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POULENC, F.: Concerto for 2 Pianos / Concerto champetre / Organ Concerto (H. Albrecht, Duo Tal and Groethuysen, Kofler)

Oehms Classics
POULENC, F.: Concerto for 2 Pianos / Concerto champetre / Organ Concerto (H. Albrecht, Duo Tal and Groethuysen, Kofler)

Composer(s):Poulenc, Francis
Artist(s)
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Chamber MusicConcertos
Catalogue OC637
Label Oehms Classics
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 19.99
 

 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



A wonderful new look at three Poulenc keyboard concertos
Review By sharknosediesel,March 2010

This OEHM Classics disc contains three keyboard concertos by French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). Only the Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and timpani is performed in its original form. It is a splendid performance, vibrant, tender, exciting and beautifully recorded, as are the other works on this disc. All three works are conducted from the organ, a magnificent instrument located in the Great Concert Hall of the College of Music and Drama in Munich, by Hansjörg Albrecht. The strings of the Bach Collegium München are in perfect balance with the sounds of the organ, and timpanist, Babette Haag, is first class. In short, a performance nothing short of amazing.

The other two concertos are performed in transcriptions by Albrecht in which the organ, with the more....







 

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