Re: Francis Poulenc

[JohnGavin]

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:43:09 AM UTC-8, EM wrote:
> Francis Poulenc died 50 years ago (tomorrow, to be precise).
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> http://www.poulenc.fr/
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> Some of his music:
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> <http://concerthuis.radio4.nl/componist/99/Francis_Poulenc>
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> EM

One of the greats of the 20th century. I don't think I've ever heard a Poulenc composition that I didn't like.

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Seconded!!

Henk

[Dufus]

>On Jan 29, 11:13 am, JohnGavin <dagd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the greats of the 20th century.  I don't think I've ever heard a Poulenc composition that I didn't like.

Agreed, although I probably could live without the harpsichord
concerto. I have heard, but do not own , his organ concerto. A
suggested recording ? Thanks,

Dufus

[Mort]

EM wrote:
> Francis Poulenc died 50 years ago (tomorrow, to be precise).
>
> http://www.poulenc.fr/
>
> Some of his music:
> <http://concerthuis.radio4.nl/componist/99/Francis_Poulenc>
>
> EM
>

You might want to investigate a newly released 20-CD box of Poulenc's
pieces, released by EMI France, and available from Amazon.fr at a very
nice price.

Incidentally, has anyone noticed that several of EMI's recent big boxes
of CDs are now pressed in Poland, rather than in The Netherlands as in
the past? The quality seems to be good in both cases.

Regards,

Mort Linder

[Matthew B. Tepper]

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>>On Jan 29, 11:13�am, JohnGavin <dagd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> One of the greats of the 20th century. �I don't think I've ever heard a
> Poulenc composition that I didn't like.
>
> Agreed, although I probably could live without the harpsichord concerto.

> I have heard, but do not own, his organ concerto. A suggested recording ?

Berj Zamkochian with Munch/BSO; also Maurice Durufl� with Georges Pr�tre
conducting one of those French orchestras with a long puzzling name.

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[Steve Thompson]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013, JohnGavin wrote:

> One of the greats of the 20th century. I don't think I've ever heard a
> Poulenc composition that I didn't like.

I have never heard any Poulenc, to my knowledge. When I was taking piano
lessons some years ago, I took along a couple of my own pinao compositions
for my piano teacher to play. She said "Your music reminds me of Poulenc".
I figured that if I sounded like Poulenc, he couldn't be any good :) Maybe
I should fix that.

Steve

[wade]

The OCCS aka the PCO????

[wade]

Sorry, its OSCC not OCCS

[Dufus]

>On Jan 29, 3:31 pm, Steve Thompson <s...@vgersoft.com> wrote:

If inclined to Poulenc solo piano works, here is a great place to
start inexpensively, Roge's single Decca cd :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000006M8W/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

[Alan Cooper]

Mort <mo...@cloud9.net> wrote in news:5108376a$0$24773$607e...@cv.net:

> EM wrote:
>> Francis Poulenc died 50 years ago (tomorrow, to be precise).
>>
>> http://www.poulenc.fr/
>>
>> Some of his music:
>> <http://concerthuis.radio4.nl/componist/99/Francis_Poulenc>
>>
>> EM
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> You might want to investigate a newly released 20-CD box of Poulenc's
> pieces, released by EMI France, and available from Amazon.fr at a very
> nice price.

The EMI recordings maintain a very high level of quality. They're
available in smaller batches for those who don't want to take the full
plunge. This is a nice one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000024TDP/

AC

[Matthew B. Tepper]

wade <wade...@hotmail.com> appears to have caused the following letters
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> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:07:02 PM UTC-8, wade wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:15:30 PM UTC-8, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>>
>> > Dufus <steve...@gmail.com> appears to have caused the following
>> > letters to be typed in news:0b8d4f0c-3827-46dc-8b3b-97efe90ca2a7@
>> > 4g2000yqv.googlegroups.com:
>> >
>> > >>On Jan 29, 11:13 am, JohnGavin <dagd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >> One of the greats of the 20th century. I don't think I've ever
>> > >> heard a Poulenc composition that I didn't like.
>> >
>> > > Agreed, although I probably could live without the harpsichord
>> > > concerto.
>> >
>> > > I have heard, but do not own, his organ concerto. A suggested
>> > > recording?
>> >
>> > Berj Zamkochian with Munch/BSO; also Maurice Durufl� with Georges
>> > Pr�tre conducting one of those French orchestras with a long puzzling
>> > name.
>>

>> The OCCS aka the PCO????
>
> Sorry, its OSCC not OCCS

As I said, puzzling.

[aesthete8]

On Jan 29, 9:21 pm, Terry <b...@clown.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:31:26 +1100, Steve Thompson wrote
> (in article <alpine.LRH.2.03.1301291628240.24...@vgersoft.com>):

> Maybe you should. Like opera? Try the Carmelites.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Terry

On May 4, the MET will be broadcasting Carmelites:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/operainfo.aspx

[Kip Williams]

Steve Thompson wrote, On 1/29/13 4:31 PM:

I really like his chamber music. I first fastened on his trio for piano,
oboe, and bassoon and still like it the best. Sweet, haunting, and
bubbly in turns. The Melos did it nicely, as does the combination of
Fevrier, Casier, and Faisandier.


Kip W

[Dufus]

>On Jan 30, 6:35 am, Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I really like his chamber music. I first fastened on his trio for piano,
> oboe, and bassoon and still like it the best. Sweet, haunting, and
> bubbly in turns. The Melos did it nicely, as does the combination of
> Fevrier, Casier, and Faisandier.

