Georges Pretre Plays F... - Georges Prêtre - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

One of the most prominent French conductors of his generation, Georges Prêtre (1924-2017) was celebrated for both opera and orchestral music. A former music director of the Paris Opéra, he has conducted the major orchestras of Europe and the USA. Before becoming Maria Callas's favourite conductor, he was also Francis Poulenc's one, who entrusted him with the premiere of many of his scores. This boxed set, which brings together each of Poulenc's works documented by Prêtre within EMI catalogue, shows the many facets of his music: sincere, spontaneous, moving and capable of astonishingly contrasting registers.

CD 1 Concerto for organ, string orchestra and timpani · Piano Concerto · Aubade CD 2 Concerto for two pianos · Concert champêtre* · Bucolique · Pastourelle · Matelote provençale CD 3 L’Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant · The Story of Babar · Les Animaux modèles CD 4 Chansons villageoises · Rapsodie nègre · Le Bal masqué · Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée · Sinfonietta · Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel · Deux Marches et un intermède CD 5 Les biches · 7 Répons des ténèbres · Sécheresses CD 6 Stabat Mater · 4 Motets pour un temps de pénitence · Gloria CD 7 La voix humaine · La dame de Monte-Carlo

RECORDINGS FROM 1959-1988 (STEREO)

Label: Erato | Origin: Holland