Notes and Editorial Reviews
To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc’s death (1899-1963), Pentaèdre offers a wide range of chamber music by this famous French composer.
• Francis Poulenc’s catalogue contains some 200 works, consisting of mostly of vocal music (operas, sacred music, and songs). It also includes many pieces for piano, four concertos, music for the theatre, three ballets, and a dozen works of chamber music. For this recording, Pentaèdre has chosen major chamber music works including the sextet and trio with piano and sonatas for wind instruments.
• Pentaèdre is composed of five musicians whose talent, technique, and precision are renowned. Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon each provide
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their very specific color to create a rich, unique, and homogeneous sonority that is the ensemble’s distinctive trade mark. Canadian pianist David Jalbert joins the group for the works with piano. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
David Jalbert (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pentaèdre
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; France
2.
Sonata for Flute and Piano by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
David Jalbert (Piano),
Danièle Bourget (Flute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pentaèdre
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956-1957; France
3.
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
David Jalbert (Piano),
Martin Carpentier (Clarinet)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pentaèdre
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1962; France
4.
Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
David Jalbert (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pentaèdre
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1939; France
5.
Novelettes (2) for Piano: no 1 in C major by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
David Jalbert (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927-1928; France
Sound Samples
Sextet, FP 100: I. Allegro vivace: Tres vite et emporte
Sextet, FP 100: II. Divertissement: Andantino
Sextet, FP 100: III. Finale: Prestissimo
Flute Sonata, FP 164: I. Allegro malinconico
Flute Sonata, FP 164: II. Cantilena
Flute Sonata, FP 164: III. Presto giocoso
Elegie for Horn and Piano, FP 168
Clarinet Sonata, FP 184: I. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto - Tres calme - Tempo allegretto
Clarinet Sonata, FP 184: II. Romanza: Tres calme
Clarinet Sonata, FP 184: III. Allegro con fuoco: Tres anime
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: I. Presto
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: II. Andante
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: III. Rondo
2 Novelettes: Novelette No. 1 in C major: Modere sans lenteur
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