Poulenc: The Complete Songs, Vol. 5

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Signum Classics
Release Date
July 10, 2015
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      POULENC, FRANCIS
    • PERFORMER
      Allen, Oliemans, Ellicott, Wyn-Rogers, Murray, Fox, Martineau, Friend, Bliss, Desbruslais, Waley-Coh
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 10, 2015
    • UPC
      635212033326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD333
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Malcolm Martineau

    2. II. Ronde

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Malcolm Martineau

    3. III. Honouloulou

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Malcolm Martineau

    4. IV. Pastorale

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Malcolm Martineau

    5. V. Final

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Malcolm Martineau

    6. No. 1. Le dromadaire

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    7. No. 2. Le chevre du Thibet

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    8. No. 3. La sauterelle

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    9. No. 4. Le dauphin

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    10. No. 5. L'ecrevisse

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    11. No. 6. La carpe

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: Badke Quartet

      Performer: Thomas Oliemans, Thomas S. Allen, Lisa Friend, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak

    12. No. 1. Est-il un coin plus solitaire

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Joshua Ellicott, Simon Desbruslais, Lisa Friend, David Cowley, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

    13. No. 2. C'est pour aller au bal

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Joshua Ellicott, Simon Desbruslais, Lisa Friend, David Cowley, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

    14. No. 3. Poete et tenor

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Joshua Ellicott, Simon Desbruslais, Lisa Friend, David Cowley, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

    15. No. 4. Dans le buisson de mimosa

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Joshua Ellicott, Simon Desbruslais, Lisa Friend, David Cowley, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen

    16. Vocalise, FP 44

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Sarah Fox, Malcolm Martineau

    17. No. 1. L'anguille

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau

    18. No. 2. Carte postale

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau

    19. No. 3. Avant le Cinema

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau

    20. No. 4. 1904

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Ann Murray, Malcolm Martineau

    21. No. 1. Chansons d'Orkenise

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Malcolm Martineau

    22. No. 2. Hotel

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Malcolm Martineau

    23. No. 3. Fagnes de Wallonies

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Malcolm Martineau

    24. No. 4. Voyage a Paris

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Malcolm Martineau

    25. No. 5. Sanglots

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Malcolm Martineau

    26. Preambule et air de bravoure

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen, David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest

    27. Intermede

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest

    28. Malvina

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen, David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest

    29. Bagatelle

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest

    30. La dame aveugle

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen, David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest

    31. Finale

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Performer: Thomas S. Allen, David Cowley, Julian Bliss, Jaroslaw Augustyniak, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Gemma Rosefield, Jonathan Byers, Malcolm Martineau, David Corkhill, Andrew Barnard, Gary Lovenest


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, 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.