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Poulenc: Gloria in G Major for Soprano, Chorus & Orchestra (Rosanna Carteri; the French National Radio-Television Orchestra, conducted by Georges Prêtre, with chorus conducted by Yvonne Gouverné; Angel). Poulenc's 'joyous hymn to God," commissioned last winter by the Koussevitzky Foundation is recorded for the first time. It is a remarkable work fashioned with greater simplicity than some of Poulenc's more brittle pieces, in turn reverent, mischievous and exultant...
Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande (Irene Joachim, soprano; Germaine Cernay, contralto; Jacques Jansen, tenor; Paul Cabanel, bass; Etcheverry, baritone; the Yvonne Gouverné Chorus and orchestra, Roger Désormiére conducting; 6 sides LP). This recording grew out of a 40th anniversary performance of Debussy's nebulous nightshade opera at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1942. It is now released for the first time in the U.S., and Pelléas partisans will find it well worth the wait. Recording: excellent...
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