Poulenc - Les Animaux Modèles, Piano version (Antony Gray)

Pianist: Antony Gray Movements: 0:02 I. Le Petit Jour (Dawn) 4:40 II. L’Ours et les deux Compagnons (The Bear and the Travelers) 9:48 III. La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Ant and the Grasshopper) 16:25 IV. Le Lion Amoureux (The Lion in Love) 23:46 V. L’Homme entre deux Âges et ses deux Maîtresses (The man with two Mistresses) 25:52 VI. La Mort et le Bûcheron (Death and the Woodcutter) 32:26 VII. Le Combat des deux Coqs (The Battle of the two Roosters) 42:29 VIII. Le Repas de Midi (Lunchtime) The piano score was completed in 1941 and orchestrated in the following months. From Wikipedia: Les Animaux modèles, FP 111, is a ballet dating from 1940 to 1942 with music by Francis Poulenc. It was the third and final ballet that he composed and was staged at the Paris Opéra in 1942, with choreography by Serge Lifar, who also danced in the 1942 premiere. The themes of the ballet are drawn from the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Some remarks: • 1:17 I love the effect of the A-flat marked tenu resolving to a G one octave higher in the next bar. • At 42:57 and 46:05 the performance deviates from the score. • The section starting at 28:04 is very similar to Poulenc’s last Nocturne from his 8 Nocturnes. Please inform me about any error in the sheet music you might come by! Enjoy No copyright infringement is intended. I do not own nor claim to own the rights to any of the music shared.