Chamber, Duos, Piano Duos, Poulenc (composer)
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Fresh-faced charm pervades this astutely curated disc…Far from a marriage of convenience, Lewis and Osborne are long-standing duo partners, complementing each other perfectly in lightly-worn... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Special offer. Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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French Ballet Music of the 1920s
RecommendedL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Poulenc & Milhaud: Works for Two Pianos
Labèque Sisters (pianos)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seifi Ozawa
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'Pascal Rogé has long been a doyen of French piano music, with his shimmering gentle hues and deft touch. Poulenc’s music, though, has a brittle, dark edge – a sadness that evokes with equal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2026, Chamber Choice
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Poulenc: Piano Concertos & Aubade
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), with Hélène Mercier (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
[Lortie and Mercier] perform [the Poulenc] with great panache, also capturing the work's more reflective qualities, with Edward Gardner and the BBC Philharmonic providing by turns zestful and... —
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Building a Library, June 2023, Recommended Recording (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Poulenc: Music for Piano, Two Pianos and Four-Handed Piano
Eva-Maria May (piano) & Alexander Wienand (piano)
Onda Verde bring out every facet of Poulenc’s astonishingly varied personality in these delightfully-tailored performances of his four-handed and two-piano music. —
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Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown shape the ingenuous yet often convoluted score [of the Busoni] with impressive ensemble precision, textural leanness and polyphonic clarity…The pianists’ straightforward,... —
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