CD, Poulenc (composer)
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Special offer. Poulenc: La Voix Humaine
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
More than ably supported by the Orchestre National de Lille under Alexandre Bloch, Gens spans the gamut of emotions, puzzled, hopeful, coquettish, desperately pleading, def iant and, ultimately,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Camino
RecommendedFederico Mompou, Maurice Ravel, Manuel de Falla, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Vivid, beguiling and intensely intimate, [Mompou's] Suite compostelana offers both blueprint and guide for the musical-emotional pilgrimage signalled by the album title...In Shibe’s hands it... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th August 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Fresh-faced charm pervades this astutely curated disc…Far from a marriage of convenience, Lewis and Osborne are long-standing duo partners, complementing each other perfectly in lightly-worn... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade
RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos & Piano Concerto
RecommendedEric Le Sage (piano), Frank Braley (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Leige, Stéphane Denève
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Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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[The playing] can affectionately embrace the whimsical to the manner born, but equally bristles with spellbinding virtuosity, compelling insight and crests a lifeforce carrying all before it. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Chamber
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this celebration of song is infused with heartfelt joy. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Song
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Iveta Apkalina (organ)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
I can say that Apkalna is very musical and that the registers and voicing she selects are varied and colorful. The scale ranges from a delicate chamber organ to a walloping fortissimo with floor-shaking... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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