Un joueur de flute berce les ruines (World Premiere)

Les Solistes de l’Orchestre de Paris

From Francis Poulenc: Complete chamber music with winds (2010)
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Poulenc: Un joueur de flute berce les ruines


For the great fan of colours Francis Poulenc, having a predilection for wind instruments is not surprising. As usual, it is life that triumphs in Francis Poulenc’s music. Its first merit is to be human. It belongs to no school, does not obey the rules of a system, but in which we can individually see ourselves.

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Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano “Cantilena”
Vincent Lucas, flute
Emmanuel Strosser, piano

From Promenade – The Art of the French Flute (2008)
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Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano “Cantilena”

Beautiful recording of some exceptional music for flute from Fauré, Debussy, Widor, Poulenc, Gaubert, Messiaen and Jolivet.


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James Campbell, clarinet
John York, piano

Sonata for Clarinet, 2nd Movement; Romanza

From Ravel & Poulenc – French Chamber Music for Woodwinds, Vol.2, Disc 2 (2006)
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Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet

The clarinet sonata was completed in 1962, few months before Poulenc’s death from a sudden heart attack.

The Romanza is full of melancholy, beautifully performed by James Campbell.

L’ Invitation Au Chateau: IX. Act III, Tango
James Campbell, clarinet
Peter Carter, violin
John York, piano
Jacky Guter, vocal
Joanna Elias, vocal

From Maurice Ravel / Francis Poulenc: Chamber Music for Woodwinds (2006)
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Poulenc: L’invitation au château

Francis Poulenc was commissioned to write incidental music for plays and films, and among those,  L’invitation au château for the play of the same name by the famous French playwright Jean Anouih.

This is a beautiful, sensual piece,  Tango with a French twist.