IDAGIO | Fauré: Intégrale de la Musique de Chambre avec Piano - 1: Œuvres pour violoncelle et piano 3760014196003

Featuring

François Salque
Éric Le Sage
Paul Meyer
Gabriel Fauré

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Composer Biography

Fauré destroyed the early sketches of his last mélodie, "À son âme," when he learned his former pupil Maurice Ravel had chosen the same text and already finished his piece.

Composer Biography

Fauré, at 78 or 79 years old, compared his age to that of Joseph Haydn, the "father of the string quartet," while working on his own first string quartet.

Composition History

Fauré chose to set a 1584 poem by Pierre de Ronsard, titled "À son âme," in which Ronsard, knowing his days were numbered, addresses his soul with serene resignation.

Album & Artwork

This album is part of a new collection by Alpha, titled "Ut Musica Poesis," which explores the connections between music and poetry.

Composition History

The First Cello Sonata, composed between May and August 1917, seems to reflect the Great War, with its dense and sometimes harsh musical language.

Composition History

Fauré's Second Cello Sonata, Op. 117, was written in 1921 when he was 75 years old and suffering from severe hearing loss that distorted music for him.

Interpretation

The Trio Op. 120, Fauré's penultimate work, is performed on this recording with clarinet, following the composer's initial intention, which places it in a Germanic tradition.