Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music (3 CDs)

The complete chamber music by Poulenc on 3 CDs!

Francis Poulenc is one of the most remarkable French composers of the20th century. Inspired by many (Debussy, Satie, his fellow composers of the “Groupe des Six”) he found his essential own voice, an unique blend of French gaiety and a deep, serious and sometimes melancholic feeling.

These new recordings present Poulenc’s complete chamber music, written for a wide variety of instruments: violin, viola, cello, double‐bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, horn, bassoon, English horn and piano: a multi‐coloured palette of sonorities, characters and emotions.

Italian pianist Matteo Fossi gathered an excellent line‐up of instrumentalists/friends for this huge enterprise, and the result is a sheer delight, the feeling of a “labour of love” permeates every single performance, leaving the listener marveling about the originality and emotional impact of the music.

The booklet contains excellent liner notes written by a musicologist.

Artists

. Marco Gaggini (pianos), . Marco Gaggini (piano), Duccio Ceccanti (violin), Matteo Fossi (piano), Vittorio Ceccanti (cello), Domenico Orlando (oboe), Andrea Zucco (bassoon), Claudia Bucchini (flute), Calogero Palermo (clarinet), Geremia Iezzi (horn), Claudia Bucchini (recorder), Jean-Luc Votano (clarinet), Claudio Quintavalla (trumpet), Fabiano Fiorenzani (trombone)

Poulenc: Bagatelle in D minor
Poulenc: Capriccio (d'après Le Bal masqué) for two pianos
Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184
Poulenc: Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168
Poulenc: Elégie for two pianos, FP175
Poulenc: Flute Sonata, Op. 164
Poulenc: L'Embarquement pour Cythère, for 2 pianos
Poulenc: Oboe Sonata, Op. 185
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100
Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32
Poulenc: Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone, Op. 33
Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Four Hands (à mademoiselle Simone Tilliard)
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets, Op. 7
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Pianos
Poulenc: Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), FP80
Poulenc: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
Poulenc: Trio, Op. 43
Poulenc: Trois Mouvements perpétuels
Poulenc: Villanelle for piccolo (pipe) and piano
Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119