Renaud Capuçon expresses joy in performing Fauré's beloved chamber works for over thirty years and is proud to celebrate the great Gabriel Fauré as a French musician.
Performer Biography
Renaud Capuçon, the violinist and musical director for this album, has had Gabriel Fauré's compositions at the center of his musical life since he was eight years old.
Composition History
Fauré's Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 14, is an unfinished work; the final movement was never completed, and Fauré later destroyed the second movement.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fauré's genius allowed him to create an instinctive link between words and music, drawing upon poetry and 'melos' (melody) to evoke emotions, stories, figures, and landscapes.
Compositional Technique
Fauré's Élégie was originally for cello and piano but was later orchestrated at the request of Édouard Colonne, enriching its textures with a sense of dramaturgy.
Composition History
Two orchestral pieces on this album, Pelléas et Mélisande and Masques et Bergamasques, are examples of incidental music that Fauré reworked into orchestral suites.
Composition History
Masques et Bergamasques was initially created for an entertainment inspired by the commedia dell'arte tradition, performed in Monte-Carlo in 1919.
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