Complete Songs Vol. 3

"Martineau's apparently limitless wisdom about the musicians, the music, and indeed the piano continues at full stretch. The uneasy postlude to 'Voyage', frmo Calligrammes, makes for one of his most breathtaking moments, but the level of intensity is there at all levels" BBC Music Magazine, February 2012 *****

Lorna Anderson, Sarah Fox, Lisa Milne (sopranos), Ann Murray (mezzo), Robert Murray, John Mark Ainsley (tenors), Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Composing over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years, the songs of Francis Poulenc remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in style and character in a way that defies generalisation, Poulenc set music to a wide range of different French poetry - both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal.

This is the third release in Signum's that will build to encompass the complete songs of Francis Poulenc - performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional Malcolm Martineau.