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CDH55167
(Originally issued on CDA66347)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)


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Recording details: January 1989
St Barnabas's Church, North Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 2004
Total duration: 63 minutes 20 seconds

'A scintillating recording debut ... in admirably off-the-beaten-track repertory' (The Observer)

'exquisitely done, with just the right feeling for the composer's insouciance and wit' (Gramophone)

Poulenc/Hahn: Aubade, Sinfonietta & Bal de Béatrice d'Este
New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
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Sinfonietta  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
1
Movement 1: Allegro con fuoco  [8'18]
2
Movement 2: Molto vivace  [5'26]
3
Movement 3: Andante cantabile  [6'51]
4
Movement 4: Finale. Prestissimo et très gai  [7'09]
Aubade  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
5
Movement 01: Toccata  [2'30]
with Julian Evans (piano)
6
Movement 02: Récitatif. Les compagnes de Diane  [1'35]
with Julian Evans (piano)
7
Movement 03: Rondeau. Diane et compagnes  [0'53]
with Julian Evans (piano)
8
Movement 04: Entrée de Diane  [1'12]
with Julian Evans (piano)
9
Movement 05: Sortie de Diane  [1'01]
with Julian Evans (piano)
10
Movement 06: Presto. Toilette de Diane  [1'51]
with Julian Evans (piano)
11
Movement 07: Récitatif. Introduction à la variation  [2'00]
with Julian Evans (piano)
12
Movement 08: Andante. Variation de Diane  [2'50]
with Julian Evans (piano)
13
Movement 09: Allegro féroce. Désespoir de Diane  [0'46]
with Julian Evans (piano)
14
Movement 10: Conclusion. Adieux et départ de Diane  [4'23]
with Julian Evans (piano)
Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este  Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
15
Movement 1: Entrée pour Ludovic le More  [1'34]
with Julian Evans (piano)
16
Movement 2: Lesquercade  [3'38]
with Julian Evans (piano)
17
Movement 3: Romanesque  [3'08]
with Julian Evans (piano)
18
Movement 4: Ibérienne  [1'49]
with Julian Evans (piano)
19
Movement 5: Léda et l'oiseau  [1'57]
with Julian Evans (piano)
20
Movement 6: Courante  [3'35]
with Julian Evans (piano)
21
Movement 7: Salut final au Duc de Milan  [0'54]
with Julian Evans (piano)