Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Performer: Philip Dukes, Richard Hosford, Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573223
Release: 2014
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
01. I. Allegro molto moderato
02. II. Allegro molto
03. III. Adagio non troppo
04. IV. Allegro molto
Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (Version for Violin and Piano)
05. No. 1, Berceuse
3 Romances sans paroles, op. 17
06. No. 1, Andante quasi allegretto (Arr. J. Delsart for Violin and Piano)
07. No. 2, Allegro molto (Arr. J. Delsart for Cello and Piano)
08. No. 3, Andante moderato (Arr. P. Gouin for Cello and Piano)
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (Version for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano)
09. I. Allegro ma non troppo
10. II. Andantino
11. III. Allegro vivo
Gabriel Fauré’s chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem (Naxos 8550765), are regaining their rightful place. This new release from the Kungsbacka Piano Trio follows their recording of Fauré’s First Piano Quartet and other chamber works (8.573042), described by Gramophone as ‘a delectable way into Fauré’s chamber music’. The programme features the less frequently heard original version (with clarinet) of the Piano Trio, the Second Piano Quartet (which includes an evocation of the bells of Cadirac near the composer’s home), the Romances sans paroles (described by Marcel Proust as ‘intoxicating’) and one of Fauré’s most famous works, the Berceuse from the Dolly Suite.