Francis Poulenc
(1899-1963)
Les Animaux Modèles (1940-42)
Concert Champêtre 1 (1927-8)
Improvisations #13, #15 (Hommage à Edith Piaf) 1 (1958-9)
1 Stefano Bollani, piano
Filarmonica '900 del Teatro Regio di Torino/Jan Latham-Koenig
Avie AV2135 74:03
Les Animaux Modèles is the least-known of Poulenc's ballets, but has just as much charm and wit as his other works in the genre. Concert Champêtre is familiar in its intended guise as a harpsichord concerto, but sounds equally fine with a piano soloist : Poulenc himself played it in this form. The two solo improvisations complement a most tempting program.
