Brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, which he abandoned in 1917 following the death of his father, Poulenc returned to the Church in 1936 after the death of his close friend and fellow composer Pierre-Octave Ferroud. Together these events caused a spiritual crisis in Poulenc’s life which led to a series of important compositions for chorus. The powerful Mass in G major, dedicated to the memory of his father, is notable for its daring use of tonality, though the playfulness of Poulenc’s ‘Les Six’ period is not absent. In the Sept Chansons, set to surrealist texts, and in the two sets of Motets—both very personal and penitential—Poulenc generates a huge range of emotion.
Tracklist
Artist details
Apollinaire, Guillaume - Lyricist
Éluard, Paul - Lyricist
Poulenc, Francis
7 Chansons, FP 81
1 No. 1. La blanche neige (The White Snow) 01:24
2 No. 2. A peine defiguree (Barely Disfigured) 01:23
3 No. 3. Par une nuit nouvelle (Through a New Night) 01:33
4 No. 4. Tous les droits (All the Rights) 02:32
5 No. 5. Belle et ressemblante (Beautiful and Resembling) 01:46
6 No. 6. Marie (Marie) 02:10
7 No. 7. Luire (To Dawn) 01:51
Mass Text - Lyricist
Poulenc, Francis
Mass in G Major, FP 89
8 Kyrie 03:30
9 Gloria 03:51
10 Sanctus 02:42
11 Benedictus 03:22
12 Agnus Dei 03:49
Poulenc, Francis
4 Motets pour un Temps de Penitence, FP 97
13 No. 1. Timor et tremor venerunt super me 02:52
14 No. 2. Vinea mea electa 03:44
15 No. 3. Tenebrae factae sunt 03:39
16 No. 4. Tristis est anima mea 02:57
4 Motets pour le Temps de Noel, FP 152
17 No. 1. O magnum mysterium 03:05
18 No. 2. Quem vidistis pastores dicite 03:00
19 No. 3. Videntes stellam 02:54
20 No. 4. Hodie Christus natus est 02:09
Total Playing Time: 54:13
