Poulenc, Francis > Vocal

Salzburg Festival 1986 - Songs by Fauré, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Pasatieri, Canteloube, Schonberg / Frederica von Stade, soprano, Martin Katz, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Au Cimetière, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 51/2; La rose, Op. 51 no 4; Richard Strauss: Rot...
Performers: Katz, Martin; Von Stade, Frederica

In 1986 Frederica von Stade offered a program that knew no boundaries - ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (08/18/1986)....continue...

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - The French Album: Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; Ravel: Chansons Madecasses; Poulenc: Le Bal Masque / Wolfgang Sawalisch, piano

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61; Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Francis Poulenc: Le bal masqué, for baritone (or mezzo-sopran...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of the most famous interpreters of lieder in the 20th century. This disc includes rarely recorded French repertoire such as...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studios, Berlin (11/14/1975)....continue...

Francis Poulenc: Mélodies

1 CD / Anima Records (Classical) Import / 2012-12-04

Works: Francis Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94; La belle Jeunesse (Chansons gaillardes, no 7); Rosemonde ("Longtemps au pied du perron"), song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Cantor, Philippe; Rives, Sophie

Recording information: "l'Atelier du 25" à Paris (07/05/2011-07/07/2011)....continue...

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, et al. / Susan Graham, soprano; Malcom Martineau

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Ophélie, song for soprano (or tenor) & piano, H. 92a (Op. 18/2); Franz Schubert: Ges...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos, Susan Graham's eagerly awaited second album for Onyx, focuses on iconic female characters of history, literature and song. Accompanied by Graham's...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)....continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Mélodie Francaise - Songs by Fauré, Debussy; Hahn; Chausson / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Stephane Degout, Bernard Kruysen [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 27; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 51; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; La bonne c...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Degout, Stéphane; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noël [Piano]; Lucas, Hélène; Manoff, Susan; Piau, Sandrine

This beautiful boxed set of French melodies gathers some of the most intriguing recordings from the Naïve Classique catalogue. This subtle and fascinating repertoire will...continue...

Banalités - Songs by Poulenc, Ravel, Haydn, Wolf, Lord Berners, Copland, Rossini et al. / Thomas Blondelle, tenor; Danild Blumenthal, piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-06-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Maurice Ravel: Sur l'herbe; Erik Satie: Mélodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 11 "Miscellan&eacu...
Performers: Blondelle, Thomas; Blumenthal, Daniel

Thomas Blondelle, who finished second in the prestigious Concours Reine Elisabeth 2011, was chosen by the competition's partner BNP Paribas Fortis to record a song...continue...
Recording information: Flagey, Studio 4, Brussels (08/25/2011-08/28/2011)....continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 3 / Amanda Roocroft, soprano. Fiona Janes, mezzo, John Mark Ainsley, tenor, Neal Davies, baritone

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-12-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Airs chantés, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 46; Colloque, for soprano, baritone & piano, FP 108; Les bijoux aux poitrines, mazurka for voice & piano (Mouvements du coeur), FP...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Anderson, Lorna; Fox, Sarah; Lemalu, Jonathan; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Ann; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Oliemans, Thomas
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Priez pour paix: Songs of the Great War / Philip Langridge, tenor; David Owen Norris, piano

1 CD / Prelude / 2011-10-25

Works: George Butterworth: On the Idle Hill of Summer, song for voice & piano; Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad"; Ivor Gurney: Everyone Sang, for voice & piano; In Flanders for voice & piano; Even Such is T...
Performers: Langridge, Jennifer; Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen

Prelude Records features here a collection of songs by English, German, French and American composers. This recording is a collection of 18 songs from the...continue...
Recording information: Bignor Park, W. Sussex....continue...

Tuesday Afternoon / Tony R Clef, Guitar

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-09-27

Works: Henry Purcell: If ever I more riches did desire; Leslie Bricusse: Pure Imagination, song (for the musical "Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory"); Richard Rodgers: Out of My Dreams, song (from "Oklahoma...
Performers: Clef, Tony R.

