Faure was not drawn to compose a Requiem because of the death of a loved one, even though his mother had died during the early stages of composition and his father had passed away two years before. Fa...
This setting of Fauré's charming and reverent Cantique de Jean Racine is scored for SSA chorus, accompanied by keyboard with the optional addition of two violins and one cello.
Fauré's 'Pavane' was composed for orchestra in 1887, followed by a version for chorus and orchestra in that same year. Three decades later Serge Diaghilev had it choreographed for his Ballets russes -...
Con questo primo ciclo (1863/64), Fauré segue le Canzoni senza parole di Mendelssohn e allo stesso tempo si iscrive nella tradizione francese del "Romance sans paroles", come composto prima di lui da...
I sei pezzi di questa piccola suite furono scritti tra il 1893 e il 1896 ispirandosi a Hélène Bardac, la figlia di un amico cantante. La ragazza, nata nel 1892, era chiamata "Dolly" (bambolina) per la...
The music of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) is an important link between the innovations of late Romanticism and the experimentation of the early 20th century. A student of Saint-Saens, he, in turn, taught...
The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher...
La composizione per violoncello e pianoforte nello stile di una danza siciliana risale al medio periodo creativo di Gabriel Fauré e fu pubblicata per la prima volta contemporaneamente in Francia e in...
Dopo l'accoglienza entusiastica della sua prima Sonata per violino (HN 980), per Fauré fu chiaro che avrebbe continuato a scrivere musica da camera. Nel 1880 scrisse un piccolo pezzo per violoncello e...