FAURÉ

Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

CD1

1. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - I. Allegro molto

2. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - II. Andante

3. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - III. Allegro vivo

4. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - IV. Allegro quasi presto

5. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - Berceuse, Op.16

6. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - Romance Op.28

7. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - Andante Op.75

8. Sonate Nr.1 Op.13 in A major - Morceau de Lecture

9. Sonata for Cello & Piano No.2 in E Minor Op.108 - I. Allegro non troppo

10. Sonata for Cello & Piano No.2 in E Minor Op.108 - II. Andante

11. Sonata for Cello & Piano No.2 in E Minor Op.108 - III. Allegro non troppo

CD2

1. Sonate Op.109 - I. Allegro

2. Sonate Op.109 - II. Andante

3. Sonate Op.109 - III. Final: Allegro commodo

4. Sonate Op.109 - Élégie Op.24

5. Sonate Op.109 - Pièce pour Violoncelle (Papillon) Op.77

6. Sonate Op.109 - Romance Op.69

7. Sonate Op.109 - Sérénade Op.98

8. Sonate Op.109 - Sicilienne Op.78

9. Deuxième Sonate Op.117 - I. Allegro

10. Deuxième Sonate Op.117 - II. Andante

11. Deuxième Sonate Op.117 - III. Allegro vivo

CD3

1. Trio for Piano & Strings in D Minor Op.120 - Allegro ma non troppo

2. Trio for Piano & Strings in D Minor Op.120 - Andantino

3. Trio for Piano & Strings in D Minor Op.120 - Allegro vivo

4. Quartet for Strings in E Minor Op.121 - I Allegro moderato

5. Quartet for Strings in E Minor Op.121 - II Andante

6. Quartet for Strings in E Minor Op.121 - III Allegro

CD4

1. Quartet for Piano & Strings in C Minor Op.15 - I. Allegro molto moderato

2. Quartet for Piano & Strings in C Minor Op.15 - II. Scherzo: Allegro vivo

3. Quartet for Piano & Strings in C Minor Op.15 - III. Adagio

4. Quartet for Piano & Strings in C Minor Op.15 - IV. Allegro molto

5. Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 - Allegro molto moderato

6. Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 - Allegro molto

7. Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 - Adagio non troppo

8. Quartet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in G minor Op. 45 - Allegro molto

CD5

1. Quintet for Piano & Strings Nr.1 Op.89 - Molto Moderato

2. Quintet for Piano & Strings Nr.1 Op.89 - Adagio

3. Quintet for Piano & Strings Nr.1 Op.89 - Allegretto moderato

4. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 - I. Allegro moderato

5. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 - II. Allegro vivo

6. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 - III. Andante moderato

7. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 - IV. Allegro molto

8. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115 - Morceau de lecture for Two Cellos

Renaud Capuçon,

Gautier Capuçon,

Nicholas Angelich,

Quatuor Ébène,

Gérard Caussé

Chamber works by Fauré, the influential composer who bridged the Romantic and Modern era in French music, are performed by a magnificent line-up of French and French-trained musicians.

Quintessentially Gallic in its amalgam of classical rigour, inventive harmonic language and subtle, but arresting sensuality, Fauré’s chamber music is here performed by nine leading French-born musicians – violinist Renaud Capuçon, violist Gérard Caussé, cellists Gautier Capuçon and Raphaël Merlin, pianist Michel D'Alberto, string quartet Quatuor Ebène – and an honorary Frenchman, US-born, Paris-trained pianist Nicholas Angelich. The four CDs comprise works for two, three, four and five instruments and span the composer’s career from early works, influenced by his teacher Saint-Saëns, to the more rarefied compositions of his later years.

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