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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc ( French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music.
This new recording presents Poulenc’s songs, written between 1939 and 1961, on poems by Apollinaire, Aragon, Éluard, Desnos, Garcia Lorca, Carême, De Vilmorain, showing his innate feeling for the language rhythm, the inflections and total identification with the poem’s emotional content.
Jul 11, 2000 · Debussy: Mélodies by Bernard Kruysen, Francis Poulenc, Jean-Charles Richard released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllM.
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Aug 10, 2020 · Nichols, a British scholar who has written about Debussy, Ravel, and Messiaen, gives an assured overview of Poulenc’s life and work, applying a light touch that is appropriate to the...
Jul 11, 2000 · Find release reviews and credits for Debussy: Mélodies - Bernard Kruysen, Francis Poulenc, Jean-Charles Richard on AllMusic - 2000
Apr 2, 2024 · Francis Poulenc (born Jan. 7, 1899, Paris, France—died Jan. 30, 1963, Paris) was a composer who made an important contribution to French music in the decades after World War I and whose songs are considered among the best composed during the 20th century. Poulenc was largely self-taught.
Listen to French Melodies by Claude Debussy on Deezer. Poulenc: Sarabande for Guitar, FP 179, Ravel: Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42, Debussy: Children's Corner, CD 119: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum...
