Gabriel Fauré, a prominent figure in French music, taught composition at the Paris Conservatoire, mentoring the next generation of French stars like Ravel and Nadia Boulanger.
Performer Biography
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, won four of the top six prizes at the 1999 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.
Recording & Production
This recording was made possible by a grant from the Berkman Fund, Carnegie Mellon University.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ernest Chausson, after an early devotion to Wagner, deliberately moved away from him to embrace old French masters like Couperin and Rameau, seeking a distinct new French style.
Performer Biography
Grammy-nominated violinist Andrés Cárdenes won Second Prize in the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Moscow.
Compositional Technique
Chausson's Concert in D Major makes explicit references to the French Baroque through its title, which refers to an 18th-century term for French concertos, and its French movement titles.
Composition History
Fauré's Violin Sonata, Op. 13, one of his two violin sonatas, premiered on January 27, 1877, at Saint-Saëns's Société Nationale du Musique, with the composer at the piano.
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