Gaston Poulet (1892-1974) was a French violinist and conductor, closely connected with French musical life in the first half of the twentieth century. He led the Poulet Quartet and later worked extensively as a conductor.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears conducting Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande Suite with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Poulet’s musical background gives his conducting a chamber musician’s sense of line and balance. French repertory benefits from exactly that clarity of texture and phrase.

His page is justified by wider musical standing as well as catalogue presence. Poulet brings a French string-player’s ear to the podium.