Mass in G (Poulenc)
from Poulenc: Figure humaine & other choral works (SIGCD197)
1 Kyrie [3'25]
2 Gloria [4'09]
3 Sanctus [2'26]
4 Benedictus [3'46]
5 Agnus Dei [4'56]
18 minutes 42 seconds 5 tracks
'The awards jury says … Poulenc's Figure Humaine makes extreme demands on ensemble and intonation, as plenty of commercial recordings can prove. Nigel Short's Tenebrae is astonishing, and ...
'Poulenc rediscovered the Roman Catholicism of his childhood when a close friend was killed in a road accident in 1936. A pilgrimage to Rocamadour in the Pyrenees led to his composing the Litanies ...