Poulenc - Gloria & Motets
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Label: Hyperion
Cat No: CDA67623
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd March 2008
Contents
Works
PoulencGloria
Poulenc
Salve regina
Poulenc
Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence
Poulenc
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Poulenc
Exultate Deo
Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Conductor
Stephen LaytonWorks
PoulencGloria
Poulenc
Salve regina
Poulenc
Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence
Poulenc
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
Poulenc
Exultate Deo
Artists
Susan Gritton (soprano)Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Conductor
Stephen LaytonAbout
Poulenc’s choral music is a deep expression both of his faith and of his unique musical language. In the various motets, the music responds to the composer’s studies of Bach, Monteverdi, Palestrina and Gabrieli, but is always stylistically progressive. Prominently featured are Poulenc’s distinctive and often ingenious chord progressions. Each motet has its own delightfully etched personality.
Poulenc’s Gloria is one of his most enduringly appealing works. In some ways straightforwardly pious, it is also tinged with mischievous irreverence and a sense of rollocking enjoyment. ‘When I wrote this piece’, Poulenc famously recalled, ‘I had in mind those frescoes by Gozzoli where the angels stick out their tongues; and also some serious Benedictine monks I had once seen revelling in a game of football.’
This recording by the Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Polyphony and the soprano soloist Susan Gritton under Stephen Layton brings out all these aspects in a classic performance.
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