Denise Duval – Georges PrêtreEMI Classics The original benchmark recording of the work with the performers who created it. The DVD release of the film version by Dominique Delouche is planned for 2009. That might be a better buy, allowing you to see the...
Jane Rhodes (Soprano) – Marty (Chef d’orchestre) INA, 1976 A splendid live recording which was languishing on the shelves of the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel and which has now fortunately been reissued. Jane Rhodes offers a haunted version of...
RCA, 1998 A perfect complete works, meticulous, with first-rate performers (Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Michel Portal, François Leleux, accompanied by Eric le Sage) who raise this genre, where woodwind is so often favoured by the composer, to new heights. CD available...
Naxos, 2007 A marvellous complete works (5CD) budget price, with artistic direction by the pianist Alexandre Tharaud, also featuring among other pieces Le Bal Masqué, l’Histoire de Babar, L’invitation au château et Léocadia. CD available on...
Indésens, 2010 A great release. Pianists Claire Désert and Emmanuel Strosser accompany the young and talented soloists of the Orchestre de Paris CD available on...
Sonate pour violoncelle et pianoLa RAI, 1953 This release was acclaimed at our annual meeting in 2007: a varied album with Schumann, Debussy, Stravinsky. Pierre Fournier was a good friend of Poulenc who accompanies him at the piano here. Wonderful sonority from the...
