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Poulenc: Babar

Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano), Stefan Wilkening (German narrator), Julien Thorel (French narrator) & Norman Shetler (English narrator)

Poulenc: Babar
For young or old, you won’t regret adding Babar the Little Elephant to your collection.

MusicWeb International, 2nd November 2016

Poulenc: Babar

Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano), Stefan Wilkening (German narrator), Julien Thorel (French narrator) & Norman Shetler (English narrator)

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For young or old, you won’t regret adding Babar the Little Elephant to your collection.

MusicWeb International, 2nd November 2016

About

For both children and adults, this brilliant recording tells the story of Babar, the little elephant who lost his mother. Set to music by French composer Francis Poulenc between 1940 and 1945, this is a beautiful piece of art.

Performed in three versions: German, French & English

Contents and tracklist

Poulenc: Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Narrated in German)
Work length27:48
  • Stefan Wilkening (narrator), Eva-Maria May (piano)
Poulenc: Elégie for two pianos, FP175
Work length7:00
  • Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano)
Poulenc: L'Embarquement pour Cythère, for 2 pianos
Work length2:23
  • Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano)
Poulenc: Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Narrated in French)
Work length28:35
  • Julien Thorel (narrator), Eva-Maria May (piano)
Poulenc: Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Narrated in English)
Work length27:19
  • Norman Shetler (narrator), Eva-Maria May (piano)
Poulenc: 10 Improvisations, FP 63
Work length18:20
  • Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano)
  • Recorded: January and March 2016
  • Recording Venue: Musikhochschule München, kleiner Konzertsaal, Germany
No. 1 in B Minor
Track length2:06
No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:32
No. 3 in B Minor
Track length1:37
No. 4 in A-Flat Major
Track length2:03
No. 5 in A Minor
Track length2:03
No. 6 in B-Flat Major
Track length1:26
No. 7 in C Major
Track length2:59
No. 8 in A Minor
Track length1:32
No. 9 in D Major
Track length1:26
No. 10 in F Major "Éloge des gammes"
Track length1:36
Poulenc: 2 Improvisations, FP 113
Work length3:11
  • Eva-Maria May (piano)
  • Recorded: January and March 2016
  • Recording Venue: Musikhochschule München, kleiner Konzertsaal, Germany
No. 1 in G Minor
Track length0:54
No. 2 in E-Flat Major "Hommage à Schubert"
Track length2:17
Poulenc: 2 Improvisations, FP 170
Work length4:13
  • Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano)
  • Recorded: January and March 2016
  • Recording Venue: Musikhochschule München, kleiner Konzertsaal, Germany
No. 1 in A Minor
Track length2:35
No. 2 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:38
Poulenc: Improvisation in C Minor, FP 176 "Hommage à Edith Piaf"
Work length2:50
  • Alexander Wienand (piano)
Poulenc: Capriccio, FP 155
Work length5:23
  • Eva-Maria May (piano), Alexander Wienand (piano)

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2nd November 2016

For young or old, you won’t regret adding Babar the Little Elephant to your collection.
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