It’s an anti-Wagner and anti-Impressionist tour de farce. Join us for music by the delightfully irreverent bad boys (and girl) of 1920’s Monteparnasse: Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc and Tailleferre.
Les Six
Playlist
Episode 1
Poulenc, Francis: Alerte fr. Trois Mouvements Perpétuels (excerpt)
Pascal Rogé, piano
Piano Works
Lon 417438
1:26
Satie, Erik: Parade (excerpts)
Orch of Radio Luxembourg/Fromont
L’ESPRIT DE FRANCE – THE MUSIC OF SATIE
Vox 5107
1:19
Satie, Erik: Parade (excerpts)
Orch of Radio Luxembourg/Fromont
L’ESPRIT DE FRANCE – THE MUSIC OF SATIE
Vox 5107
:44
Satie, Erik: Parade (excerpts)
Orch of Radio Luxembourg/Fromont
L’ESPRIT DE FRANCE – THE MUSIC OF SATIE
Vox 5107
:38
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
L’eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel
Chandos 8356
4:24
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
L’eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel
Chandos 8356
2:44
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
L’eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel
Chandos 8356
4:16
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
L’eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel
Chandos 8356
3:42
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
L’eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel
Chandos 8356
5:27
Durey, Louis: Le Bestiare (excerpts)
Ensemble Erwartung/Desgraupes; Peintre, baritone
La Musique de Chambre
Mandala 4980/81
6:45
Tailleferre, Germaine: Pastorale
West, piano
L’Album des Six
Hyperion 67204
1:31
Honegger, Arthur: Hommage à Ravel & Danse fr. Trois Pièces (1919)
Annette Middelbeek, piano
Klavierstücke
Koch 1220
4:38
Poulenc, Francis: Rapsodie Nègre (excerpts)
Orch; von Otter, mezzo soprano
La Bonne Chanson – French Chamber Songs
DG 447752
6:40
Poulenc, Francis: Assez modéré fr. Trois Mouvements Perpétuels
Rogé, piano
Piano Works
Lon 417438
1:16
Episode 2
Poulenc, Francis: Pastorale d’été
Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse/Plasson
DG 435438
8:54
Milhaud, Darius: Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (excerpts)
William Bolcom, piano
Piano Music
None 71316
5:32
Milhaud, Darius: La Création Du Monde, Op. 81
Lyon Opera Orch/Nagano
La Création Du Monde / Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit / Concerto Pour Harpe
Erato 45820
16:20, :20
Auric, Georges: Vocalise
R. Mase, trombone.; D. Mase, piano
Vocalise
Summit 185
2:12
Poulenc, Francis: Trio for Piano, Oboe & Bassoon
Schellenberger, oboe; Turkovic, bassoon.; Levine, piano
Chamber Music
DG 427639
13:03
Poulenc, Francis: Trio for Piano, Oboe & Bassoon
Schellenberger, oboe; Turkovic, bassoon.; Levine, piano
Chamber Music
DG 427639
:13
Episode 3
Tailleferre, Germaine: Concerto for Piano
UC Santa Cruz Orchestra/Paiement; Gandolfi, piano
La Musique De Germaine Tailleferre Volume II
Helicon 1048
16:37
Milhaud, Darius: Suite for Violin, Viola and Piano (excerpts)
Palomares, violin; Cortese, viola; Wagemans, piano
Chamber Music With Viola
ASV 1039
6:25
Poulenc, Francis: Cinq Poèmes of Paul Eluard
Bernac, baritone; Poulenc, piano
Melodies
Ades 202942
5:35
Poulenc, Francis: Concerto for Two Pianos
Philharmonia Orch/Dutoit; Rogé & Deferne, pianos
Piano & Organ Concertos
Lon 436546
18:27
Episode 4
Milhaud, Darius: La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 (excerpts)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
French Wind Music
Chan 9362
8:36
Poulenc, Francis: Motets pour le temps de Noël
The Sixteen/Christophers
Figure Humaine
Virgin 91075
3:22
Poulenc, Francis: Motets pour le temps de Noël
The Sixteen/Christophers
Figure Humaine
Virgin 91075
7:53
Auric, Georges: Romance fr. Wind Trio
Henoch, oboe; Combs, clarinet; Buchman, bassoon
20TH CENTURY FRENCH WIND TRIOS
Cedille 900000 040
2:45
Honegger, Arthur: Symphony No. 3,Liturgique(excerpts)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
Symphonies 2 & 3 Liturgique / Pacific 231
EMI 7243 5 55122 2 2
:37
Honegger, Arthur: Symphony No. 3,Liturgique(excerpts)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
Symphonies 2 & 3 Liturgique / Pacific 231
EMI 7243 5 55122 2 2
3:18
Honegger, Arthur: Symphony No. 3,Liturgique(excerpts)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
Symphonies 2 & 3 Liturgique / Pacific 231
EMI 7243 5 55122 2 2
1:16
Honegger, Arthur: Symphony No. 3,Liturgique(excerpts)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
Symphonies 2 & 3 Liturgique / Pacific 231
EMI 7243 5 55122 2 2
4:57
Honegger, Arthur: Symphony No. 4,Deliciae basiliensis(excerpt)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Plasson
Symphonies N° 4 “Deliciae Basiliensis” & 5 “Di Tre Re”, Pacific 231
EMI 64275
13:11
Episode 5
Honegger, Arthur: Concerto da Camera, Andante
ASMF/Marriner
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Aurèle Nicolet, Flute
Concertos – Chamber Music
Phil 434105
7:32
Poulenc, Francis: Gloria
ORTF/Prêtre; Hendricks
Gloria, Stabat Mater
EMI 49851
27:02
Tailleferre, Germaine: Hommage a Rameau
Clinton, Narboni, pianos
Works for Two Pianos and Percussion
ELAN 82404
5:41
Tailleferre, Germaine: Piano Trio
Clementi Trio
After Scriabin & After Debussy
Largo 56618
4:27
Tailleferre, Germaine: Gaillarde
Baccaro, McGuishin
The Music Of Germaine Tailleferre
Helicon 1008
2:13
