Poulenc: Concerto pour deux pianos et orchestre, Concert Champêtre & Suite Française

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Bruges's finest have made a stunning attempt to create the 1930s Parisian sound. As well as the orchestral poster-colours, they employ Erard pianos to give the Double Concerto an entrancing mix... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Jun 2011
Catalogue No: ZZT110403
Label: Zigzag
Length: 58 minutes

Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra

Work length20:37

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Claire Chevallier, Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel

Concerto pour 2 pianos et orchestre en Ré Mineur, FP 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length8:22

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Concerto pour 2 pianos et orchestre en Ré Mineur, FP 61: II. Larghetto

Track length5:56

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Concerto pour 2 pianos et orchestre en Ré Mineur, FP 61: III. Finale (Allegro molto)

Track length6:19

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Poulenc: Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), FP80

Work length11:39

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Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel

Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: I. Bransle de Bourgogne

Track length1:28

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: II. Pavane

Track length2:17

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: III. Petite marche militaire

Track length1:03

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: IV. Complainte

Track length1:29

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: V. Bransle de Champagne

Track length1:36

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: VI. Sicilienne

Track length2:00

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Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise, FP 80a: VII. Carillon

Track length1:46

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Poulenc: Concert champêtre

Work length25:59

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Katerina Chroboková, Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel

Concert champêtre, FP 49: I. Allegro molto

Track length10:41

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Concert champêtre, FP 49: II. Andante

Track length6:44

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Concert champêtre, FP 49: III. Finale

Track length8:34

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Favourites, Francis Poulenc

21st November 2014

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

After exploring the universe of Ravel, Anima Eterna continues its voyage of discovery through twentieth-century French music with Francis Poulenc.

In Jos van Immerseel’s view, Poulenc is one of the most significant personalities of the twentieth century, coupling immense erudition with surprising spontaneity. Not to mention the fact that Poulenc was also a particularly brilliant pianist.

The works presented in this recording are steeped in the French traditions of the sixteenth century (Suite Française for orchestra after Claude Gervaise) and the eighteenth (Concert champêtre for harpsichord (or piano) and orchestra). In the Concerto for two pianos, Poulenc breaks totally with the traditional concerto genre, liberating the form and the thematic development. Above all, the piece expresses the sheer pleasure of playing!

Reviews

October 2011

Bruges's finest have made a stunning attempt to create the 1930s Parisian sound. As well as the orchestral poster-colours, they employ Erard pianos to give the Double Concerto an entrancing mix of overtones, adding an extra dimension to its gamelan effects...Everything is beautifully played; the only weakness in the performance is a stolidity about the wilder passages.

September 2011

Immerseel's enthusiasm for this music is evident from the explosion of tension and excitement in the opening of the Concert for Two Pianos...His chosen keyboard collaborators share his energetic quest to reveal the sharp contrasts between the old and the new in this music, especially in the delightful twists of the Concert champêtre.

2nd July 2011

The Concerto for Two Pianos is part music hall romp, part Mozartian pastiche: Immerseel and Claire Chevallier play it for all its worth. The Suite Française for nine instruments is Poulenc’s touching tribute to 17th-century dance: a sensitive performance from Anima Eterna Brugge

August 2011

the Erard's mellow French polish does add a warm halo of colour to the central Larghetto, and by no means dampens the joie de vivre of the final. The orchestral playing is finely moulded to the pianos' spectrum of sonority so that after the initial shock of hearing something out of the ordinary, the performance yields up much in finesse, fluency and fun.

July/August 2011

Katerina Chrobokova's performance in the Concert Champetre is attractive in itself, assured and with a wide range of articulation.

21st November 2014

The period sonorities of Jos van Immerseel's Anima Eterna Brugge throw the quirky Neoclassicism of the Concert champêtre (with Immerseel himself as soloist) and the baroque pastiche of the Suite Française into relief, with the use of Erard pianos paying dividends in the Double Concerto.

12th June 2011

Of prime interest here are the instruments: Immerseel and his fellow pianist, Claire Chevallier, play on Erard concert grands dating from 1896 and 1902. Katerina Chrobokova eschews Wanda Landowska’s heavy-sounding 1912 Pleyel harpsichord in favour of a modern copy of a 1749 French instrument that sounds like a continuo rather than a soloistic voice...Poulenc’s wistful melodic nostalgia, sensual timbres and quirky wit guarantee illicit pleasure.

The Independent on Sunday 26th June 2011

The dryest of kettle drums introduces a piquant "Concerto". The Mozartian accents are delivered with pithy wit, while Immerseel and Claire Chevalier play on flirty Erards. "Suite Française" sees the orchestra raid a stylistic dressing-up box, with shades of Berlioz and Bizet. "Concert Champêtre" has an urban tartness that belies its coy title.

6th August 2011

[The Concerto for Two Pianos] is brilliant, witty music. Slightly slower speeds don’t lead to heaviness, and Poulenc’s gamelan references are more pointed than usual. The slow movement’s Mozart pastiche is suavely elegant...The orchestral playing in the Concert champêtre is again brilliant...Wit and charm are present in spades.

Poulenc: Concerto pour deux pianos et orchestre, Concert Champêtre & Suite Française

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