RCA is evidently confident the market for Poulenc was not saturated by the spate of issues for his centenary two years ago, but these performances, recorded just a few months ago and featuring ...

Poulenc Piano ConcertoRichard Hickox leads the City of London Sinfonia in the third movement, the "Rondo a la francaise," from the Piano Concerto by Poulenc. Jean-Bernard Pommier is the pianist.

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor Francis Poulenc, undefined Louis Lortie, Piano Aubade Louis Lortie, Piano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Edward ...

The incomparable Mark Bebbington, to whom British music owes more than a tip of the hat, turns his attention to the French with a superb new CD of Francis Poulenc. Jan Latham-Koenig and the Royal ...

Francis Poulenc. Concert pour deux pianos, Concerto pour piano, Aubade. Frank Braley, Eric Le Sage (pianos) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Stéphane Denève (direction) (RCA Red Seal 82876 ...

Mark Bebbington excels in Poulenc’s Piano Concerto, Parry’s Judith springs to life. Plus, a new work for International Women’s Day In these grim times, with an epidemic lurking and floods rising, we ...

Fizz, froth and high jinks characterise this album of music for two pianos. The Concerto for two pianos written by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu in 1943, early in his US exile, is breezy and ...

Although this concerto was written in 1932, I love how contemporary it sounds, especially the opening, with its Steve Reich-like interlocking piano parts. The old saying goes: In Poulenc there is ...

Dans les années 50, Stravinsky a déjà changé de costume plusieurs fois, habit russe, habit néoclassique.. Toujours soucieux de rester en phase, voilà qu’il change de veste une dernière fois, et se met ...

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This beautiful wooden box houses the new Michael Gordon piece, Timber, scored for six percussionists and six two-by-fours. The news may bring us stories of bankrupt symphony orchestras, floundering ...