0:00 I Allegro Vivace 8:02 II Divertissement: Andantino 12:53 III Finale: Prestissimo Wonderful Recording by: Danish National Symphony Orchestra Wind quintet Pianist: Ralf Gathóni I do not own any rights to this recording.
I was fortunate enough to attend a concert playing this piece the day before yesterday. It brought tears to my eyes, especially the first part. Thank you so much for syncing the sheet music so I can read along.
This is the best! Well chosen tempos. This is the only recording that does a good job on the first bar with the scales audibly handed from wind to wind. The rest of it is slow where it should be slow and fast where it should be fast. The Soloists lead rubato and the other five follow. This is a very hard piece to play well and it's all about tempo changes. Bravissimo!
I discovered Poulenc around 1965 at the age of 13, around the time I started composing. So, Poulenc has always held a place in my thoughts regarding composition. There are many recordings of his sextet. One of my favorites features Poulenc at the piano. I think that was with the N.Y. Wind Quintet.
Thank you for posting the scores. The only problem is that the notation is too small to read, at least on my iPad. One score per page would work better although more work for you. I do appreciate your efforts though. This contribution by you is so valuable for the student and composer (not to mention others). I wish this had been available when I was a young composer. Again, bravo for your valuable work. Isn’t Poulenc a marvel.
Charles McHugh Thank you very much for your kind words. I will make sure to take that into account and enlarge the score if I happen to create these kinds of videos again. And yes, Poulenc is so wonderful!!
You are very good and Poulenc is really brilliant! My choir sang "Les Tisserands" in quarantine style. Write this in the search: you will surely like it. Corale Novarmonia - Les Tisserands (F. Poulenc)
poulenc actually did a lot of self references, this sextet contains even more of these. compare other concerts and sonatas (for example the flute sonata, clarinet sonata). may be perceived as laziness nowadays but it used to be quite a common practice i believe.
@@m4l4d13 on the contrary, quoting one's self in music is genuis. It shows the ability to combine already stand-alone themes to create a beautiful masterpiece.
in that case i strongly recommend a deep dive into poulenc's work (dont know how familiar it is to you). apparently he enjoyed dropping hints like that in almost every piece that i heard, there's probably much more of that in his music than my uneducated ears can grab. another pretty quote from the two pianos concerto in this sextet would be around 5:28, i prefer the other take, here it's just a glimpse and in the concerto it slowly unveils in a beautiful way
