Poulenc: Bal Masque (Le) / Rapsodie Negre / Elegie
4/17/2001, 26 Tracks, 1:00:23
Featuring
Pierre-Michel Durand
Françoise Groben
Franck Leguérinel
Ronald van Spaendonck
Alexandre Tharaud
Marc Bauer
Marie Gondeau
Serge Krichewski
Jean-Marc Phillips
Françoise Rivalland
Laurent Lefèvre
Céline Nessi
Sabine Toutain
Thibault Vieux
Philippe Bernold
Olivier Doise
Philippe Hanon
André Moisan
Jean Delescluse
Jacques Mauger
Pascal Delage
Guy Touvron
Hervé Joulain
Pierre Laniau
Francis Poulenc
Did you know?
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Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Temple du Bon Secours, Paris, and Espace Carpeaux, Courbevoie, between October 1995 and October 1997.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Poulenc's motto as a composer was to write what seemed right to him, when he wanted to.
Composer Biography
Poulenc refused to join the Schola Cantorum or the Conservatoire, instead studying with Charles Koechlin to deepen his knowledge.
Composer Biography
Poulenc considered Bach, Mozart, Satie, and Stravinsky his only masters, and disliked Beethoven and loathed Wagner.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Poulenc described himself as a 'musician without a label,' rejecting classifications like Cubist, Futurist, or Impressionist.
Composer Biography
Francis Poulenc, a French musician, grew up in Paris and was influenced by Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, and especially Satie.
Composition History
Poulenc's early chamber works, created when he was not yet twenty, were influenced by the 'New Attitude' and the jocular musical vitality of the Group of Six.
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