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List Price: $21.98 | | Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Salesrank: 409465
Released: July 10, 1996 |
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| Used Price: $161.87 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Poulenc: Motets; Messe Track Listing:
1. Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97: Timor et tremor: Largement
2. Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97: Vinea mea electa: Tendrement et mélancoliquement lent (Répons aux matine
3. Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97: Tenebræ factæ sunt: Très lent (Répons aux matines du Samedi Saint, 2e No
4. Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97: Tristis est anima mea: Très calme (Répons aux matines du Jeudi Saint, 1
5. Exultate Deo, motet for solemn occasions, for chorus, FP 109
6. Salve Regina, for chorus, FP 110
7. Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, for chorus, FP 152: O magnum mysterium: Très calme et doux (5e répons des matines de Noël)
8. Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, for chorus, FP 152: Quem vidistis pastores dicite: Allegretto (3e répons des matines de Noël)
9. Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, for chorus, FP 152: Videntes stellam: Calme et doux (Antienne de Magnificat (octave de l'Epiphan
10. Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, for chorus, FP 152: Hodie Christus natus est: Allegro maestoso (Antienne de Magnificat des 2e Vê
11. Mass in G major for chorus, FP 89: I. Kyrie. Animé et très rythmé
12. Mass in G major for chorus, FP 89: II. Gloria. Très animé
13. Mass in G major for chorus, FP 89: III. Sanctus. Très allant et doucement joyeux
14. Mass in G major for chorus, FP 89: IV. Benedictus. Calme mais sans lenteur
15. Mass in G major for chorus, FP 89: V. Agnus Dei. Très pur, très clair modéré
Editorial Review:
It's hard to call these a cappella sacred pieces "neo-Palestrina" or neo-anyone--the approach is so "Poulenc-esque." Actually, "neo-Gesualdo" might work: the two composers share a fondness for difficult-to-sing lines and dissonant harmonies that can seem willfully perverse. But Gesualdo's music is full of anguished chromaticism, while Poulenc's is all melodic flair and light. Even the penitential motets and the Agnus Dei of the Mass have a cheerful undercurrent; the Kyrie sounds positively jaunty (as do, more expectedly, Exultate Deo and the extroverted Christmas motets); the calmly reverent Salve Regina might have been sung by dialoguing Carmelites before their convent was dissolved. In music that's fiendishly difficult to sing, the RIAS choir is remarkably precise and clear; Marcus Creed leads a warm, engaging performance. --Matthew Westphal
