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Invidious as it may seem to pick out just one of these excellent artists, special mention must be made of Ian Brown, who plays in nine of the 13 works included and confirms his standing as one... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CDA67255-6
Label: Hyperion
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

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Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100

Work length17:49

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro vivace: Très vite et emporté

Track length7:46

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II. Divertissement: Andantino

Track length4:25

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III. Finale: Prestissimo – Subito très lent

Track length5:38

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Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119

Work length18:48

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I. Allegro con fuoco

Track length6:36

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II. Intermezzo: Très lent et calme

Track length6:43

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III. Presto tragico – Strictement la double plus lent

Track length5:29

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Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets, Op. 7

Work length6:43

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Presto

Track length1:57

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II. Andante: Très lent

Track length2:53

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III. Vif: Vite avec joie

Track length1:53

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Poulenc: Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone, Op. 33

Work length7:40

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro moderato: Grazioso

Track length3:47

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II. Andante: Très lent

Track length2:22

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III. Rondeau: Animé

Track length1:31

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Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143

Work length22:37

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro: Tempo di marcia

Track length6:00

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II. Cavatine: Très calme

Track length6:40

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III. Ballabile: Très animé et gai

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IV. Finale: Largo, très librement – Presto subito – Largo

Track length6:29

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Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184

Work length12:58

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro tristamente – Très calme – Tempo allegretto

Track length4:54

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II. Romanza: Très calme

Track length4:53

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III. Allegro con fuoco – Très animé

Track length3:11

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Poulenc: Sarabande for solo guitar

Work length2:46

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Poulenc: Villanelle for piccolo and piano

Work length1:48

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Poulenc: Oboe Sonata, Op. 185

Work length13:43

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Élégie: Paisiblement

Track length5:18

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II. Scherzo: Très animé

Track length3:56

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III. Déploration: Très calme

Track length4:29

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Poulenc: Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168

Work length9:02

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The Nash Ensemble

Poulenc: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon

Work length12:11

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Lent – Presto

Track length5:11

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II. Andante con moto

Track length3:45

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III. Rondo: Très vif

Track length3:15

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Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32

Work length7:34

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro: Très rythmé

Track length1:44

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II. Romance: Andante très doux

Track length2:55

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III. Finale: Très animé – Andante

Track length2:55

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Poulenc: Flute Sonata, Op. 164

Work length12:19

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The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegretto malincolico

Track length4:17

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II. Cantilena: Assez lent

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III. Presto giocoso

Track length3:33

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Favourites, Francis Poulenc

21st November 2014

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

This collection of the complete chamber music of Poulenc shows the varying styles that he employed. From the jazzy, bitonal passages of the Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon and the Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone which has been described as 'Pergolesi with his wig awry' (Roger Nichols, Grove) to the profound beauty of his last three sonatas for wind. All are extremely accessible. The Nash Ensemble gave a series of concerts of Poulenc's music at the Wigmore Hall earlier this year to great critical acclaim and Hyperion are delighted to be able to present this wonderful collection on this, Poulenc's centenary year.

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2010

Invidious as it may seem to pick out just one of these excellent artists, special mention must be made of Ian Brown, who plays in nine of the 13 works included and confirms his standing as one of the most admired and musicianly chamber pianists of our day. He knows, for example, how to control Poulenc's boisterous piano writing in the Sextet without sacrificing the sparkle, and as a result the work coheres better than ever before. Like the Trio (whose opening reveals Stravinskian influence), it's a mixture of the composer's madcap gamin mood and his predominantly melancholy bittersweet lyricism.
The latter characteristic is most in evidence in his most enduring chamber works: the solo wind sonatas with piano, all three of which were in the nature of tombeaux , the Flute Sonata for the American patron Mrs Sprague Coolidge, that for clarinet for Honegger, and that for oboe for Prokofiev. All are given idiomatic, sensitive and satisfying performances by the Nash artists.
The Elégie for Dennis Brain was a not altogether convincing experiment in dodecaphony: Poulenc had earlier dabbled in atonality and polytonality in the little sonatas (really sonatinas) for, respectively, two clarinets and for clarinet and bassoon. There's a touching reading of the little Sarabande for guitar. A hint of the guitar's tuning at the start of the second move- ment is almost the only Spanish reference in the Violin Sonata, which was composed in memoriam the poet Lorca, whose loss is bitterly suggested in the angry finale. In this work Poulenc allotted to the piano (his own instrument) rather more than equal status in the duo – a situation rather paralleled in the lighthearted Cello Sonata, over which the composer dallied longer than any other of his works – but balance in both is finely judged by the performers and the recording team.
The whole issue wins enthusiastic recommendation: it bids fair to become the undisputed yardstick for the future.

21st November 2014

A superb two-disc overview of the sonatas and larger ensemble-works from The Nash Ensemble here, with pianist Ian Brown doing particularly sterling work; Philippa Davies's pellucid account of the Flute Sonata is an especial highlight.

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Poulenc - The Complete Chamber Music

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