Poulenc - Sept Chansons (1936)

FP 81
1. La blanche neige (Guillaume Apollinaire) 0:02
2. A peine défigurée (Paul Éluard) 1:30
3. Par une nuit nouvelle (Paul Éluard) 3:07
4. Tous les droits (Paul Éluard) 4:40
5. Belle et ressemblante (Paul Éluard) 7:23
6. Marie (Guillaume Apollinaire) 9:34
7. Luire (Paul Éluard) 11:41
Performers : Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

[@jacquelinebourguignon6433]

Toujours aussi subtile dans ses accords et merveilleuse dans le climat créé, cette musique chorale de Poulenc !
Alliance raffinée poésie-musique. Interprétation de haut vol ! Merci !

[@IverBG97]

Poulenc is just spitting out banger after banger, man.

[@batlin]

Top 10 producer in Europe!

[@treesny]

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) and Paul Éluard (1895-1952) were the two poets whose verses Poulenc set most often in his wonderful songs. This choral cycle is the only instance of a work with texts by both writers.

[@nkeuphonium]

Wow, absolutely beautiful piece!

[@laszlomatos9054]

Brilliant performance, beautiful sound...

[@Luca-gj9xn]

Poulenc is really brilliant. My choir sang "Les Tisserands" in quarantine style. Write this down in the research. You will love it for sure:
Corale Novarmonia - Les Tisserands (F. Poulenc)

[@eduline]

yup. Poulenc is amazing!

[@ll3258]

Sacré Francis

[@yoelreuven]

Top A in the Alto = a countertenor's dream ❤❤

[@断食エフェクト江口]

hmm muy bien

[@diogenesagogo]

Echoes of The Sublime. Worlds beyond worlds beyond worlds ...

[@eliasmenares6188]

13:09 Why Poulenc did that with the altos?!?! :O

[@nissulya]

i think in practice the second sopran would switch parts with the alto here

[@gangflow9139]

Obviously he was very well aware of what singers can or cannot do. For instance, that's why his works rarely feature very low notes for bass who are quite rare in France, contrary to Eastern countries (some of modern composers should keep this in mind...). My guess is that he wanted the voice colour of altos here rather than the soprano's.

[@ashleythorpe7933]

Any mezzo soprano should be able to sing an A5 well

[@eliasmenares6188]

@@gangflow9139 for me, the alto's colour in high notes are very very beautiful... I really love it

[@gangflow9139]

@@ashleythorpe7933 that's a very high note tho

[@kk7171]

Who else is singing Marie right now?

[@bernadettevanlennep342]

👍

[@かな-t1d2j]

9:35

[@Nooticus]

Perfect genius of Poulenc!