Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos - COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCE

Francis Poulenc was born in Paris on January 7, 1899, and died there on January 30, 1963. The Concerto in D minor, commissioned by and dedicated to the Princess Edmonde de Polignac, was premiered on September 5, 1932, at the International Society for Contemporary Music in Venice. Poulenc and his friend Jacques Février were the soloists, with Désiré Defauw conducting the La Scala Orchestra. “Le Bal masqué and the Concerto, I assure you, are pure Poulenc,“ wrote the composer to a friend. And to another he rem