Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël (Poulenc)
from Poulenc: Gloria & Motets (CDA67623)
1 O magnum mysterium [3'15]
2 Quem vidistis pastores dicite [2'21]
3 Videntes stellam [2'31]
4 Hodie Christus natus est [1'59]
10 minutes 6 seconds 4 tracks
‘From the very outset of the Gloria it's clear that this is a performance of real distinction … the 38 voices of Polyphony are augmented by 31 from Trinity College, Cambridge, while an unusually ...
‘Stephen Layton's tight control of his forces, both choral and orchestral, lends impeccable ensemble and heart-thumping excitement—has the opening tutti ever had such punch? Soprano Susan Gritton is s ...
‘Poulenc's riotously wild, spiky and humorous Gloria is given a marvellously fresh interpretation here by Polyphony and the choir of Trinity College, with Susan Gritton a glorious ethereal presence, f ...