Poulenc: Les œuvres de sa jeunesse | Sam Alexander (actor), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Manchester Camerata, John Andrews (conductor) | Resonus Classics | RES10333

Francis Poulenc: Les œuvres de sa jeunesse

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Total playing time [62:31]

Sam Alexander (actor)
Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone)
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)

Manchester Camerata

John Andrews (conductor)

Poulenc the miniaturist par excellence burst into public view, fully-formed in his late teens, emerging flamboyantly into the artistic swirl of 1920s Paris. His fabulously inventive, quirky and colourful approach to writing for chamber ensemble and voice comes vividly to life in this set of early works which capture all of his youthful elegance, wit, and occasionally sardonic humour.

Many of these early masterpieces are now well-known in their incarnations for piano; but his sheer inventiveness and joyful revelry in a kaleidoscopic riot of instrumental colour is celebrated here in the earliest versions of such classics as Le Bestiaire and Cocardes, alongside masterpieces more cruelly treated by his contemporaries, the Quatre Poemes de Max Jacob and Le Gendarme Incompris.

 Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Cocardes, FP 16b
1. Miel de Narbonne
2. Bonne d’Enfant
3. Enfant de troupe

Le Bestiaire, FP 15b
4. Le Dromadaire
5. La Chèvre du Thibet
6. La Sauterelle
7. Le Dauphin
8. L’Ecrevisse
9. La Carpe

Le Gendarme Incompris, FP 20
10. Overture
11. Scène I
12. Scène II
13. Impromptu de Monsieur Médor
14. Duo
15. Duo
16. Scène III
17. Madrigal
18. Scène IV (Final – Danse)

Trois mouvements perpétuels, FP 14b
19. Assez modéré
20. Très modéré
21. Alerte

Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob, FP 22
22. Est-il un coin plus solitaire...
23. C'est pour aller au bal
24. Poète et Ténor
25. Dans le buisson de mimosa

Suite Française d’après Claude
Gervaise, FP 80a
26. Bransle de Bourgogne
27. Pavane
28. Petite marche militaire
29. Complainte
30. Bransle de Champagne
31. Sicilienne
32. Carillon

'The players of the Manchester Camerata and conductor John Andrews approach each work with vigour and more than a touch of irony.'

- BBC Music Magazine

'The players of the Manchester Camerata and conductor John Andrews approach each work with vigour and more than a touch of irony.'
BBC Music Magazine

Credits
© 2024 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2024 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10333
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262793749
Release date: 26 April 2024