Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Flute & Piano

Sonata for flute & piano, FP 164 (1956) I. Allegro malinconico II. Cantilena (4:49) III. Presto giocoso (9:05) Michel Debost, flute Jacques Février, piano The French affection for the flute is brilliantly demonstrated in Francis Poulenc’s virtuosic Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956). Each of the work’s three movements is fluent and graceful in different ways. The first movement, Allegro malincolico, sounds sweetly sad rather than melancholy. The second movement is a dreamy cantilena for flute in an indete