Francis Poulenc

[ritter]

RUN FOR THE HILLS!

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[North Star]

I'm anxious to read Ritter's report on the life at the gulag.

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Ritter trembles, fearful of the wrath his affront can unleash, as he hesitantly types the letters D S  C   H    .....     

Man, don't be silly. It's okay. I'm not going to give you a tongue lashing or anything, because you can't help the way you feel. There's a lot of people who don't care for Shostakovich and I absolutely accept, and respect, that decision.

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Just found out, which I'm sure many of you already know, that the Oboe Sonata was Poulenc's last work. Such a gorgeous piece of music and one that I'll listen to in a different light now. It's dedicated to the memory of Sergei Prokofiev.

[ritter]

Man, don't be silly. It's okay. I'm not going to give you a tongue lashing or anything, because you can't help the way you feel. There's a lot of people who don't care for Shostakovich and I absolutely accept, and respect, that decision.

  But I do very much admire the 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 (and some of the String Quartets)...

Best regards,

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    But I do very much admire the 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 (and some of the String Quartets)...

Best regards,

I can't say I'm much into solo piano music, so I wouldn't know where Shostakovich's ranks amongst other 20th Century composers.

Anyway, let's get back to Poulenc!

Let's have a little fun here: you are allowed to choose two chamber works, which ones would you choose?

[not edward]

That's easy: the clarinet and oboe sonatas.

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That's easy: the clarinet and oboe sonatas.

It's not so easy for me unfortunately, although I'm definitely leaning in that direction.

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I'm completely torn between the Sonatas for Oboe, Clarinet, Flute, Violin, and Cello and Elégie for horn and piano. I just can't decide!

[Madiel]

I'll let you know when I've listened to them all again (re-surveying the Roge set of performances, in chronological order of composition this time).

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I'll let you know when I've listened to them all again (re-surveying the Roge set of performances, in chronological order of composition this time).

You own all of the chamber music, orfeo? I thought I remembered reading that you just own that Roge set which just contains one disc of the chamber works? I could be wrong or read things that weren't even posted of course.

[kishnevi]

The full contents of the box, as given by Amazon
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Disc: 1
1. Les soirées de Nazelles, for piano, FP 84: 2. Variation: 5. Le Charme enjôleur
2. Les soirées de Nazelles, for piano, FP 84: 2. Variation: 6. Le Contentement de soi
3. Les soirées de Nazelles, for piano, FP 84: 2. Variation: 7. Le Goût du malheur
4. Les soirées de Nazelles, for piano, FP 84: 2. Variation: 8. L'Alerte vieillesse
5. Novelettes (3) for piano, FP 47 & 173: No. 1 in C major
6. Novelettes (3) for piano, FP 47 & 173: No. 2 in B flat minor
7. Improvisation No. 1 for piano in B minor (Presto ritmico), FP 63/1
8. Improvisation No. 6 for piano in B flat major (A toute vitesse), FP 63/6
9. Improvisation No. 8 for piano in A minor (Presto), FP 63/8
10. Improvisation No. 13 for piano in A minor (Allegretto comodo), FP 170/1
Disc: 2
1. Humoresque for piano, FP 72
2. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 1 in C major
3. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 2 (Bal de jeunes filles)
4. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 3 (Les Cloches de Malines)
5. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 6 in G major
6. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 7 in E flat major
7. Nocturnes ( 8 ) for piano, FP 56: No. 8 (pour servir de coda au cycle)
8. Suite for piano in C major, FP 19
9. Improvisation No. 4 for piano in A flat major (Presto con fuoco), FP 63/4
10. Improvisation No. 9 for piano in D major (Presto possible), FP 63/9
11. Improvisation No. 10 for piano in F major ('Eloge des gammes'), FP 63/10
12. Improvisation No. 14 for piano in D flat major (Allegretto), FP 170/2
13. Intermezzi (2) for piano, FP 71: No. 1 in C major
14. Intermezzi (2) for piano, FP 71: No. 2 in D flat major
15. Intermezzo No. 3 for piano in A flat major, FP 118
16. Presto for piano in B flat major, FP 70
Disc: 3
1. Trois pastorales, for piano, FP 5: 3. Vite
2. Impromptus (5) for piano, FP 21: 2. Allegro vivace
3. Impromptus (5) for piano, FP 21: 4. Violent
4. Impromptus (5) for piano, FP 21: 5. Andante
5. Badinage, for piano, FP 73
6. Napoli, suite for piano, FP 40: 2. Nocturne (Lent)
7. Napoli, suite for piano, FP 40: 3. Caprice italien (Presto)
8. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 5. En avion (Lent)
9. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 6. En autobus (Trépidant)
10. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 7. En voiture (Lent)
11. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 8. En chemin de fer (Vif)
12. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 9. À bicyclette (Vite)
13. Promenades (10) for piano, FP 24: 10. En diligence (Lent)
14. Feuillets d'album (3), for piano, FP 68: 3. Gigue (Prestissimo)
15. Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), for piano (arr. from chamber version), FP 80: 6. Sicilienne (Très doucement)
16. Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), for piano (arr. from chamber version), FP 80: 7. Carillon (Très animé)
Disc: 4
1. Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156: 1. Prologue
2. Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156: 2. Allegro molto
3. Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156: 3. Andante lyrico
4. Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156: 4. Epilogue
5. Sonata for piano, 4 hands, FP 8: 2. Rustique
6. Sonata for piano, 4 hands, FP 8: 3. Final
7. Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119: 1. Allegro con fuoco
8. Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119: 3. Presto tragico
Disc: 5
1. Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100: 1. Allegro vivace
2. Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100: 2. Divertissement
3. Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100: 3. Finale
4. Sonata for clarinet & piano, FP 184: 1. Allegro tristement
5. Sonata for clarinet & piano, FP 184: 2. Romanza
6. Sonata for clarinet & piano, FP 184: 3. Allegro con fuoco
7. Sonata for flute & piano, FP 164: 1. Allegro malinconico
8. Sonata for flute & piano, FP 164: 2. Cantilena
9. Sonata for flute & piano, FP 164: 3. Presto giocoso
10. Sonata for oboe & piano, FP 185: 2. Scherzo
11. Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43: 1. Presto
12. Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43: 2. Andante
13. Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43: 3. Rondo