Winner of the Paul McCartney "Maybe I'm Amazed" cover contest, guitarist Tony Clef now presents TUESDAY AFTERNOON, an album of his arrangements and transcriptions of...continue...
Recording information: Scissorhand SoundLab, Sanford, ME (08/23/2010-08/25/2010)....continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 2 / Milne, Anderson, Murray and Lott

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-07-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Toréador, song for voice & piano, FP 11; Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne (3), for voice & piano, FP 57; Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94; ...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Lemalu, Jonathan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]

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...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxfor (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

Voyage à Paris: The Melodies of Francis Poulenc / Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: Francis Poulenc: Voyage à Paris ("Ah! la charmante chose"), song for voice & piano (Banalités), FP 107/4; Montparnasse; Hyde Park ("Les faiseurs de religion"), song for voice & piano, FP 12...
Performers: Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"This record will enchant you. Best of the Month" -Hi-Fi News...continue...
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Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish in Concert

2 CD / Bridge / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150; Francis Poulenc: Chansons Villagioises; A sa guitare; Métamorphoses (3); Main d...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kalish, Gilbert [Piano]

To many observers, no artist has ever replaced the great mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani, as an interpreter of contemporary song. Writing of her, New York Times...continue...

La Romance Française

1 CD / Phaedra / 2011-06-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Chanson du printemps, for voice & piano; Au printemps, song for voice & piano; Envoi de fleurs, song for voice & piano; Le premier jour de mai, song for voice & piano (Six Songs no 1)...
Performers: Mechelen, Werner van; Spinette, Inge

Since its foundation in 1995, the Bell'arte Salzburg has endeavored to rediscover the rich Baroque culture of music in Salzburg. Led by Baroque violinist Annegret...continue...
Recording information: deSingel, Blauwe Zaal, Antwerpen (09/15/2010-09/17/2010)....continue...

Apres Un Reve / Soprano Sandrine Piau

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-05-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Felix ...
Performers: Manoff, Susan; Piau, Sandrine

The heir to Berlioz and Wagner, an extraordinary conductor, Richard Strauss was a dramatist of the orchestra. His operas conceived with Hofmannsthal and Zweig and...continue...
Recording information: MC2, Grenoble, France (06/2010)....continue...

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol. 1

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Cocardes, song cycle for voice & piano (or ensemble), FP 16; C'est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses, no 2); La belle Jeunesse (Chansons gaillardes, no 7); A sa guitare; Épi...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Lemalu, Jonathan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Martineau, Malcolm; Milne, Lisa; Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]

This release marks the first in a new series charting the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, performed by some of the greatest singers of the...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael & All Angels Church, Summertown, Oxford (2010-02-14_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

Fête Galante / French songs for soprano & piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-01-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Aurore, Op. 39 no 1; Maurice Ravel: Mélodies populaires grecques (5); Claude Debussy: Fêtes galantes...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

In collaboration with Espace musique (Radio-Canada), ATMA Classique presents a reissue of an outstanding recital of French songs with soprano Karina Gauvin and pianist Marc-André...continue...
Recording information: Studio 12, Maison de Radio-Canada, Montreal (05/14/1999-05/15/1999)....continue...

Poulenc: Songs after Poems by Guillaume

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Francis Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94; La grenouillère ("Au bord de l'île on voit"), song for voice & piano, FP 96; Banalités; Montparnas...
Performers: Falk, Holger; Zuppardo, Alessandro

Francis Poulenc and Guillaume Apollinaire had a wonderful relationship. Although fate hardly allowed the composer and the poet time to become acquainted personally. Holger Falk...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (12/09/2009-12/11/2009)....continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Pierre Bernac & Francis Poulenc

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-08-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Chansons villageoises, song cycle for voice & piano (reduct. of chamber work), FP 117; Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 58; Tu vois ...
Performers: Bernac, Pierre; Poulenc, Francis

Francis Poulenc composed some 90 songs for Pierre Bernac and other composers, including Andre Jolivet and Henri Sauget dedicated works to him. Bernac and Poulenc...continue...
Recording information: 02/1950-03/1950....continue...

Melodies Francaises / Gérard Souzay

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for voice & piano or orchestra in F minor ("lam; Poème d'un jour, Op. 21; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Le secret, Op...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gérard

A recital of French song by one of the great singers of the 20th century. Souzay possessed a warm, lyrical, supple, sensual and vibrant voice,...continue...

