Poulenc - Les Biches Suite, Organ Concerto, Gloria | Alto ALC1411

Poulenc - Les Biches Suite, Organ Concerto, Gloria

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1411

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 7th February 2020

Contents

Artists

Maurice Durufle (organ)
Rosanna Carteri (soprano)
Adrian Partington (organ)
RTF Choir
Boys of Worcester Cathedral Choir
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
RTF Orchestra

Conductors

Georges Pretre
Donald Hunt

Works

Poulenc, Francis

Gloria
Les Biches: Suite
Litanies a la Vierge noire
Organ Concerto in G minor

Artists

Maurice Durufle (organ)
Rosanna Carteri (soprano)
Adrian Partington (organ)
RTF Choir
Boys of Worcester Cathedral Choir
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
RTF Orchestra

Conductors

Georges Pretre
Donald Hunt

About

“The racy style of the orchestral playing is instantly infectious in the opening rondeau with catchy trumpet solo”  – Gramophone (Les Biches)

“Like so many of his religious works, it finds the composer at his best: behind its joyous, lucid facade lies a deep sincerity, which in the Domine Deus attains real beauty. Rosanna Carteri floats her octave rises exquisitely and is most touching in her litany of ‘Qui tollis peccata mundi’” – Gramophone (Gloria)

“it is certainly the best of his concertos ... and despite the marking of Allegro giocoso for the first main section and an exuberant finale, there are undertones of serious drama-and the last pages are prayerful. Both soloist, and orchestra, are alert, vital and rhythmic, and, despite the difficulties of balancing an orchestra against a modern organ, are brilliantly engineered” - Gramophone (Organ Concerto)

Originally issued 1961 (Gloria, Organ Concerto), 1962 (Les Biches)

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