Georges Auric Archive

POULENC: Gloria; Organ Concerto; SATIE: Parade & other works – Durufle/ French Nat. Radio/TV Chorus & Orch./ Pretre – Pristine Audio
Andrew Rose restores these brilliant 1961 stereophonic Poulenc staples to their aurally “correct” standards, reviving their ecstatic energies in glowing terms.
Beauty and the Beast, Blu-ray (1946/2011)
Surely one of the greatest films ever made, this was Cocteau’s first actual feature, and made under difficult conditions right after WWII in France.