Poulenc: The Complete Songs. Johnson (4 For 3)

Agnieszka Adamczak (soprano), Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Pierre Bernac (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ashley Riches (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Neal Davies (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

Poulenc: The Complete Songs - The Hyperion French Song Edition

Graham Johnson is acknowledged as the greatest living authority on French song. His innate feeling for the music is combined with prodigious scholarship, and his wonderful recordings in Hyperion's French Song Edition have enjoyed great critical acclaim. Hyperion proudly presents Johnson's latest effort, a set of the complete songs of Francis Poulenc released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death. The songs on each of the set's discs are arranged to present four different journeys through the composer's career. A special joy is the inclusion of a 1977 recording of Pierre Bernac narrating the well-known L'histoire de Babar. The set's singers include Dame Felicity Lott, acclaimed as one of the foremost performers of Poulenc, as well as other stars from previous recordings in the series.

Price: $63.98