Francis Poulenc - Gloria, FP 177

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) - Gloria, FP 177 (1959 - 1960) I. Gloria [0:00] II. Laudamus te [2:39] III. Domine Deus [5:38] IV. Domine Fili unigenite [11:13] V. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei [12:38] VI. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris [20:02] Barbara Hendricks, soprano Chœur de Radio France Orchestre National de France, Georges Prêtre (1988) Francis Poulenc’s Gloria is a work for soprano, chorus, and orchestra, and it is a setting of the Gloria text from the mass ordinary. The work is one of Poulenc’s most celebrated compositions. It is cast in six movements and typically lasts around 25 minutes. “Composed in 1959, the work is one of three sacred pieces from Poulenc’s ’mature’ years (the others being the Stabat Mater from 1950 and Sept répons des ténèbres from 1962). It was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation after one of Poulenc’s trips to America, receiving its premiere in Boston in 1961. In composin