Poulenc: Aubade, concerto choréographique pour piano et 18 instruments

Toccata (02:34) – Récitatif: les compagnes de Diane (01:52) – Rondeau: Diane et compagnes (03:06) – Presto: Toilette de Diane (01:33) – Récitatif: Introduction à la variation de Diane (02:01) – Andante: Variation de Diane (03:21) – Allegro feroce: Désespoir de Diane (00:39) – Conclusion: Adieux et départ de Diane (04:59)

Poulenc: Piano Concerto

Allegretto commodo (10:00) – Andante con moto (05:23) – Rondo à la française (presto giocoso) (04:00)

Georges Prêtre, conductor; Gabriel Tacchino, piano

DESCRIPTION: 1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in., stereo, microgroove

NOTES: Aubade recorded 3 May and 13 October 1965, Salle Wagram. Concerto recorded 16-17 June 1966, Salle Wagram. Producer: René Challan; Banlance Engineer: Paul Vavasseur. Durations 20:14, 19:28; movement durations as above.

See also 61~100 (Aubade, Poulenc / Prêtre)

VSM CVA 917 (d. l. 1966) ℗  1967 @Discogs

= Pathé-Marconi EMI France 2C 069-11.259. Program note by Henri Hell. [1966]

= Angel 36426 (mono), S-36426 (stereo). Program note after Henri Hell on slipcase. [1967]

CDs:

CD: EMI 7473692 (with Concerto for Two Pianos, Gabriel Tacchino and Bernard Ringeissen, pianos; Orch. phil. de Monte-Carlo, rec. June 1983). Program booklet, 7 pp., inserted in jewel-box. 1984.

CD: In Poulenc: Aubade, etc.: EMI Classics L'Esprit français 07777 7 64714 (France PM 517; US CDM 7 64714 2) (with Concerto for Two Pianos, as above). Digital remastering 1985. Program booklet, 8 pp. (notes by Richard Langham Smith, 1993), inserted in jewel-box. 1993.

In Francis Poulenc: Œuvres complètes, 20 CDs  Erato  (2012), CD 6, tr. 1-3 (Concerto), CD 7, tr. 1-8 (Aubade)

STREAMING / DOWNLOAD:

In Warner Classics / Erato (2024): Poulenc, Prêtre repertoire, 41 tracks

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1965-05-03