MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Music
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FRANCIS POULENC
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
[ Globe / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 May 2012
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The Nederlands Kamerkoor directed by Eric Ericson is in remarkable form throughout both the sacred and secular works. They achieve a high degree of unison combined with a real sense of artistry. It would be hard to improve these performances. Clearly Ericson had prepared the choir impeccably with consistent purity of tone and an impressive transparency of texture displaying this music at its finest. In the sacred works there's a satisfying degree of reverential expression and it is of such an elevated quality it feels almost mystical at times. This can be heard to glorious effect in the Four Motets for a Time of Penitence (Four Lenten Motets). Soprano Barbara Borden's glowing lament in the section Tristis est anima mea (My soul is exceedingly sad) feels divinely reverential. The Human Figure (The face of man) a hymn to freedom for Occupied France during World War Two is the standout secular work. I especially enjoyed the forceful expressive fervor in the opening section Of all the spring times of the world (Of all the spring times of the world) and the drama in En chantant les maids s'élangent (As they sing, see the maids rushing forward) is especially notable. Toi ma patiente (Thou patient one) has a dark melancholy and Surprised by day and by night made afraid) is given a warmly sympathetic performance. The Human Figure is a truly remarkable work. I still recall a powerfully affecting performance given in September 2009 at the Berlin Konzerthaus by the combined Latvijas Radio koris and the Valsts Akad miskais koris Latvija directed by Sigvards Klava Both of these reissued discs on the Globe label have fairly warm and well detailed sound. The balance and perspective on each disc is excellent too. I can only describe the booklet notes as adequate; extra information about each work would have been welcome. Globe is to be congratulated for providing full texts with English translations. Throughout I have used the translations as given in the booklet. The music is extremely well served by this reissue. I would be extremely happy if these were the only recordings I had of these marvelous Poulenc works such is their quality. --Michael Cookson - MusicWeb International
Tracks:
CD 1
1 Four motets for a time of penance- Timor and tremor 03:21
2 Four motets for a time of penance- Vinea mea electa 03:58
3 Four motets for a time of penance- Dark facts are sunt 04:17
4 Four motets for a time of penance- Sadness is my life 03:33
5 Four Little Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi- Hello Holy Lady 02:34
6 Four Little Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi- Almighty, most holy 01:32
7 Four Little Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi- Lord, I beg you 01:22
8 Four Little Prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi- O my very dear brothers 02:03
9 Hail the true body 02:32
10 Hail Regina 05:05
11 Four motets for Christmas time- O magnum mysterium 03:29
12 Four motets for Christmas time- Quem vidistis pastores dictates 02:11
13 Four motets for Christmas time- Clear stars 03:12
14 Four motets for Christmas time- Hodie Christus natus est 02:15
15 Exultate God 02:45
16 Lauds of Saint Anthony of Padua- O Jesus, perpetual luxury 02:09
17 Lauds of Saint Anthony of Padua- The proles Hispianiae 00:52
18 Lauds of Saint Anthony of Padua- Laus Regi 02:28
19 Lauds of Saint Anthony of Padua- If there is a miracle 02:49
20 Mass in G major- Kyrie 03:55
21 Mass in G major- Gloria 04:00
22 Mass in G major- Sanctus 02:19
23 Mass in G major- Benedictus 04:08
24 Mass in G major- Agnus Dei 05:13
CD 2
1A snowy evening- Large spoons of snow 01:21
2A snowy evening- Good snow 01:44
3A snowy evening- Bruised wood 02:15
4A snowy evening- The night the cold the solitude 01:13
5 Human figure- Of all the springs in the world 02:48
6 Human figure- Singing the maids rush forward 01:59
7 Human figure- As low as silence 01:38
8 Human figure- You my patient 02:08
9 Human figure- Laughing at the sky and the planets 01:04
10 Human figure- The day amazes me and the night frightens me 01:41
11 Human figure- The threat under the red sky 02:53
12 Human figure- Freedom 02:48
13 French songs- Margoton go to the water 02:10
14 French songs- The beauty sits at the foot of the tower 01:48
15 French songs- Let's pound the barley 00:46
16 French songs- Click, clack, dance clogs 02:14
17 French songs- She's the prince's granddaughter 05:27
18 French songs- The beautiful if we were 01:22
19 French songs- Ah! my handsome ploughman 03:44
20 French songs- The weavers 02:10
21 Drinking song 04:04
22 Little Voices- The good little girl 01:39
23 Little Voices- the lost dog 01:06
24 Little Voices- Coming home from school 00:35
25 Little Voices- The sick little boy 01:56
26 Little Voices- The hedgehog 00:52
27 Seven songs- Snow White 01:17
28 Seven songs- Barely disfigured 01:43
29 Seven songs- On a new night 01:27
30 Seven songs- All rights reserved.02:50
31 Seven songs- Beautiful and lifelike 02:16
32 Seven songs- Married 02:02
33 Seven songs- Shine 02:03
