Poulenc - Gloria & Motets

Recorded 16-18 April 2007. Released March 2008

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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE & CRITICS’ CHOICE

“From the very outset of the Gloria it’s clear that this is a performance of real distinction… it is the vivid sense of unfettered joy.. .and the matchless intensity of feeling revealed in the motets that make this such a gloriously distinguished disc.” – Gramophone

The famous description of Poulenc as “half yob, half monk” is wondeerfully acknowledged by the composer in his 1959 ‘Gloria’ – “I had in mind those frescoes where the angels stick out their tongues, and also some serious Benedictine monks I had once seen revelling in a game of football.” Marking Stephen Layton’s first recording as Director of Music, this album also features Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, and soloist Susan Gritton.

Album page and digital booklet at Hyperion Records

This album is available on Spotify: use the embedded player below to listen to track previews; click on the album title to listen to the album in full on Spotify.

 

 

Hyperion Records CDA67623

Performers

  • The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
  • Polyphony
  • Susan Gritton (Soprano)
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Stephen Layton (Conductor)