Top 5 Favorite Poulenc Works

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TheGSMoeller

June 03, 2015, 02:48:35 AM
Top 5
Figure Humaine
Litanies à la vierge noire
Aubade
Organ Concerto
Violin Sonata

Honorable mentions...
Stabat Mater
Flute Sonata
Piano Concerto

North Star

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June 03, 2015, 03:00:28 AM Last Edit: June 03, 2015, 03:10:16 AM by North Star
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, FP 61
Piano Concerto, FP 146
Sonata for Flute & Piano, FP 164
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, FP 184
Sonata for Oboe & Piano, FP 185
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Drasko

#2
June 03, 2015, 03:09:28 AM
Figure humaine
Concerto for two pianos
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
Sonata for Flute & Piano
Les mamelles de Tirésias

San Antone

#3
June 03, 2015, 03:58:02 AM
Today's list:

Les Biches
Gloria
Aubade
Sextet
Sonata for two pianos

Mirror Image

#4
June 03, 2015, 06:34:04 AM
(In no particular order):

Oboe Sonata
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Stabat Mater
Les Animaux modèles
Cello Sonata

springrite

#5
June 03, 2015, 06:39:20 AM
Dialogue of the Carmelites
Oboe Sonata
Flute Sonata
Concerto for 2 Pianos
Figure Humaine
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Wanderer

#6
June 03, 2015, 06:55:39 AM
Sept répons des ténèbres
Dialogues des Carmélites
La Voix humaine
Figure humaine
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra

jochanaan

#7
June 03, 2015, 07:35:58 AM
Concert champetre for harpsichord and orchestra
Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings
Gloria
Oboe Sonata
Dialogues des Carmelites
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Luke

#8
June 03, 2015, 08:39:29 AM
Litanies a la Vierge Noire
Oboe Sonata
Flute Sonata
Clarinet Sonata
Voix Humaine

A pleasing bit of consensus on those late wind sonatas, I see!

Christo

#9
June 03, 2015, 11:07:27 AM
Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra
Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings
Concerto for two pianos
Piano concerto (because of its incredibly poetic beginning)
Stabat Mater
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Ken B

#10
June 03, 2015, 05:49:41 PM
5 pieces of chamber music

Much as I love the orchestral music and Gloria, it's in the chamber music that Poulenc is at his best.

Was it Cato who said even subpar Poulenc beats the best Ravel?

kyjo

#11
October 01, 2017, 09:54:36 PM
Cello Sonata
Piano Concerto (which I prefer to the more popular Concerto for Two Pianos)
Gloria
Organ Concerto
Sonata for Two Pianos
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

vandermolen

#12
October 01, 2017, 10:06:33 PM
Organ Concerto
Harpsichord Concerto
The Story of Babar the Elephant
Stabat Mater
Gloria
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Christo

#13
October 01, 2017, 10:14:32 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on October 01, 2017, 10:06:33 PM
The Story of Babar the Elephant
Of course, Babar; read it with my kids, too.  :)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

amw

#14
October 02, 2017, 02:09:39 AM
Quote from: North Star on June 03, 2015, 03:00:28 AM
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, FP 61 Sonata for cello and piano, FP 143
Piano Concerto, FP 146
Sonata for Flute & Piano, FP 164
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, FP 184
Sonata for Oboe & Piano, FP 185
bonuses:
Hommage à Edith Piaf (Improvisation No.15)
L'Embarquement pour Cythère

Mirror Image

#15
October 02, 2017, 06:40:23 AM
In no particular order:

Les Animaux modèles
Oboe Sonata
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Concerto for Organ, Strings, & Timpani
Cello Sonata

Brian

#16
October 02, 2017, 09:25:44 AM
hmmmm perhaps

Flute Sonata
Gloria
Concerto for two pianos
Sextet
Litanies

This might inspire a Poulenc day of listening tomorrow. Thanks, kyjo!

kyjo

#17
October 02, 2017, 09:33:19 AM
Quote from: Brian on October 02, 2017, 09:25:44 AM
This might inspire a Poulenc day of listening tomorrow. Thanks, kyjo!

That sounds like a great idea :) I might participate as well! Poulenc's music is so uplifting.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

André

#18
October 02, 2017, 11:23:44 AM
Gloria
Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra
Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings
Concerto for two pianos
Piano concerto



Almost the same list as Christo's here !

I yet have to hear a complete Dialogue des Carmélites other than a Met radio broadcast.

Parsifal

#19
October 02, 2017, 11:27:25 AM
Gloria
Clarinet Sonata
Sextet for Piano and Winds
Aubade for Piano and 18 instruments
Concerto for 2 pianos
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