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may well be amazed at how deep his Missa Solemnis is still rooted in the solid tradition of Viennese Classicism

A classically-trained pianist

eight months before his death

From the slower

Julie Cherrier-Hoffmann - Poulenc: La Voix Humaine Fiancailles Pour Rire Format:CD may well be amazed atIn 1958 Poulenc composed La voix humaine, a one act opera for soprano and orchestra, based on the monodrama of the same name, written for the Comdie Franaise by his friend Jean Cocteau. In this staging of the end of an amorous relationship, we hear only the woman's side of a final telephone conversation with the man who has abandoned her. The orchestra in this innovative work is used not only to unify the composition, but also to reveal what the

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