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Trains of Thought / Poulenc Trio
Delos

Trains of Thought / Poulenc Trio

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Details

Composer
CUONG FRANCAIX POULENC
Artist
POULENC TRIO
Format
CD
Label
Delos
Released
Feb 16, 2018
Catalog #
DE 3543
UPC
013491354323

About

Since its founding in 2003, the Poulenc Trio has established itself as one of the world’s finest ensembles in the lesser-known domain of double-reed chamber music. The Trio’s members are not only first-rate ensemble players but are also prominent virtuosos of their respective instruments. In the group’s second release on Delos, the idiomatic qualities of double-reed instruments are particularly well-served by the pair of trios by Francis Poulenc and Jean Francais. Both works are delightful models of spare neoclassical structure, spiced with piquant French flavors, lending the music an urbane and witty effect.

In contrast, the album offers winning arrangements of music by Dmitri Shostakovich and Giaocchino Rossini, topped off by an effervescent world-premiere piece, ‘Trains of Thought,’ from contemporary composer Viet Cuong, who originally conceived it as part of a multimedia work combining music and an animated film.

REVIEWS:

Since its founding in 2003, the Poulenc Trio has established itself as one of the world’s finest ensembles in the lesser-known domain of double-reed chamber music. On “Trains of Thought,” the qualities of these instruments are particularly well-served by the trios from Francis Poulenc and Jean Francais. The album also offers winning arrangements of music by Shostakovich and Rossini, topped off by a world-premiere piece from contemporary composer Viet Cuong, who originally conceived it as part of a multimedia work combining music and an animated film.

-- WFMT Chicago

There is musical fun a-plenty in the Françaix Trio, Wang managing to make his oboe positively laugh at one point in the first movement, with Young and Lande ready to follow suit. This is a bubbling, light-hearted work which, as with so much of Françaix’s writing for winds, masks an immense understanding of the potential of the individual instruments with music of such attractiveness and joviality that one forgets the enormous skill involved in bringing it all to life.

These are superbly performed works for oboe, bassoon and piano by the talented Poulenc Trio. I’m delighted to have the opportunity of adding this Delos recording to my chamber music collection.

-- MusicWeb International

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Presto 05:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  2. 2 II. Andante 03:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  3. 3 III. Rondo 03:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  4. 4 Trains of Thought 12:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Trains of Thought
    Duration
    12:18
    Composer
    Viet Cuong
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  5. 5 The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (arr. A. Trofimov for oboe, bassoon and piano) 03:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (arr. A. Trofimov for oboe, bassoon and piano)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  6. 6 Moskva, Cheryomushki (Moscow, Cheryomushki), Op. 105: A Spin Through Moscow (arr. A. Trofimov for oboe, bassoon and piano) 02:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    Moskva, Cheryomushki (Moscow, Cheryomushki), Op. 105: A Spin Through Moscow (arr. A. Trofimov for oboe, bassoon and piano)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  7. 7 I. Adagio: Allegro moderato 03:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Adagio: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jean Françaix
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  8. 8 II. Scherzo 03:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Jean Françaix
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  9. 9 III. Andante 04:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Jean Françaix
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  10. 10 IV. Finale 04:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Jean Françaix
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio
  11. 11 Semiramide: Fantaisie Concertante (arr. E Jancourt and C. Triébert for oboe, bassoon and piano) 12:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Semiramide: Fantaisie Concertante (arr. E Jancourt and C. Triébert for oboe, bassoon and piano)
    Duration
    12:17
    Composer
    Gioachino Rossini
    Ensemble
    The Poulenc Trio