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Francis Poulenc, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia
Poulenc: Gloria; Motets
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Gloria in G major: Gloria in excelsis Deo
2. Gloria in G major: Laudamus te
3. Gloria in G major: Domine Deus
4. Gloria in G major: Domini Fili unigenite
5. Gloria in G major: Domine Deus, agnus Dei
6. Gloria in G major: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
7. Salve regina
8. Motets (4) pour un temps de pénitence: no 1, Timor et tremor
9. Motets (4) pour un temps de pénitence: no 2, Vinea mea electa
10. Motets (4) pour un temps de pénitence: no 3, Tenebrae factae sunt
11. Motets (4) pour un temps de pénitence: no 4, Tristis est anima mea
12. Motets (4) pour le temps de Noël: no 1, O magnum mysterium
13. Motets (4) pour le temps de Noël: no 2, Quem vidistis pastores
14. Motets (4) pour le temps de Noël: no 3, Videntes stellam
15. Motets (4) pour le temps de Noël: no 4, Hodie Christus natus est
16. Exultate Deo

CD Details

All Artists: Francis Poulenc, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Susan Gritton
Title: Poulenc: Gloria; Motets
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hyperion UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 3/11/2008
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034571176239

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CD Reviews

Sublime music, sublime performance

L. Gallagher | Los Angeles, CA United States | 07/08/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I cannot fathom why this recording remains an import. It has already attained the status of a classic in the Poulenc discography and for audiophiles it is indispensable. When I read the ecstatic reviews in Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine several months ago I was a bit skeptical, despite my enormous respect for Stephen Layton and Polyphony. For the a cappella pieces (the Lenten and Christmas motets), no problem--you would expect Polyphony to nail the austere style and diaphanous textures. But what about the panoramic and quasi-operatic scope of the "Gloria"? That seemed a stretch. For this recording, however, Polyphony enlisted the resources of the Trinity College choir, the Britten Sinfonia, and the estimable soprano Susan Gritton. And the results, indeed, are breathtaking. This truly is one of the most heartstoppingly beautiful, and vivid, recordings of Poulenc, of choral music, and of Susan Gritton's ineffably suave voice. Essential."