Word: poulence
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...programing, Angel sometimes rushes in where even the foolhardy fear to tread, e.g., it has released such a risque modern work as Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Teresias. But there is also a large quota of safe and popular items-currently a new Madama Butterfly (the seventh on LP) ^and Oistrakh playing Lalo's Symphonic Espagnole. On the chic side, there are exquisite performances of the most sensuous musings of Debussy (Trois Nocturnes, La Mer) and Ravel (Daphnis et Chloe, L'Heure Espagnole}. There are also imposing works of Stravinsky and Bartok...
...Poulenc's Petites Voix, also sung by Smith, was on the other end of the scale, being witty, whimsical, and sweet. The work is not idiomatic for women's chorus, having been written for the pure tone and peculiar focus of children's voices. With this reservation, the Smith girls' performance was enjoyably light-hearted. With adequate rehearsals, the two Glee Clubs could no doubt sing as well together as they did by themselves...
...usual recital of individual isolated songs. most familiar of the cycles presented was Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte. While Gartside's musicianship and sense of phrasing were apparent, his voice did not quite have the richness required for these romantic songs. He was more successful with Le Bestiaire, Poulenc's witty setting of the Apollianaire verses. Gartside sang these with elan and elegance, and wonderfully rendered the sardonic, bittersweet spirit of the music...
...Marketed in the U.S. under the trade name Thorazine by Smith, Kline & French; in Canada as Largactil by Poulenc...
...Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Opera-Comique Orchestra, chorus and soloists conducted by Andre Clutyene; Angel). A subject that is a bit ribald for U.S. public performance, deftly given the full French treatment...