Poulenc: The Complete Works for A Cappella Choir

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The luminous voices of the Aedès ensemble pay a heartfelt tribute to Francis Poulenc, a cappella! This complete recording of Francis Poulenc's a cappella choral works celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Aedes ensemble and concludes a cycle begun in 2009. Poulenc's a cappella choral compositions form a unique corpus, revealing a fragile interiority imbued with profound humanity. For the composer, there was no boundary between the secular and the sacred: Poulenc seemed to envision them as a whole, nourished by the same inspiration. From the Chanson à boire (1922) to the Laudes de saint Antoine de Padoue (1957), his works all bear witness to the same fervor, the same limpidity, and the same intensity of expression.