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: Alerte fr. Trois Mouvements Perpétuels (excerpt)
Rogé, piano
Lon 417438
1:26
Satie: Parade (excerpts)
Orch of Radio Luxembourg/Fromont
Vox 5107
1:19, :44, :38
Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Tailleferre, Honegger: Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
Chandos 8356
4:24, 2:44, 4:16, 3:42, 5:27
Durey: Le Bestiare (excerpts)
Ensemble Erwartung/Desgraupes; Peintre, baritone
Mandala 4980/81
6:45
Tailleferre: Pastorale
West, piano
Hyperion 67204
1:31
Honegger: Hommage à Ravel & Danse fr. Trois Pièces (1919)
Middelbeek, piano
Koch 1220
4:38
Poulenc: Rapsodie Nègre (excerpts)
Orch; von Otter, mezzo soprano
DG 447752
6:40
Poulenc: Assez Modere fr. Trois Mouvements Perpétuels
Rogé, piano
Lon 417438
1:16
Episode 2
Poulenc: Pastorale d’été
Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse/Plasson
DG 435438
8:54
Milhaud: Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (excerpts)
William Bolcom, piano
None 71316
5:32
Milhaud: La Création Du Monde, Op. 81
Lyon Opera Orch/Nagano
Erato 45820
16:20, :20
Auric: Vocalise
R. Mase, trombone.; D. Mase, piano
Summit 185
2:12
Poulenc: Trio for Piano, Oboe & Bassoon
Schellenberger, oboe; Turkovic, bassoon.; Levine, piano
DG 427639
13:03, :13
Episode 3
Tailleferre: Concerto for Piano
UC Santa Cruz Orchestra/Paiement; Gandolfi, piano
Helicon 1048
16:37
Milhaud: Suite for Violin, Viola and Piano (excerpts)
Palomares, violin; Cortese, viola; Wagemans, piano
ASV 1039
6:25
Poulenc: Cinq Poèmes of Paul Eluard
Bernac, baritone; Poulenc, piano
Ades 202942
5:35
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Philharmonia Orch/Dutoit; Rogé & Deferne, pianos
Lon 436546
18:27
Episode 4
Milhaud: La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 (excerpts)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
Chan 9362
8:36
Poulenc: Motets pour le temps de Noël
The Sixteen/Christophers
Virgin 91075
3:22, 7:53
Auric: Romance fr. Wind Trio
Henoch, oboe; Combs, clarinet; Buchman, bassoon
Cedille 900000 040
2:45
Honegger: Symphony No. 3,Liturgique(excerpts)
Oslo Phil/Jansons
EMI 575658
:37, 3:18, 1:16, 4:57
Honegger: Symphony No. 4,Deliciae basiliensis(excerpt)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Plasson
EMI 64275
13:11
Episode 5
Honegger: Concerto da Camera, Andante
ASMF/Marriner
Holliger, oboe; Nicolet
Phil 434105
7:32
Poulenc: Gloria
ORTF/Pretre; Hendricks
EMI 49851
27:02
Tailleferre: Hommage a Rameau
Clinton, Narboni, pianos
ELAN 82404
5:41
Tailleferre: Piano Trio
Clementi Trio
Largo 56618
4:27
Tailleferre: Galliarde
Baccaro, McGuishin
Helicon 1008
2:13