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Francis Poulenc: Wind Sonatas; Wind Trio / Ensemble Midtvest
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Francis Poulenc: Wind Sonatas; Wind Trio / Ensemble Midtvest

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Details

Composer
POULENC, FRANCIS
Artist
ENSEMBLE MIDTVEST
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Oct 30, 2012
Catalog #
777711-2
UPC
761203771127

About

Francis Poulenc is perhaps the composer whose works come the closest to embodying the French esprit, a multivalent term referring to a special blend of brilliance, sensuousness, aestheticism, and above all Frenchness. This is music that is mirthful as well as serious, entertaining and demanding, and superficial as well as profound. It was thus that Francis Poulenc composed, he who called himself »Poulenc-Janus« in an allusion to the Roman god who had two faces and could simultaneously look this way and that. Poulenc’s music is often stamped by this ambiguity, and his chamber music for winds is the ideal repertoire for the cpo debut of an aspiring young ensemble from Denmark: the Ensemble MidtVest. This ensemble is formed by eleven musicians, enthusiasts as well as individualists, who are graduates of leading European and American musical institutions of higher learning, and some of them have repeatedly been honored with prizes. The ensemble was founded in 2002 and has earned a fine reputation for its creative programs, high artistic level, and constant questioning of the conventional concert form. Its core formation for string quartet, wind quintet, and piano promotes flexibility, variation, and rich color in the combination of instruments. The Ensemble MidtVest performs as a duo as well as a sonorous nonet. It is one of the five »basis ensembles« in Denmark.

- CPO

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto - Tres calme - Tempo allegretto 05:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto - Tres calme - Tempo allegretto
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  2. 2 II. Romanza: Tres calme 04:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Romanza: Tres calme
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  3. 3 III. Allegro con fuoco: Tres anime 02:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro con fuoco: Tres anime
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  4. 4 Élégie for Horn and Piano, FP 168 11:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    Élégie for Horn and Piano, FP 168
    Duration
    11:35
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  5. 5 Un Joueur de flute berce les ruines (arr. for chamber ensemble) 01:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    Un Joueur de flute berce les ruines (arr. for chamber ensemble)
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  6. 6 I. Allegro malincolico 03:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro malincolico
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  7. 7 II. Cantilena: Assez lent 03:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Cantilena: Assez lent
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  8. 8 III. Presto giocoso 03:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Presto giocoso
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  9. 9 I. Élégie: Paisiblement 04:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Élégie: Paisiblement
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Tres anime 04:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Tres anime
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  11. 11 III. Deploration: Tres calme 04:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Deploration: Tres calme
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  12. 12 I. Allegro: Tres rythme 01:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro: Tres rythme
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  13. 13 II. Romance: Andante tres doux 02:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Romance: Andante tres doux
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  14. 14 III. Final: Tres Anime 02:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Final: Tres Anime
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  15. 15 I. Presto 05:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  16. 16 II. Andante 03:48
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  17. 17 III. Rondo 03:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Rondo
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest