The Swedish Stockholms Poulenc-ensemble was founded by leader Sonny Jansson in 1998 in advance of the centenary of composer Francis Poulenc. Although the focus on Poulenc in a specific sense has never wavered, the group has expanded its mission to include other French composers, such as Milhaud and Berlioz, and it is likely the foremost standard-bearer of French music within the Swedish music scene. This Nosag release was recorded by Swedish Radio in 2005 and therefore documents the activities of the Stockholms Poulenc ...
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The Swedish Stockholms Poulenc-ensemble was founded by leader Sonny Jansson in 1998 in advance of the centenary of composer Francis Poulenc. Although the focus on Poulenc in a specific sense has never wavered, the group has expanded its mission to include other French composers, such as Milhaud and Berlioz, and it is likely the foremost standard-bearer of French music within the Swedish music scene. This Nosag release was recorded by Swedish Radio in 2005 and therefore documents the activities of the Stockholms Poulenc-ensemble for the world, though the notes are in Swedish and French only. The booklet is of interesting design in that the French notes are printed upside down in relation to the Swedish; Francophiles can simply switch it around and have a primarily French-language book.The program is an interesting mix of choral and chamber works -- the sacred Litanies ā la Vierge noire, Mass in G, and the motet Ave verum corpus rub shoulders with Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata, the piano piece Mélancolie,...
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