist

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Rapsodie negre, FP 3
1 I. Prelude 02:22
2 II. Ronde 01:33
3 III. Honoulou lou 02:25
4 IV. Pastorale02:21
5 V. Final 03:26
Le bestiaire, FP 15a
6 No. 1. Le dromadaire 01:10
7 No. 2. Le chevre du Thibet 00:37
8 No. 3. La sauterelle 00:24
9 No. 4. Le dauphin 00:30
1 0No. 5. L’ecrevisse 00:53
11 No. 6. La carpe 01:09
4 poemes de Max Jacob, FP 22
12 No. 1. Est-il un coin plus solitaire 02:29
13 No. 2. C’est pour aller au bal 01:09
14 No. 3. Poete et tenor 02:16
15 No. 4. Dans le buisson de mimosa 01:00
16 Vocalise, FP 44 05:09
4 Poemes de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP 58
17 No. 1. L’anguille 01:10
18 No. 2. Carte postale 01:27
19 No. 3. Avant le Cinema 00:52
20 No. 4. 1904 01:15
Banalités, FP 107
21N o. 1. Chansons d’Orkenise 01:33
22 No. 2. Hotel 01:49
23 No. 3. Fagnes de Wallonies 01:31
24 No. 4. Voyage a Paris 01:00
25 No. 5. Sanglots 04:27
Le bal masque, FP 60
26 Preambule et air de bravoure 04:04
27 Intermede 02:50
28 Malvina 02:06
29 Bagatelle 02:15
30 La dame aveugle 02:05
31 Finale 04:08

Personnel
Thomas Allen, baritone
Thomas Oliemans, baritone
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Fox, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Lisa Friend, flute
Julian Bliss, clarinet
Simon Desbruslais, trumpet
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
The Badke Quartet

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