Composer: Gabriel Urbain Fauré
Performer: Tara Erraught, Ruth Rosique, Julien Dran, Chamber Choir Ireland
Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574619
Release: 2025
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
01. I. Prélude. Quasi adagio
02. II. La Fileuse. Andantino quasi allegretto
03. III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato
04. IV. La Mort de Mélisande. Molto adagio
05. Act III Scene 1: Mélisande’s Song (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Charles Koechlin, Second Version)
Prométhée, tragédie lyrique, Op. 82
06. Act I: Prélude. Molto moderato (1917 Revised Version, Orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse)
07. Act II: Prélude. Andantino (1917 Revised Version, Orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse)
08. Act III: Prélude. Andante moderato (1917 Revised Version, Orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse)
09. Act III: Chorus. Des ruisseaux et des sources claires (1917 Revised Version, Orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse)
10. Act I: Air de Gaïa. Arrête Prométhée (1917 Revised Version, Orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse)
11. En prière
12. La Chanson du pêcheur (Lamento), Op. 4 No. 1 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
13. Les Roses d’Ispahan, Op. 39 No. 4 (Version for Voice & Orchestra)
14. Tarentelle, Op. 10 No. 2 (Arr. for 2 Voices & Orchestra by André Messager)
Shylock, Op. 57
15. I. Chanson. Allegro moderato. Oh! Les filles! Venez, les filles aux voix douces!
16. II. Entr’acte. Andante moderato
17. III. Madrigal. Allegretto. Celle que j’aime a de beauté…
18. IV. Épithalame. Adagio
19. V. Nocturne. Andante molto moderato
20. VI. Finale. Allegretto vivo
This programme spotlights Gabriel Fauré’s orchestrated songs and his music for the stage, of which his suite from the incidental music for Pelléas et Mélisande includes some of his best-loved music. Performances of Fauré’s spectacular Wagnerian drama Prométhée are a real rarity, while the eloquent Shylock suite, based on Shakespeare, contains some of his most elaborate symphonic music. Fauré orchestrated only a small number of his more than 100 songs, but these include the transcendentally beautiful love song Les Roses d’Ispahan with its harmonic subtleties and gorgeous coda.
