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Gabriel Fauré: Piano Music
Hannes Minnaar
Challenge Classics / HQ|NORTHSTAR
Catalogue CC72731
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Thirteen Nocturnes and as many Barcarolles form the core of the collected output of Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924) for the piano. Night-time meditations, then, along with inspiration drawn from rippling water (the origins of the barcarolle lie in the songs sung by Venetian gondoliers and the word itself comes from the Italian ‘barca’, a boat). Along with some impromptus, preludes and other works, one might rapidly gain the impression of a delightful collection of salon music, whose titles may actually display the influence of Chopin (Fauré was even to write a Mazurka). But this music is so very much more than pretty salon music. In the intimacy of these genres, Fauré succeeded time and again in nothing short of exposing his very soul. And the French composer’s style is entirely his own – original and personal – from the first note to the last.
Nocturne nr.1 opus 33
Barcarolle nr.3 opus 42
Thema & Variations opus 73
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Variation 9
Variation 10
Variation 11
Nocturne nr.7 opus 74
Impromptu nr.5 opus 102
Prelude 1 opus 103
Prelude 2
Prelude 3
Prelude 4
Prelude 5
Prelude 6
Prelude 7
Prelude 8
Prelude 9
Barcarolle nr.12 opus 106bis
Nocturne nr.13 opus 119
Romance sans paroles Opus 17 nr. 3
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