Description
Poulenc – Figure Humaine, Quatre Motets, Sept Chansons / Supraphon LP 1984 Stereo
1112 3359 G
Figure humaine (Human Figure), FP 120, by Francis Poulenc is a cantata for double mixed choir of 12 voices composed in 1943 on texts by Paul Éluard including "'Liberté". Written during the Nazi occupation of France, it was premiered in London in English by the BBC in 1945. It was first performed in French in 1946 in Brussels, then in Paris on 22 May 1947. The work was published by Éditions Salabert. Cherished as the summit of the composer's work and a masterpiece by musical critics, the cantata is a hymn to Liberté, victorious over tyranny.
| Label: | Supraphon – 1112 3359 G |
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| Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album
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| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Released: |
1985 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: |
Tracklist:
| Figure Humaine | (18:18) | ||
| A1-1 | 1. De Tous Les Printemps Du Monde | 2:41 | |
| A1-2 | 2. En Chantant Les Servantes S'élancent | 1:58 | |
| A1-3 | 3. Aussi Bas Que Le Silence | 1:25 | |
| A1-4 | 4. Toi, Ma Patiente | 1:50 | |
| A1-5 | 5. Riant Du Ciel Et Des Planètes | 1:12 | |
| A1-6 | 6. Le Jour M'étonne Et la Nuit Me Fait Peur | 1:50 | |
| A1-7 | 7. La Menace Sous Le Ciel Rouge | 2:52 | |
| A1-8 | 8. Liberté | 4:30 | |
|
Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël |
(11:57) |
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| B1-1 | 1. O Magnum Mysterium | 3:47 | |
| B1-2 | 2. Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite | 2:38 | |
| B1-3 | 3. Videntes Stellam | 3:15 | |
| B1-4 | 4. Hodie Christus Natus Est | 2:17 | |
|
Sept Chansons |
(12:54) |
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| B2-1 | 1. La Blanche Neige | 1:01 | |
| B2-2 | 2. A Peine Défigurée | 1:43 | |
| B2-3 | 3. Par Une Nuit Nouvelle | 1:31 | |
| B2-4 | 4. Tous Les Droits | 2:22 | |
| B2-5 | 5. Belle Et Ressemblante | 2:08 | |
| B2-6 | 6. Marie | 2:11 | |
| B2-7 | 7. Luire | 1:58 |
- Choir – Czech Philharmonic Chorus
- Conductor – Lubomír Mátl
- Cover [design] – Aleš Svoboda
- Cover [editor] – Dana Melanová
- Cover [picture] – Denisa Wágnerová
- Engineer – Václav Roubal
- Photography By [back cover photo] – Luboš Svátek
- Sleeve Notes – Jaroslav Holeček
BOX #16
