Fauré's Ballade ingeniously lets the main theme of each section return as a secondary theme in the following section, a structural device also found in pantun poetry.
Performer Biography
Anthony Spiri acted as teaching assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, an Austrian conductor, from 1988 to 1996.
Recording & Production
This album is a coproduction with Südwestrundfunk (SWR), a German public broadcasting corporation.
Performer Biography
Anthony Spiri studied in Cleveland and Boston before continuing his training in Europe, earning a diploma with special distinction from the 'Mozarteum' in Salzburg.
Performer Biography
Anthony Spiri, the pianist on this album, is a versatile and highly-regarded lied accompanist, chamber music pianist, and soloist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Despite its sophistication, Gabriel Fauré's music speaks as directly as that of Robert Schumann, one of Fauré's idols.
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