Francis Poulenc Georges Precirctre Philharmonia Orchestra of London - Poulenc Les Biches Pastourelle Aubade Les Animaux modles (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Francis Poulenc, Georges Prêtre, Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Poulenc: Les Biches; Pastourelle; Aubade; Les Animaux modèles
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 1. Ouverture
2. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 2. Rondeau
3. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 3. Chanson dans?e
4. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 4. Adagietto
5. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 5. Jeu
6. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 6. Rag-Mazurka
7. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 7. Andantino
8. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 8. Petite chanson dans?e
9. Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36: 9. Final
10. Pastourelle, ballet movement (for collab. work, L'?ventail de Jeanne), FP 45
11. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 1. Toccata
12. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 2. R?citatif (Les compagnes de Diane)
13. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 3. Rondeau (Diane et compagnes)
14. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 4. Presto (Toilette de Diane [L'Aurore])
15. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 5. R?citatif (Introduction ? la Variation de Diane)
16. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 6. Andante (Variation de Diane)
17. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 7. Allegro feroce (D?sespoir de Diane)
18. Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments, FP 51: 8. Conclusion (Adieux et d?part de Diane)
19. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 1. Le Petit Jour
20. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 2. Le Lion amoureux
21. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 3. L'Homme entre deux ?ges et ses deux Ma?tresses
22. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 4. La Mort et le B?cheron
23. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 5. Les Deux Coqs
24. Les animaux mod?les, suite for orchestra, FP 111: 6. Le Repas de midi

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CD Details

All Artists: Francis Poulenc, Georges Prêtre, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra, Gabriel Tacchino
Title: Poulenc: Les Biches; Pastourelle; Aubade; Les Animaux modèles
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Release Date: 1/25/2005
Genre: Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724356295926

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CD Reviews

A Tribute to George Pretre and Poulenc

D. A Wend | Buffalo Grove, IL USA | 02/20/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disc is a tribute to conductor Georges Pretre issued in 2004, and what better way to celebrate his career than a disc of the music of Francis Poulenc, who was a friend of the conductor.

I was especially excited when I saw this disc as it has the complete version of Francis Poulenc's Les Biches. I had this recording on LP and always hoped it would appear on CD. Les Biches is usually performed in a suite that the composer put together; here we have all 9 sections of the ballet complete with chorus. The ballet was commissioned by Diaghilev in 1924 and revolves around a group of pleasure-living flappers. The music has some of Poulenc's most tuneful and engaging melodies and it has never been better performed than by Georges Pretre and the Philharmonic Orchestra. This CD also includes the Pastourelle - Poulenc's contribution to L'Eventail de Jeanne - and a magnificent recording of the Aubade. The Aubade, subtitled a Choreographic concerto for piano and 18 instruments, was commissioned in 1929 as a private entertainment by the Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Noailles and has an extensive piano part that qualifies it as a piano concerto.

The final work is the ballet Les Animaux modeles (The Model Animals), after the fables of La Fontaine, first performed in 1942. The setting for the ballet is a farmyard and has different people and animal interactions. The ballet suite has title that describe that action: Le Petit Jour evokes a scene of peasants setting out to the fields; in Le Lion amoureux a bad-boy lion makes love to a girl; Les Deux Coqs depicts two fighting birds with their group of clucking hens with staccato music representing the clucking. The music for Les Animaux is lush with melodies and sounds quite close to a Hollywood soundtrack to a romantic film.

This disc is well-filled at 78:12 and the music was nicely digitally re-mastered. If you are a fan of Georges Pretre and the music of Francis Poulenc you will want to add this disc to your collection.

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