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Poulenc Concertos
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Poulenc Concertos

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Composer
POULENC, FRANCIS
Artist
Hadland, Gimse, Nordstoga, Szilvay, Sondergard
Format
CD
Label
LAWO Classics
Released
Aug 16, 2019
Catalog #
LWC1173
UPC
7090020181950

About

Francis Poulenc is not an easy composer to relate to. Not the man himself perhaps- though possibly that too- but his music. It is somehow dated. Here is a composer who produced his best works, all more or less completely tonal, at a time when Arnold Schoenberg was writing twelve-tone music and Poulenc's countrymen Oliver Messiaen and Pierre Boulez were into innovative rhythms, scales and techniques to lift the music out of the realm of subjective emotionalism. This release features three concertos by Francis Poulenc. The Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (1938) is considered to be the most popular and, perhaps, the most serious. The Piano Concerto (1949), a light concerto a wellspring of musical ideas, more or less brutally juxtaposed. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932) lies perhaps somewhere between these two.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegretto 09:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  2. 2 II. Andante con moto 05:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  3. 3 III. Rondo a la francaise (Presto Giocoso) 04:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo a la francaise (Presto Giocoso)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  4. 4 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland, Håvard Gimse
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 05:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland, Håvard Gimse
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  6. 6 III. Finale 05:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Finale
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Christian Ihle Hadland, Håvard Gimse
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Søndergård
  7. 7 Organ Concerto in G Minor, FP 93 21:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Organ Concerto in G Minor, FP 93
    Duration
    21:19
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Kåre Nordstoga
    Ensemble
    Norwegian Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Peter Szilvay