Roots - My Life, My Song

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-15

Works: Traditional: African Drum Invocation; His eye is on the sparrow, song; Pretty Horses, song; God's Gonna Cut You Down, song; Anonymous: I Want Two Wings; Traditional Spiritual: I Couldn't Hear Nobody ...
Performers: Coleman, Ira; Johns, Steve [Drummer]; Lovatt, Mike; Markham, Mark; Martin Williams [Sax/Clarinet]; Norman, Jessye

Recording information: Philharmonie Berlin.

A sticker included on at least some versions of this Sony Classical release promises "music from Berlioz to Ellington," which would make it a pretty ...continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

Cantare / Isabelle Moretti, Felicity Lott

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mikhail Glinka: L'alouette; Albert Heinrich Zabel: Faust Fantasie, for harp, Op. 12 (after Gounod); Paul Bernard: Ça fait peur aux oiseaux, song; Jean...
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Moretti, Isabelle

Like a true star, Isabelle Moretti long dreamed of cutting an album that would express her joy in making her harp sing. She's joined by...continue...

Serenade - Songs by Beethoven / David Daniels, Martin Katz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Adelaide, D 95; Antonio Cal...
Performers: Daniels, David; Katz, Martin

Le Groupe des Six: Selected Works 1915-1945

2 CD / LTM / 2009-05-05

Works: Georges Auric: Prélude for piano (From Album des Six); Adieu New York, Fox-trot; Louis Durey: Romance sans paroles for piano (From Albem des Six); Le Printemps Au Fond de la Mer, for piano & cha...
Performers: Six, Les; West, Andrew

2009 two CD release, documenting links between avant-garde music and art in the 20th Century. Mentored by Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau from 1917 to...continue...
Personnel: Francis Poulenc, Andrew West (piano).

Recording information: Bloomline Coryphee; Hentry Wood Hall, London, England; Maison De La Mutualite, Paris, France.

A dream come true f...continue...

Francis Poulenc: Le Bal Masque; Le Bestiaire; Sextet; Trio

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Le bal masqué, for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) & chamber ensemble, FP 60; Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43; Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas
Conductors: Friend, Lionel
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

Diana Tash in Recital

1 CD / LML Music / 2009-02-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: An Chloë, K 524; Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (295b); Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Gioachino Rossini: La pastorella ("Odia la pastorella"), for v...
Performers: Guzelimian, Armen; Tash, Diana

A recital featuring German lied, French chanson, Italian art song, Spanish song, and Americana - all on one disc!...continue...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Poulenc: Tel jour telle nuit, Mélodies / Hendricks, Derwinger

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-09-09

Works: Francis Poulenc: Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, for voice & piano, FP 91; Fiançailles pour rire; Airs chantés, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 46; C ("J'ai traversé les pont...
Performers: Derwinger, Love; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

"The many and sometimes manic moods of Francis Poulenc are particularly prevalent in his songs, and Hendricks seems right at home with them. His innate...continue...

Voyage à Paris / Lynne Dawson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Francis Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour ("Les chemins qui vont"), for voice & piano (or orchestra), FP 106; C'est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses, no 2); La dame d'André ("André ne co...
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Drake, Julius [Piano]

Rencontres: Mélodies Françaises

1 CD / Dynamic / 2008-06-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Automne, Op. 18 no 3; Rencontre, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2; Adieu, song for voice ...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Rani Calderon

New York Times
The other find of the evening was Carlo Colombara, a bass making his New York debut as Mocenigo. Mr. Colombara's sound is deep...continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words; Mozart, etc / Kollé, Vollmer

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 37 in F major, Op. 85/1; Song Without Words for piano no 46 in G minor, Op. 102/4; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Songs wi...
Performers: Kolle, Andrea; Vollmer, Jasmine

The program for this recording is made up entirely of original transcriptions for flute and harp, ranging from folk-based music in the 18th century leading...continue...

