The complete chamber music by Poulenc on 3 CDs!

Francis Poulenc is one of the most remarkable French composers of the20th century. Inspired by many (Debussy, Satie, his fellow composers of the “Groupe des Six”) he found his essential own voice, an unique blend of French gaiety and a deep, serious and sometimes melancholic feeling.

These new recordings present Poulenc’s complete chamber music, written for a wide variety of instruments: violin, viola, cello, double?bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, horn, bassoon, English horn and piano: a multi?coloured palette of sonorities, characters and emotions.

Italian pianist Matteo Fossi gathered an excellent line?up of instrumentalists/friends for this huge enterprise, and the result is a sheer delight, the feeling of a “labour of love” permeates every single performance, leaving the listener marveling about the originality and emotional impact of the music.

The booklet contains excellent liner notes written by a musicologist.

Artists

Marco Gaggini (piano), Duccio Ceccanti (violin), Matteo Fossi (piano), Vittorio Ceccanti (cello), Domenico Orlando (oboe), Andrea Zucco (bassoon), Claudia Bucchini (flute), Calogero Palermo (clarinet), Geremia Iezzi (horn), Claudia Bucchini (recorder), Jean-Luc Votano (clarinet), Claudio Quintavalla (trumpet), Fabiano Fiorenzani (trombone)