This page lists all recordings of Salve Regina, by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Poulenc - Gloria and Motets
Susan Gritton Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton Stephen Layton and Polyphony continue to blaze a trail as great interpreters and dazzling performers of a wide range of choral music. Their recent disc of Bruckner’s Mass in E minor and motets was acclaimed as a benchmark recording. For their latest Hyperion disc they turn to some of the most bewitching and unusual, yet well-loved, choral works of the twentieth century.
Poulenc’s choral music is a deep expression both of his faith and of his unique musical language. In the various motets, the music responds to the composer’s studies of Bach, Monteverdi, Palestrina and Gabrieli, but is always stylistically progressive. Prominently featured are Poulenc’s distinctive and often ingenious chord progressions. Each motet has its own delightfully etched personality.
Poulenc’s Gloria is one of his most enduringly appealing works. In some ways straightforwardly pious, it is also tinged with mischievous irreverence and a sense of rollocking enjoyment. ‘When I wrote this piece’, Poulenc famously recalled, ‘I had in mind those frescoes by Gozzoli where the angels stick out their tongues; and also some serious Benedictine monks I had once seen revelling in a game of football.’ This recording by the Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Polyphony and the soprano soloist Susan Gritton under Stephen Layton brings out all these aspects in a classic performance. “Gloriously pompous,” says Marc Rochester of the fanfare that opens Poulenc’s Gloria. He’s quite right, of course, but also right in pointing out that it is absolutely electric. And that goes for much of this terrific album. When the massed forces of Polyphony, the Britten Sinfonia and the Trinity College Choir ring out at full strength, the sound is simply incredible. Gramophone Magazine “From the very outset of the Gloria its clear that this is a performance of real distinction. …the scintillating choral entry, the basses starting the ball rolling with the kind of pent-up energy which you just know is going to explode in the most spectacular way. In the final chorus of the Gloria, after the boisterous start, we have a moment of profound sanctity and another, crowned with incredible delicacy by Susan Gritton, of mouth-watering enchantment.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge & City of London Sinfonia, George Guest ‘This is another quality disc from Chandos which offers beautiful performances of these attractive French choral works’ (Canberra Times) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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The Sixteen, Harry Christopers | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Choir of St John's College, George Guest | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Twentieth Century Masters Volume 1 - Poulenc and His Contemporaries
The Choir of New College, Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom “very special … outstanding quality both musically and dramatically” – The Daily Telegraph | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Peter Dijkstra | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| | Plainsong Te Lucis Ante Terminum Plainsong In Paradisum Plainsong Veni Creator Spiritus Plainsong Ubi Caritas | Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus | Barber: | Agnus Dei | Blow: | Salvator Mundi | Bruckner: | Locus Iste | Byrd: | Iustorum animae Ave verum corpus Mass for four voices - Agnus Dei | Despres: | Ave Maria | Gabrieli, G: | Exultet Iam Angelica | Gibbons, O: | Hosanna | Gorecki: | Totus Tuus, Op. 60 | Guerrero, F: | Ave Virgo Sanctissima Duo Seraphim | Lasso: | Timor et Tremor Ave Regina Caelorum | Lotti: | Crucifixus | Melgas: | Salve Regina | Monteverdi: | Christe, adoramus te | Mouton, J: | Nesciens Mater | Palestrina: | Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) Sicut cervus | Parsons, R: | Ave Maria | Poulenc: | Salve Regina | Purcell: | Hear My Prayer | Sheppard, J: | Libera Nos | Tallis: | If ye love me O nata lux de lumine 5vv Salvator mundi, salva nos 1 - antiphonn for five voices | Tavener: | The Lamb | Tomkins: | When David Heard | Victoria: | Salve Regina | Weelkes: | Hosanna |
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - Choral Works
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - Sacred and Secular Choral Works
Jean-Louis Tant(tenor); Pascal Sausy(baritone); Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Groupe Vocal de France, John Alldis | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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