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Special offer. Poulenc: The Complete Songs

The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished... — MusicWeb International, December 2013 More…

Release Date: 30th Sep 2013
Catalogue No: CDA68021-4
Label: Hyperion
Series: French Song Edition
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

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Poulenc: Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne

Work length3:43

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Le présent

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II. Chanson

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III. Hier

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Poulenc: Quatre chansons pour enfants

Work length10:12

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Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Nous voulons une petite sœur

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II. La tragique histoire du petit René

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III. Le petit garçon trop bien portant

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IV. Monsieur Sans-Souci

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Poulenc: Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Le garçon de Liège

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II. Au-delà

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III. Aux officiers de la Garde Blanche

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Poulenc: Le Portrait

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, FP101

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. La dame d'André

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II. Dans l'herbe

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III. Il vole

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IV. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant

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V. Violon

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VI. Fleurs

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Poulenc: L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant

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Pierre Bernac (narrator), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Babar à la forêt

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II. Babar dans la ville

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III. Le retour à la forêt

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Poulenc: Metamorphoses, FP 121

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Reine des mouettes

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II. C'est ainsi que tu es

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III. Paganini

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Poulenc: Deux Mélodies FP162

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

II. Nuage

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Poulenc: La courte paille

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Le sommeil

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II. Quelle aventure!

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III. La reine de cœur

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IV. Ba, be, bi, bo, bu

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V. Les anges musiciens

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VI. Le carafon

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VII. Lune d'avril

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Poulenc: Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard

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Ben Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Peut-il se reposer

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II. Il la prend dans ses bras

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III. Plume d'eau claire

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IV. Rôdeuse au front de verre

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V. Amoureuses

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Poulenc: Tel jour telle nuit

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Sarah Fox (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Bonne journée

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II. Une ruine coquille vide

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III. Le front comme un drapeau perdu

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IV. Une roulotte couverte en tuiles

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V. À toutes brides

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VI. Une herbe pauvre

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VII. Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer

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VIII. Figure de force brûlante et farouche

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IX. Nous avons fait la nuit

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Poulenc: Miroirs brûlants

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Tu vois le feu du soir

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II. Je nommerai ton front

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Poulenc: Ce doux petit visage

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour

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Sarah Fox (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon

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Ben Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

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II. Fêtes galantes

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Poulenc: Le Disparu

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Main dominée par le coeur

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: …mais mourir

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Calligrammes

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. L'espionne

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II. Mutation

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III. Vers le sud

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IV. Il pleut

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V. La grâce exilée

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VI. Aussi bien que les cigales

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VII. Voyage

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Poulenc: La Fraîcheur et le feu

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Rayons des yeux

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II. Le matin les branches attisent

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III. Tout disparut

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IV. Dans les ténèbres du jardin

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V. Unis la fraîcheur et le feu

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VI. Homme au sourire tendre

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VII. La grande rivière qui va

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Poulenc: Le travail du peintre

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Pablo Picasso

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II. Marc Chagall

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III. Georges Braque

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IV. Juan Gris

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V. Paul Klee

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VI. Joan Miró

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VII. Jacques Villon

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Poulenc: Dernier poeme

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Une chanson de porcelaine, FP169

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Le Toreador

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Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Le Bestiaire ou Cortege d'Orphee

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Le dromadaire

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II. La chèvre du Thibet

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III. La sauterelle

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IV. Le dauphin

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V. L'écrevisse

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VI. La carpe

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Poulenc: Deux mélodies inédites du bestiaire, FP15b

Work length1:14

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Le serpent

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II. La colombe

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Poulenc: Cocardes, FP16

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Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Miel de Narbonne

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II. Bonne d'enfant

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III. Enfant de troupe

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Poulenc: Airs chantés

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Ailish Tynan (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Air romantique

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II. Air champêtre

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III. Air grave

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IV. Air vif

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Poulenc: Quatre poemes de Guillaume Apollinaire

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Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. L'anguille

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II. Carte postale

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III. Avant le cinéma

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IV. 1904

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Poulenc: Pierrot

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

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Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Dans le jardin d'Anna

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II. Allons plus vite

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Poulenc: La grenouillère, Op. 5

