Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Performer: Philip Dukes, Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573042
Release: 2013
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
01. I. Allegro molto moderato
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro molto
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
05. I. Allegro ma non troppo
06. II. Andantino
07. III. Allegro vivo
08. Pavane, Op. 50 (arr. H. Busser for piano trio)
09. Vocalise-Etude (arr. for violin and piano)
10. Sicilienne, Op. 78 (version for piano)
Gabriel Fauré’s musical language bridges a gap between the romanticism of the 19th century and the new worlds of music which appeared in the 20th, employing subtle harmonic changes and a gift for melody to combine innovation with an entirely personal idiom. His First Piano Quartet is filled with characteristic French colour and lyricism, and the Piano Trio in D minor is a late work whose musical language is familiar from his songs. Both the Pavane and the popular Sicilienne express nostalgia for earlier times, and the short Pièce has great simplicity and charm.