Fauré: La chanson d'Ève & Other Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)
3/29/2024, 28 Tracks, 1:06:02
Featuring
Dame Janet Baker
Geoffrey Parsons
Gabriel Fauré
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Composer Biography
Gabriel Fauré, the composer, was a pupil at the École Niedermeyer, a celebrated music school founded by Swiss composer Louis Niedermeyer.
Composition History
Fauré's 'La Chanson d'Ève', composed between 1907 and 1910, represents the height of his achievement, stimulated by the mystical poems of Belgian Symbolist Charles van Lerberghe.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In his settings of Paul Verlaine's poetry, Fauré aimed to create an all-embracing mood rather than focusing on specific phrases, capturing the poet's wistful nostalgia.
Compositional Technique
Fauré's 'Les Berceaux' (1883) uses novel and unexpected harmonies to ingeniously evoke the rocking of cradles and fishermen's boats.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fauré, a musical innovator, paradoxically detested avant-garde painting and Rodin's revolutionary sculpture.
Composer's Artistic Vision
After his early songs, Fauré avoided setting Victor Hugo's verse, finding it too flamboyant for his subtle and delicate style.
Composition History
Fauré's early song 'Le papillon et la fleur' from his Opus 1, written when he was twenty, amused his friend and teacher Saint-Saëns.
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