Agreed. Here is another cheap intro for said Trio , which cd I have
and enjoy, the solo oboe and flute sonatas very nice, too ( which 2 I
prefer a bit over said Trio ) :

http://tinyurl.com/bk3zy2k

[Steve Thompson]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013, Steve Thompson wrote:

> I have never heard any Poulenc, to my knowledge. When I was taking piano
> lessons some years ago, I took along a couple of my own pinao compositions
> for my piano teacher to play. She said "Your music reminds me of Poulenc". I
> figured that if I sounded like Poulenc, he couldn't be any good :) Maybe I
> should fix that.

Thanks to everyone for their Poulenc suggestions. I have listened to some
pieces (so far, on youtube only) and have found it agreeable. And it is
nothing like my own compositions :)

Steve

[Dana John Hill]

"EM" <emmemmme...@gnail.com> wrote in message
news:f17a0$5107fc14$5356ecfa$33...@cache1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...

> Francis Poulenc died 50 years ago (tomorrow, to be precise).
>
> http://www.poulenc.fr/
>
> Some of his music:
> <http://concerthuis.radio4.nl/componist/99/Francis_Poulenc>
>
> EM

There's a Philips disc with the Labeques playing the Concerto for Two Pianos
and Orchestra with Ozawa/BSO. That's all well and good, but the disc also
includes a few short pieces, including the Capriccio d'après le Bal Masqué,
L'embarquement pour Cythère, and the Elégie en accords alternés, and they
are completely lovely.

Dana John Hill
Gainesville, Florida

[John Wiser]

"Dana John Hill" <da...@danajohnhill.com> wrote:

>
> There's a Philips disc with the Labeques playing the Concerto for Two Pianos
> and Orchestra with Ozawa/BSO. That's all well and good, but the disc also
> includes a few short pieces, including the Capriccio d'après le Bal Masqué,
> L'embarquement pour Cythère, and the Elégie en accords alternés, and they
> are completely lovely.
>

IMO those works and several others are
handled more deftly by these compleat Poulencians:

 

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005GPI

 

jdw

 

[George]

> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000006M8W/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=...

If the Tacchino 2CD set on EMI is still around, I'd say get that
instead. The Roge is good, but a bit too "dreamy" for this light, fun
music.

George

[MELMOTH]

Ce cher mammifère du nom de JohnGavin nous susurrait, le mardi
29/01/2013, dans nos oreilles grandes ouvertes mais un peu sales tout
de même, et dans le message
<4b7030a7-be6a-485e...@googlegroups.com>, les doux
mélismes suivants :

> I don't think I've ever heard a Poulenc composition that I didn't
> like.

I don't think I've ever herad a Poulenc composition that I liked...

--
Car avec beaucoup de science, il y a beaucoup de chagrin ; et celui qui
accroît sa science accroît sa douleur.
[Ecclésiaste, 1-18]
MELMOTH - souffrant

[RVG]

Le 29/01/2013 21:47, Dufus a écrit :
>> On Jan 29, 11:13 am, JohnGavin <dagd...@gmail.com> wrote: One of
>> the greats of the 20th century. I don't think I've ever heard a
>> Poulenc composition that I didn't like.
>
> Agreed, although I probably could live without the harpsichord
> concerto.

Well, I could live without the harpsichord, period.
Love the piece of furniture, hate the sound.
That and the bagpipes.

(Oh no ! Now some mad composer may read this post and decide to write a
sonata for bagpipes and harpsichord !)

> I have heard, but do not own , his organ concerto. A suggested
> recording ? Thanks,
>
> Dufus
>

--
"Shut your eyes and see."
James Joyce, Ulysses

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http://bluedusk.blogspot.com/

[JohnGavin]

On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:42:25 PM UTC-8, MELMOTH wrote:
> Ce cher mammif�re du nom de JohnGavin nous susurrait, le mardi

>
> 29/01/2013, dans nos oreilles grandes ouvertes mais un peu sales tout
>

> de m�me, et dans le message
>
> <4b7030a7-be6a-485e...@googlegroups.com>, les doux
>
> m�lismes suivants :

>
>
>
> > I don't think I've ever heard a Poulenc composition that I didn't
>
> > like.
>
>
>
> I don't think I've ever herad a Poulenc composition that I liked...
>
>

Really? Even this song??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0D6lh-bew

impossible!!

>
> --
>
> Car avec beaucoup de science, il y a beaucoup de chagrin ; et celui qui
>

> accro�t sa science accro�t sa douleur.
>
> [Eccl�siaste, 1-18]
>
> MELMOTH - souffrant

[Kip Williams]

RVG wrote, On 1/30/13 7:44 PM:

> Le 29/01/2013 21:47, Dufus a écrit :
>>> On Jan 29, 11:13 am, JohnGavin <dagd...@gmail.com> wrote: One of
>>> the greats of the 20th century. I don't think I've ever heard a
>>> Poulenc composition that I didn't like.
>>
>> Agreed, although I probably could live without the harpsichord
>> concerto.
>
> Well, I could live without the harpsichord, period.

I believe it was okay with Poulenc if somebody played it on the piano.
At any rate, it has been recorded that way.


Kip W

[Alan Cooper]

"John Wiser" <cee...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:K%fOs.1711$OE1....@newsfe26.iad:

And nowhere are they manhandled (sic) more ineptly than by the LaWrecks.
Avoid!

AC

[Alan Cooper]

George <gperk...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:b226eac4-811f-4b5b-bf5c-
ed2525...@s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:

Agreed. Roge plays beautifully, but Tacchino has an acerbic edge that
works well in this music. His recordings of the 2-piano music with Fevrier
are a must-have.

AC