Work length2:01

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Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Bleuet

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Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Banalités

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Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano)

I. Chanson d'Orkenise

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II. Hôtel

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III. Fagnes de Wallonie

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IV. Voyage à Paris

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V. Sanglots

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Poulenc: Colloque

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Robin Tritschler (tenor), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

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Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Ivan Ludlow (baritone)

I. Montparnasse

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II. Hyde Park

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Poulenc: Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

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Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), Ivan Ludlow (baritone)

I. Le pont

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II. Un poème

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Poulenc: Paul et Virginie

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Parisiana

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Jouer du bugle

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II. Vous n'écrivez plus?

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Poulenc: Rosemonde

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Deux Mélodies FP162

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. La souris

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Poulenc: La Puce

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Brandon Velarde (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo

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Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Poèmes de Ronsard

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Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Attributs

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II. Le tombeau

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III. Ballet

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IV. Je n'ai plus que les os

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V. À son page

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Poulenc: Chansons gaillardes

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Ashley Riches (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. La maîtresse volage

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II. Chanson à boire

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III. Madrigal

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IV. Invocation aux Parques

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V. Couplets bachiques

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VI. L'offrande

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VII. La belle jeunesse

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VIII. Sérénade

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Poulenc: Vocalise

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Épitaphe, FP55

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Neal Davies (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Cinq Poèmes de Max Jacob

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Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Chanson bretonne

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II. Cimetière

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III. La petite servante

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IV. Berceuse

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V. Souric et Mouric

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Poulenc: Huit Chansons polonaises

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Agnieszka Adamczak (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Wianek

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II. Odjazd

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III. Polska młodzież

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IV. Ostatni mazur

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V. Pożegnanie

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VI. Białą chorągiewka

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VII. Wisła

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VIII. Jezioro

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Poulenc: A sa guitare

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Priez pour paix

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Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Chansons villageoises

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Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. Chansons du clair-tamis

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II. Les gars qui vont à la fête

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III. C'est le joli printemps

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IV. Le mendiant

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V. Chanson de la fille frivole

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VI. Le retour du sergent

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Poulenc: Trois Chansons de F.Garcia-Lorca

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Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

I. L'enfant muet

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II. Adelina à la promenade

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III. Chanson de l'oranger sec

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Poulenc: Hymne

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Neal Davies (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Mazurka

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Neal Davies (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: Fancy

Work length1:48

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Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

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Composer Guides, Francis Poulenc

21st November 2014

Katherine selects some favourite recordings of the French composer Francis Poulenc.

Graham Johnson is simply the greatest living authority on French song; an artist whose innate feeling for the music is combined with prodigious scholarship. He also has the ability to discover and nurture singers who here prove to be matchless performers of this repertoire.

Following his many wonderful recordings in Hyperion’s French Song Edition, Johnson turns to the complete songs of Francis Poulenc, released also to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the composer’s death. Each of the four CDs presents a programme of songs in an order that is chronological for that disc alone—signifying four different journeys through the composer’s career. Disc 1 features a substantial appearance, recorded in 1977, of Pierre Bernac (Poulenc’s long-term collaborator)—narrating L’histoire de Babar, a story known to children throughout the world. The singers include Dame Felicity Lott, acclaimed as one of the foremost performers of Poulenc, and many other stars from previous recordings.

Artists

Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor) & Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Ivan Ludlow (baritone) & Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor) & Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Ashley Riches (bass), Neal Davies (bass), Agnieszka Adamczak (soprano)

Reviews

December 2013

The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished of accompanists, ensuring that every single song is a partnership between singer and pianist, with chemistry that flows both ways.

21st November 2014

Prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death last year and curated by pianist and French music expert Graham Johnson, Hyperion's gorgeous 4-CD set divides the complete songs between seasoned performers such as Felicity Lott and Johnson himself, and stylish newcomers including soprano Ailish Tynan and tenor Robin Tritschler.

17th October 2013

As always, Johnson matches singers to songs meticulously. There are some outstanding performances...It's a gorgeous collection, and for sometime Poulenc sceptics like me, a real revelation.

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Composer Guides, Francis Poulenc

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