Viveza... In concert

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-02-19

Works: Anne Dudley: Jeeves and Wooster, television film series theme; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for...
Performers: Ferreras, Salvador; Landry, Rosemarie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Viveza

Song of the Cello

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-12-04

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concert...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gililov, Pavel; Hovora, Daria; How, Liang Ping; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Lily; Maisky, Mischa; Meell, Melissa; Phillips, Todd; Poy, Nardo; Tiempo, Sergio
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Poulenc mélodies / Pascal Rogé, Felicity Lott, Catherine Dubosc, Gilles Cachemaille, François Le Roux

4 CD / Decca / 2007-09-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Fiançailles pour rire; Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a; La souris ("Belles journées, s...
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Dubosc, Catherine; Kryger, Urszula; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Roge, Pascal

José Van Dam et la Mélodie Francaise

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2; Prison, Op. 83 no 1; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Henri Duparc: Extase; L'invitation au voyage; Phidyl&#...
Performers: Pikulski, Maciej; Van Dam, Jose

Hommage a Francis Poulenc

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a; Cocardes, song cycle for voice & piano (or ensemble), FP 16; Trois poèmes ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Belle Lurette, operetta in 3 acts; La Périchole; Georges Bizet: La Chanson de la rose, song for voice & piano; Chanson d'avril; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, op...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Voice of the Clarinet - Art-Song Recital / Barrios, Cormany

1 CD / Divine Art / 2007-06-05

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Roadside Fire ("I will make you brooches and toys"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Song; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for ...
Performers: Barrios, Cristo; Cormany, Clinton

Spanish clarinetist Cristo Barrios and American pianist Clinton Cormany present a delightful program of romantic and modern songs arranged or transcribed for that most vocal-sounding...continue...

Poulenc: Orchestral and Choral Works / Dutoit

5 CD / Decca / 2007-05-15

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Piano; Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra, FP 141; Concerto Champêtre for Har...
Performers: Balet, B.; Bauer, Marc; Binder, Florence; Carbonare, Alessandro; Coman, Teodor; Coueffe, Yves; Decker, Laurent; Deferne, Sylviane; Fourquet, Jacques; Fustin, Claude; Gantiez, Andre; Goudenhooft, Andr...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

"Charles Dutoit's five disc set of the orchestral works, the concerted works, the sacred choral works and the vocal works with orchestral accompaniment by Poulenc...continue...

Berlioz: Les Nuites d'été, Ravel: Shéhérazade / Crespin, Ansermet, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Claude Debussy: Chansons (3) de Bi...
Performers: Crespin, Regine; Wustman, John
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

"With Regine Crespin's richness of tone, and with Ansermet at his finest accompanying brilliantly, this glowing performance is truly legendary - a tour de force....continue...

In Flanders Fields - A Celebration of the Poets & Composers

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Toivo Kuula: Tuijotin tulehen kauan (Long I Stared into the Fire), for voice & piano, Op. 2/2; Kesäyö k...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Kimm, Fiona

This is a moving program of vocal works inspired by the tragedies of World War I, some of them written by poet-composers who died in...continue...

Passione / Shan Cothi

1 CD / Sain / 2005-08-12

Works: Jean Sibelius: Be Still, My Soul, hymn (based on Finlandia); Finlandia Hymn (Finlandia Hymni), for chorus & organ (or harmonium), Op. 113/12; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or or...
Performers: Cothi, Shan; Davies, Laurence; Finch, Catrin; Isaac, Myfyr; Roberts, Richard
Conductors: Quirk, John

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall / Graham, Martineau

1 CD / Erato / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Claude Debussy: Proses lyriques; Fantoches; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Francis Poulenc: Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apol...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

A born artist and star, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham adds another landmark to her remarkable career with this live recording of her recent Carnegie Hall...continue...

Songs of Les Six

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Airs chantés; Souric et Mouric, song for voice & piano (5 poèmes de Jacob), FP 59/5; A sa guitare; Il vole ("En allant se coucher le soleil"), song for voice & piano (Fian&...
Performers: Buccheri, Elizabeth [Piano]; Lagios, Maria

Poulenc: Works for Solo Piano / Eric Parkin

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: Francis Poulenc: Suite for Piano in C major; Les biches, suite for piano (from the ballet), FP 36; Mouvements perpétuels (3); Les soirées de Nazelles, for piano, FP 84; Intermezzo no 3 for ...
Performers: Parkin, Eric

Songs from Dorumsgaard, Mahler, et al / Frederica Von Stade

1 CD / Gala / 2001-06-03

Works: Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Cachez beaux yeux, for voice & piano; L'amour de Moy, for voice & piano; Le célèbre menuet, for voice & piano; Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Charl...
Performers: Isepp, Martin; Von Stade, Frederica; Wallace, Dee
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario