Poulenc: La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice)

This page lists all recordings of La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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First Choice
February 2006

All recordings

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Francis Poulenc & Friends

Francis Poulenc & Friends


Poulenc:

Flute Sonata, Op. 164

Jean-Pierre Rampal & Francis Poulenc

La Voix Humaine

Denise Duval

Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Denise Duval

La Courte Paille (excerpts)

Denise Duval & Francis Poulenc

Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra

Francis Poulenc & Jacques Février

Orchestre National de la RTF, Georges Prêtre

Serenade

Flute Sonata, Op. 164

Trois Mouvements perpetuels

Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani


Concert in the Salle Gaveau, 1959

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Big DVD Sale

EMI Classic Archive - 3102019

(DVD Video)

Normally: £14.99 (£12.76 ex. VAT)

Special: £12.74 (£10.84 ex. VAT)

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine


Julia Migenes (soprano)

Orchestre National de France, Georges Pretre

(recorded 1990)

“…Julia Migenes exhibits … dramatic power, timing and tonal coloration … She conveys all the character’s anguish, her pathetic lies, her assumption of a brave face, her passionate tenderness, her desperation” (Gramophone)

Building a Library

First Choice - February 2006

Elatus - 2564606802

(CD)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Poulenc - La Voix Humaine

Poulenc - La Voix Humaine


Poulenc:

La Voix Humaine

Lyric tragedy on a text by Jean Cocteau

La Dame de Monte-Carlo

Monologue for soprano and orchestra on a text by Jean Cocteau


Felicity Lott (soprano)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan

"Her French is miraculously idiomatic: Cocteau's text is wordy, and Poulenc often sets it at a pace that would defeat some French sopranos, but Lott captures the pathos and near-hysteria of the part brilliantly." The Sunday Times

Harmonia Mundi - HMC901759

(CD)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine, etc.

Janacek:

The Diary of One Who Disappeared

(orchestral version, sung in German)

Poulenc:

La Voix Humaine


Barbara Friebel (soprano), Johannes Chum (tenor)

Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Christoph Eberle

VMS - VMS144

(CD)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

Carole Farley in…

Carole Farley in…


Menotti:

The Telephone

Poulenc:

La Voix Humaine


Carole Farley

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jose Serebrier

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: PAL & NTSC

Big DVD Sale

VAI - VAI4374

(DVD Video)

Normally: £25.99 (£22.12 ex. VAT)

Special: £22.09 (£18.80 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days.

French Opera Collection

French Opera Collection


Chabrier:

Une Education Manquee

Poulenc:

La Voix Humaine


Anne-Sophie Schmidt, Franck Cassard, Mary Saint Palais, Philippe Fourcade

Theatre Imperial de Compiegne, Pierre Jourdan

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: PAL

Big DVD Sale

Cascavelle - VELD7001

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

Normally: £25.99 (£22.12 ex. VAT)

Special: £22.09 (£18.80 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

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