COMPOSERS: Poulenc
LABELS: Helios
WORKS: Tel jour telle nuit; Nous voulons une petite soeur; Toréador; Tu vois le feu du soir; Voyage; etc
PERFORMER: Lott (soprano), Johnson (piano); Members of the Songmakers’ Almanac
CATALOGUE NO: Helios CDH55366 (1986)
Interpretation of Poulenc’s songs never stands still. But this recording reminds us of the impetus these artists gave to this repertoire, both in sound and imagination. Roger Nichols