The songs of Francis Poulenc (he composed over 150 works for piano and voice over a period of 44 years) remain consistently popular to concert audiences the world over. Varying in their individual style and character in a way that defies generalisation, Poulenc set music to a wide range of different French poetry – both ancient and modern, and from the serious to the surreal.

This is the fourth release in Signum's series that will build to encompass the complete songs of Francis Poulenc – performed by some of the greatest singers of the day and accompanied by the exceptional Malcolm Martineau.

Contents:
- Le bestiaire (Thomas Oliemans)
- Poèmes de Ronsard (William Dazeley)
- Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob (Sarah Fox)
- Huit chansons polonaises (Magdalena Molendowska)
- Cinq poèmes de Paul Eluard (John Mark Ainsley)
- Chansons villageoises (Thomas Oliemans)
- Une chanson de porcelaine (William Dazeley)
- Fancy (Ann Murray)
- La Dame de Monte Carlo (John Mark Ainsley)

“... With eight outstanding singers and the pianist all on top form, this is the most attractively inviting of these Poulenc anthologies so far issued. Excellent documentation too.” - Gramophone (on Vol.3)