THE POULENC TRIO FEATURING
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OBOIST LIANG WANG
Trains of Thought
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This is the Poulenc Trio's debut recording with Liang Wang, principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic. Recorded at the Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall at the University of Maryland–which the New York Times has praised for its "stunning, sumptuous acoustics"–this disc features major works by Poulenc, Françaix, Rossini, Shostakovich, and the world premiere recording of Viet Cuong’s Trains of Thought, commissioned by the Poulenc Trio.
Cover Art and Package Designer: Robin Dair Massey
THE POULENC TRIO FEATURING POET LIA PURPURA
CREATION
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This disc, which made its debut at #4 on Apple Music's classical music playlist, features works by Beethoven, a world-premiere recording of Triptych, by Spanish-American composer Octavio Vazquez (commissioned by the Poulenc Trio), and a special pairing of Alfred Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style with a spoken word performance by poet Lia Purpura, a frequent New Yorker contributor and Guggenheim Fellowship awardee. The Schnittke pairing features five poems taken from Purpura's book, It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful, including Creation, from which the CD takes its name. Recorded at the GRAMMY-winning Sono Luminous Studios in Boyce, Virginia.
“From the first notes, we knew that this was a group of first-rate chamber musicians, who took as much delight in the joys of intimate playing as they gave.”
Cover Artwork: from Divan Japonais (1893) by Toulouse Lautrec; Package Designer: Bryan Young
THE POULENC TRIO
Poulenc Plays Poulenc
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The Poulenc Trio's debut album, this disc includes music by Poulenc, Glinka, Rossini's Italian in Algiers and the first commercial recording of Andre Previn's Jazz-inspired Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano.
“The Poulenc Trio does its namesake proud. An intriguing and beautifully played program with convincing elegance, near-effortless lightness and grace!”