Poulenc, Francis > Lefèvre, Laurent > Lefevre, Laurent

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol 5 - Story of Babar, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, melodrama for narrator & piano (or orchestra), FP 129; L'invitation au château, incidental music, FP 138; Léocadia,...
Performers: Darrieux, Danielle; Lefevre, Laurent; Logerot, Stephane; Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre; Vieux, Thibault

Poulenc's association with the contemporary French theatre is shown in his incidental music to two plays by Jean Anouilh, the first known to English audiences...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-11-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Le bal masqué, for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) & chamber ensemble, FP 60; Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a; ...
Performers: Bauer, Marc; Bernold, Philippe; Delage, Pascal; Delescluse, Jean; Doise, Olivier; Groben, Francoise; Hanon, Philippe; Joulain, Herve; Lefevre, Laurent; Leguerinel, Franck; Mauger, Jacques; Moisan, An...

"Francis Poulenc is music itself. I know no music that is more direct, more simply expressed or going so unerringly to its target." This praise...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Capriccio for 2 pianos (after Le bal Masqué), FP 155; Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156; Elégie for 2 Pianos, FP 175; L'embarquement pour Cythère, valse-musette for 2 pian...
Performers: Chaplin, Francois; Joulain, Herve; Lefevre, Laurent; Mauger, Jacques; Moisan, Andre; Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre; Touvron, Guy [Trumpet]

This is the third volume in the continuing series from Naxos of the complete chamber music of Francis Poulenc. David Hurwitz of ClassicsToday.com commented on...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-02-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Sonata for oboe & piano, FP 185; Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Villanelle for pipe (or flute)...
Performers: Bernold, Philippe; Doise, Olivier; Joulain, Herve; Lefevre, Laurent; Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre

Although Francis Poulenc has the popular image of being an outstanding composer of religious choral works and colourful orchestral scores, he was essentially a miniaturist...continue...