Poulenc: Babar Eva-Maria May & Alexander Wienand

• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
• 1 L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), FP 129 (narrated in German) 27:49
• 2 Elegie for 2 Pianos, FP 175 07:01
• 3 L'embarquement pour Cythère, FP 150 02:23
• 4 L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), FP 129 (narrated in French) 28:35
• 5 Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, FP 129 (Englische Fassung): L'histoire de Babar, le petit elephant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), FP 129 (narrated in English) 27:19
• 10 Improvisations, FP 63:
• 6 Improvisation No. 1 in B Minor 02:06
• 7 Improvisation No. 2 in A-Flat Major 01:32
• 8 Improvisation No. 3 in B Minor 01:37
• 9 Improvisation No. 4 in A-Flat Major 02:03
• 10 Improvisation No. 5 in A Minor 02:03
• 11 Improvisation No. 6 in B-Flat Major 01:26
• 12 Improvisation No. 7 in C Major 03:00
• 13 Improvisation No. 8 in A Minor 01:32
• 14 Improvisation No. 9 in D Major 01:26
• 15 Improvisation No. 10 in F Major, Eloge des gammes 01:36
• 2 Improvisations, FP 113:
• 16 Improvisation No. 11 in G Minor 00:54
• 17 Improvisation No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Hommage a Schubert 02:17
• 2 Improvisations, FP 170:
• 18 Improvisation No. 13 in A Minor 02:35
• 19 Improvisation No. 14 in D-Flat Major 01:38
• 20 Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor,"Hommage a Edith Piaf 02:50
• Capriccio d'après le "Bal masqué" pour deux pianos:
• 21 Caprice, FP 155 05:23
• Total Runtime 02:07:05

Info for Poulenc: Babar

For both children and adults, this brilliant recording tells the story of Babar, the little elephant who lost his mother. Set to music by french composer Francis Poulenc between 1940 and 1945, this is a beautiful piece of art. The album features Eva-Maria May and Alexander Wienand on piano and Stefan Wilkening, Julien Thorel and Norman Shetler as narrator.

Performed in three versions: German, French & English

Eva-Maria May, piano
Alexander Wienand, piano
Stefan Wilkening, German narrator
Julien Thorel, French narrator
Norman Shetler, English narrator

Recorded January & March 2016 at Kleiner Konzertsaal, Musikhochschule, Munich, Germany

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