The music on this disc was written between 1928 and 1935, during a period when Poulenc was associated with the group Les Six – composers who were reacting musically against the excesses of high-Romanticism, often by appropriating elements of music from earlier centuries. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is an exhilarating work, probably inspired by the neo-classicism of Stravinsky. The opening theme periodically echoes Mozart or Beethoven, but this is Beethoven derailed, demented and racing in all directions at once. Suite Française revives French music of the sixteenth century, while Concert Champêtre, which features a solo clavecin, borrows from eighteenth-century keyboard music. In each case, the overall effect is as much earnest and original as it is quirky pastiche. This is music that doesn’t get a lot of attention today, but it is exciting, sometimes witty and often very beautiful, delivered with dexterity and care by Immerseel and Anima Eterna.