This page lists all recordings of Violin Sonata, Op. 12, by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Poulenc, Faure & Ravel - Violin Sonatas
Arabella Steinbacher (violin) & Robert Kulek (piano) French chamber music from the time of the Third
Republic is remarkable for its tremendous stylistic
variety, revealing, as it does, not only Neoclassical
elements but also unexpected rhythms, the sort of local
colour associated with folk music and, last but not least,
typically French melodies typified by their elegance and
songlike character.A classic example of this style is
Fauré's Violin Sonata, first performed in 1877, inspired by
the Belgian violinist Hubert Léonard and now at the
very heart of the new CD that Arabella Steinbacher has
recorded with the pianist Robert Kulek.Written half a century later, Ravel's Violin Sonata not only places
considerable technical demands on its performers, it also reflects the influence of jazz, an influence explored by
the two performers with audible delight in imitating plucked instruments and blue notes.The dizzying energy
generated by Steinbacher and Kulek in Ravel's Tzigane needs to be heard to be believed.This homogeneous
and yet varied programme opens with a piece that may also be regarded as an epilogue to this chapter from
the history of French music: Francis Poulenc's Violin Sonata was written in the 1940s in memory of Federico
García Lorca and is a compact work in terms of its expressive and compositional density. Arabella Steinbacher
and Robert Kulek bring to it all the necessary shades and nuances. | 
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Raimund Lissy (violin), Jan Latham-Koenig (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Midori (violin), Robert McDonald (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - The Complete Chamber Music
Poulenc: | Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100 Violin Sonata, Op. 12 Sonata for Two Clarinets, Op. 7 Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone, Op. 33 Cello Sonata, Op. 143 Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184 Sarabande for solo guitar, Op. 179 Villanelle for piccolo (pipe) and piano Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168 In memory of Dennis Brain Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32 Flute Sonata, Op. 164 |
'Entrancing. It's hard to select the choicest treasures from this jewel box of Poulenc's most witty and vivacious, hauntingly melodic and touchingly heartfelt music, especially when it is played with such effervescence and devotion as here. The two masterpieces are the Sextet for Piano and Winds (1932) and the delectable "Mozartian" Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon, played with dashing elan and soulful lyricism by the pianist Ian Brown and the Nash's brilliant wind principals. Richard Watkins's long-breathed account of the moving Elégie in memoriam Dennis Brain (1957) and Paul Watkins's noble-toned playing of the Cello Sonata (1940/48) are exceptional. But there is rapture, elation, zany high spirits in all of this music, dazzlingly played by the Nash Ensemble. Buy, buy, buy!' (The Sunday Times) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Jan Panenka (piano), Josef Suk (violin) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Detlef Hahn (Violin), Simon Parkin (Piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck, Francoise Groben (cello) "The first volume in this series of Poulenac's chamber music was a bit of a mixed bag. ...there are wonderfully spiky moments from Graf Mourja in the Stravinskian Violin Sonata, and Ronald Van Spaendonck's control of the haunting slow movement of the Clarinet Sonata is mesmerising."
- BBC Music Magazine (Christopher Dingle), October 2000 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) "Played with compelling warmth and flair"
- Observer (U.K.) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - Solo Piano & Chamber Works
Poulenc: | Les Soirées de Nazelles 3 Novelettes Pastourelle Trois Mouvements perpétuels Improvisations 1-3 3 Pièces Humoresque 8 Nocturnes Suite for piano in C major Thème varié Improvisations 4, 5, 9-11 & 14 Two Intermezzi Intermezzo in A flat major Presto in B flat major Mélancolie 3 Pastorales Valse-improvisation sur le nom de Bach Villageoises Napoli - suite for piano Promenades Cinq Impromptus Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel Bourrée, au Pavillon d'Auvergne Feuillets d'album Badinage Française d'après Claude Gervaise Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), FP80 Capriccio (d'après Le Bal masqué) for two pianos Sonata for Two Pianos Elégie for two pianos, FP175 Sonata for Piano Four Hands (à mademoiselle Simone Tilliard) L'Embarquement pour Cythère, for 2 pianos Violin Sonata, Op. 12 Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168 Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100 Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184 Flute Sonata, Op. 164 Oboe Sonata, Op. 185 Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon |
Pascal Rogé (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Chantal Juillet (violin), André Cazalet (horn), Michel Portal (clarinet), Patrick Gallois (flute), Maurice Bourgue (oboe) & Amaury Wallez (bassoon) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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