La fraîcheur et le feu, FP147 (Poulenc)
from Poulenc: The Complete Songs (CDA68021/4)
1 Rayons des yeux [1'12]
2 Le matin les branches attisent [0'45]
3 Tout disparut [1'34]
4 Dans les ténèbres du jardin [0'31]
5 Unis la fraîcheur et le feu [1'15]
6 Homme au sourire tendre [1'52]
7 La grande rivière qui va [1'01]
8 minutes 10 seconds 7 tracks
‘Johnson's playing is marvellous, virtuosic where needed, but above all attuned to every nuance of his singers. This really is a multifaceted release: the blending of the art forms that was characteri ...
The Guardian
‘Especially enjoyable is the final disc, subtitled Fancy. Soprano Susan Bickley is superb in Poulenc’s early Poèmes de Ronsard—sparky settings of Renaissance poetry, and Ashley Riches has fun w ...