Amazon doesn't seem to list the Elegie for horn, so perhaps there are other mistakes; I'm too lazy to search out my own copy.

[Madiel]

You own all of the chamber music, orfeo? I thought I remembered reading that you just own that Roge set which just contains one disc of the chamber works? I could be wrong or read things that weren't even posted of course.

Yes, I currently own only the Roge set, but it's more like 1.5 discs of chamber music and it has most of the works you mentioned you couldn't choose between. I'd argue the only mature work it's missing is the cello sonata.  It's got the violin, flute, clarinet and oboe sonatas, the horn Elegie, the Sextet and the Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano.

[Madiel]

The full contents of the box, as given by Amazon

Well then Amazon is missing quite a lot of tracks. It's the complete piano music - having entries that only show half the Nocturnes, 3 out of 5 impromptus, 6 out of 10 promenades etc etc is just plain wrong.

The number of tracks on the first CD isn't 10, it's 31!!

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Ah, okay. Thanks for the information, orfeo.

[kishnevi]

Well then Amazon is missing quite a lot of tracks. It's the complete piano music - having entries that only show half the Nocturnes, 3 out of 5 impromptus, 6 out of 10 promenades etc etc is just plain wrong.

Why am I not surprised?  I thought it was the complete piano music,  but MI is focused on the chamber music, and I wasn't in the mood to search out my own copy (which I got, IIRC, from Presto).

[Madiel]

In fact, Presto's entry for the box is far more accurate, and comes with samples.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4757097

[kishnevi]

In fact, Presto's entry for the box is far more accurate, and comes with samples.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Decca/4757097

Although even they seem unable to figure out how many Improvisations there are.

At any rate, MI, you have CD 5 of that set, and I'd say you need to get CD 4, which contains the music for two pianos (or piano four hands) and the violin sonata.

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Although even they seem unable to figure out how many Improvisations there are.

At any rate, MI, you have CD 5 of that set, and I'd say you need to get CD 4, which contains the music for two pianos (or piano four hands) and the violin sonata.

Yep, I'm searching now.

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I did find the disc with the Violin Sonata and Elegie for Horn, but the price is definitely keeping me at arm's length right now.