Title: | Œuvres Complètes |
Otros títulos: | Œuvres Lyriques L'intégrale de ses œuvres Edition du 50e anniversaire 1963 - 2013 Œ Lyriques III |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Francis Poulenc; Nicolas Rivenq; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt; Jean-Christophe Benoit; François Boulanger; Denise Duval; Marguerite Legouhy; Jean Giraudeau; Emile Rousseau; Robert Jeantet; Julien Thirache; Frédéric Leprin; Serge Rallier; Jacques Hivert; Gilbert Jullia; André Cluytens; Yvonne Printemps; Marcel Cariven; Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine |
Código CDU: | Pou.02 |
Forma Musical: | Operas -- Incidental music -- Excerpts -- Songs (High voice) with orchestra -- Waltzes -- |
Abstract: | Francis Poulenc was the leading composer of Les Six, the French group devoted to turning music away from Impressionism, formality, and intellectualism. He wrote in a direct and tuneful manner, often juxtaposing the witty and ironic with the sentimental or melancholy. He heavily favored diatonic and modal textures over chromatic writing. His music also shows many elements of pandiatonicism, introduced around 1920 by Stravinsky, whose influence can be heard in some of Poulenc's compositions, such as the religious choral work, Gloria. Poulenc is regarded as one of the most important twentieth century composers of religious music, and in the realm of the French art song he is also a major voice of his time. Poulenc was also a pianist of considerable ability. Poulenc was born into a wealthy family of pharmaceutical magnates. The agrochemical giant Rhone-Poulenc is the present-day corporation started by his forebears. His mother was a talented amateur pianist who began giving him piano ... |
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Le Gendarme incompris FP20- Completo.wav | 23:40 | 238.8Mb | WAV audio | Wav | |
Les Mamelles de Tirésias FP125- Prologue.wav | 6:34 | 66.34Mb | WAV audio | Wav | |
Les Mamelles de Tirésias FP125- Act I.wav | 26:05 | 263.2Mb | WAV audio | Wav | |
Les Mamelles de Tirésias FP125- Act II.wav | 19:14 | 194.1Mb | WAV audio | Wav | |
Les Chemins de l'amour FP106.wav | 3:35 | 36.11Mb | WAV audio | Wav |