Pascal Rogé - Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Sonata for Two Pianos, Sonata for Piano 4 Hands - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Le Tombeau de Couperin, for Orchestra Prélude Vif 2. Le Tombeau de Couperin, for Orchestra Forlane Allegretto 3. Le Tombeau de Couperin, for Orchestra Menuet Allegro Moderato 4. Le Tombeau de Couperin, for Orchestra Rigaudon Assez Vif 5. Pavane, for Orchestra & Chorus Ad Lib in F Sharp minor, Op. 50 6. Piano Concerto in C Sharp minor, FP 146 Allegretto 7. Piano Concerto in C Sharp minor, FP 146 Andante Con Moto 8. Piano Concerto in C Sharp minor, FP 146 Rondeau À la Française 9. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, for Piano (Or Orchestra) 10. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Introduction 11. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Cortege 12. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Nocturne 13. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Valse 14. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Parade 15. Divertissement, for Chamber Orchestra Finale

Francis Poulenc is not an easy composer to relate to. Not the man himself perhaps- though possibly that too- but his music. It is somehow dated. Here is a composer who produced his best works, all more or less completely tonal, at a time when Arnold Schoenberg was writing twelve-tone music and Poulenc's countrymen Oliver Messiaen and Pierre Boulez were into innovative rhythms, scales and techniques to lift the music out of the realm of subjective emotionalism. This features three concertos by Francis Poulenc. The Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani (1938) is considered to be the most popular and, perhaps, the most serious. The Piano Concerto (1949), a light concerto a wellspring of musical ideas, more or less brutally juxtaposed. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932) lies perhaps somewhere between these two. Album Tracks 1. Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre~Allegretto 2. Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre~Andante con moto Commencer Très Calmement 3. Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre~Rondeau à la Française Presto Giocoso 4. Concerto en Ré Mineur pour Deux Pianos et Orchestre~Allegro ma non troppo 5. Concerto en Ré Mineur pour Deux Pianos et Orchestre~Larghetto 6. Concerto en Ré Mineur pour Deux Pianos et Orchestre~Finale 7. Concerto en Sol Mineur pour Orgue, Orchestre à Cordes et Timbales

Album Tracks 1. Prélude 2. Rondo 3. Honoloulou 4. Pastorale 5. Finale 6. Le Dromadaire 7. Le Chèvre Du Thibet 8. La Sauterelle 9. Le Dauphin 10. L'écrevisse 11. La Carpe 12. Est-Il Un Coin Plus Solitaire 13. C'est Pour Aller Au Bal 14. Poète Et Ténor 15. Dans Le Buisson de Mimosa 16. Vocalise 17. L'anguille 18. Carte-Postale 19. Avant Le Cinéma 20. 1904 21. Chanson D'orkenise 22. Hôtel 23. Fagnes de Wallonie 24. Voyage À Paris 25. Sanglots 26. Preambule and Air de Bravoure 27. Intermede 28. Malvina 29. Bagatelle 30. La Dame Aveugle 31. Finale