Composer(s): Poulenc, Francis
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.553615
Barcode: 0730099461528
Release Date: 11/2000

POULENC, F.: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 5 - Histoire de Babar (L') / L'Invitation au Château / Léocadia (Darrieux, Mouzaya, N. Emerson, Tharaud)

Poulenc’s association with the contemporary French theatre is shown in his incidental music to two plays by Jean Anouilh, the first known to English audiences as Ring Round the Moon and the second, less familiar, as Time Remembered. His witty musical version of Jean de Brunhoff’s tale of Babar the Little Elephant is included in its original French and in English.

Tracklist

Poulenc, Francis
Brunhoff, Jean de - Author
Mouzaya, Francois (narrator)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
1 L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant (version francaise) 22:39
Mouzaya, Francois (narrator)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
Poulenc, Francis
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
2 Act I 01:35
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
3 Act II - Valse brillante 01:47
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
4 Act II - Mouvement de valse 01:32
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
5 Act II - Valse des petites taupes 00:48
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
6 Act III - Valse Brillante 00:59
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
7 Act III - Tempo di Boston 00:58
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
8 Act III - Tango 01:18
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
9 Act III - Mouvement de Valse 00:45
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
10 Act III - Moderato 00:49
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
11 Act III - Appassionato 01:04
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
12 Act III - Tres vite et tres canaille 00:29
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
13 Act III - Tempo di tarantella 00:21
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
14 Act III - Polka finale 00:15
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
15 Act III - Presto 00:52
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
16 Act III - Follement vite et gai 00:50
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
Darrieux, Danielle (mezzo-soprano)
17 Act I - Ouverture 01:28
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
18 Act II - Ouverture 00:46
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
19 Very Calm 01:12
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
20 Act III - Valse des chemins de l'amour 03:09
Darrieux, Danielle (mezzo-soprano)
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
21 Act IV - Ouverture: Waltz 01:42
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
22 Very Calm 01:33
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
23 Act V - Ouverture 01:03
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
24 Andantino - Langoureux 01:25
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
25 Final 01:10
Spaendonck, Ronald van (clarinet)
Lefevre, Laurent (bassoon)
Vieux, Thibault (violin)
Logerot, Stephane (double bass)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
Poulenc, Francis
Brunhoff, Jean de - Author
Emerson, Natasha (narrator)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)
26 The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (English version) 23:06
Emerson, Natasha (narrator)
Tharaud, Alexandre (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:35