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Compact Disc CDH55167

£6.99

Recorded in St Barnabas’s Church, North Finchley, London on 12, 13 January 1989
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ARTHUR JOHNSON
Front Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers
CECILE KELLY
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2004
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66347

Duration: 64'02
DDD
Front illustration: Le Grand Orchestre by Raoul Dufy (1877–1953)

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963)

Aubade & Sinfonietta

 
REYNALDO HAHN (1875-1947)

Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este

THE NEW LONDON ORCHESTRA
JULIAN EVANS piano
RONALD CORP

Contents:

    Francis Poulenc
    (1899–1963)

    Sinfonietta [28'11]

  1. Allegro con fuoco [8'18]
  2. Molto vivace [5'26]
  3. Andante cantabile [6'51]
  4. Finale: Prestissimo et très gai [7'09]

    Aubade [19'10]

  5. Toccata — [2'30]
  6. Récitatif: Les compagnes de Diane — [1'35]
  7. Rondeau: Diana et compagnes — [0'53]
  8. Entrée de Diane — [1'12]
  9. Sortie de Diane — [1'01]
  10. Presto: Toilette de Diane — [1'51]
  11. Récitatif: Introduction à la variation — [2'00]
  12. Andante: Variation de Diane — [2'50]
  13. Allegro féroce: Désespoir de Diane — [0'46]
  14. Conclusion: Adieux et départ de Diane [4'23]

     
    Reynaldo Hahn
    (1875–1947)

    Le Bal de Béatrice d’Este [16'41]

  15. Entrée pour Ludovic le More [1'34]
  16. Lesquercade [3'38]
  17. Romanesque [3'08]
  18. Ibérienne [1'49]
  19. Léda et l’oiseau [1'57]
  20. Courante [3'35]
  21. Salut final au Duc de Milan [0'54]
Sleeve Notes

'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)

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