Browse: Poulenc - Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

Williams’s voice, with its smooth production and clear, unforced high notes, is well suited to the French mélodie, while his pronunciation is excellent. The Poulenc and Honegger songs are particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

These singers have come up with some of the most absorbing recorded experiences of a composer who, for all his unmistakable voice, had an extraordinarily broad range of expression and poetic... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished... — MusicWeb International, December 2013 More…

The first time Michel Piquemal met Pierre Bernac, for whom most of these songs were written, Piquemal recalls that Bernac said: 'I am very moved, because what you're doing is exactly what Francis... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Among French singers, Francois Le Roux has been one of the foremost in revealing the delights and diversity of Poulenc's songs during recent decades. His participation in the five-disc set...is... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2014 More…