Following his acclaimed recording of the Saint-Saëns piano concertos with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, French pianist Romain Descharmes reunites with the orchestra for works by Fauré and Poulenc conducted by Michael Halász. The centerpieces of this all-French program are Fauré’s Ballade and the Poulenc concerto, the former graceful and serene with a flamboyant “Liszt-ian” finale, and the latter clever, whimsical, and inventively orchestrated. Fauré’s Fantaisie is less represented on disc, as is Poulenc’s ballet Aubade, a work for piano and 18 instruments. All four works are performed with Gallic grace and elan.