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Poulenc - Half monk - Half Rascal
- GRAMOPHONE AWARDS NOMINATION 2012
Press
BBC Music Magazine2012No one is pretending Poulenc's melodies and instrumental music are without their performing problems. But, rather curiously, he left many of his most fearsome challenges for his choral music: in phrasing, balance, articulation…Read the review 
Choir and Organ Magazine2012The old rouge would have kissed them all, the men twice over. Poulenc may have created am impression of easygoing hedonism, and he certainly took an unusual angel on sacred music (monks playing football, indeed!) but his music…Read the review 
Classical Music2012Half monk, half rascal, they called him" , Poulenc's deep religous conviction shining through just as clearly in some works as his irreverent sense of humour did in others. Layton deftly contrasts both worlds on this disc, and…Read the review 
dailyclassicalmusic.com2012I was completely befuddled by the first words on the booklet cover: 'Half Monk' and 'Half Rascal'. Initially I thought of them as a couple of Scandinavian participants in the recording, and it was only when reading Claus Johansen…Read the review 
Fanfare USA2012The title of this album, Half Monk, Half Rascal -originally coined as “half monk, half thug” by critic Claude Rostand in 1950-sums up perfectly the two personalities of Francis Poulenc, a man as devoted to his Catholicism as he…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine2012Layton and the DNVE follow Praulins with PoulencRead the review 
Music Web International2012It was the critic Claude Rostand, in 1950, who first adopted the phrase “moine ou voyou” to describe Francis Poulenc. It is translated here as “Half Monk/Half Rascal”, and though “moine” is certainly a monk, a “voyou” could…Read the review 
theartsdesk.com2012A critic said that there is both a monk and a street urchin in me. That is an accurate description of my personality”. Poulenc was the first to admit the contradictions inherent in his music and character. A devout Catholic, he…Read the review
Poulenc: Half Monk - Half Rascal
Conductor: Layton
Composer: Poulenc
Audio CD (March 27, 2012)
Number of Discs: 1
ASIN: B006ZV6Y6M
Details as on the previous stephenlayton.com.