Search - Michel Piquemal, Francis Poulenc, Christine Lajarrige :: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Melodies (Songs)

As Poulenc As Can Be

04/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Michel Piquemal resonates the full musical language of Poulenc, and next to narrates it in black and white thriller style, a journey to the city, cold and misty, hotel rooms with grey inner corners from all those late night cigarettes. Suddenly, the stream of light, real people's destinies, pains and hopefulness.. French poets put into music by Poulenc, picking up each little speck of light in the sadness of rapidly changing times.. the wheels of the great machine crushing people's hearts, paying their daybill and bringing them to sleep.Christine Lajarrige follows and leads the track - underlines - and carries the melody without slightest hesitation. As well as she knows the line of expression her compagnion Michel Piquemal she knows Poulenc's crisp capture of his time. An enchanting masterpiece and part of a true melodie-francaise-omane...."