Description
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers.
Fauré’s major sets of piano works are thirteen nocturnes, thirteen barcarolles, six impromptus, and four valses-caprices. These sets were composed during several decades in his long career, and display the change in his style from uncomplicated youthful charm to a final enigmatic, but sometimes fiery introspection, by way of a turbulent period in his middle years
Like the nocturnes, the barcarolles span nearly the whole of Fauré’s composing career, and they similarly display the evolution of his style from the uncomplicated charm of the early pieces to the withdrawn and enigmatic quality of the late works. Here we have six out of the famous thirteen.
Contents:
- No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26
- No. 2 in G major, Op. 41
- No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 42
- No. 4 in A-flat major, Op. 44
- No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 66
- No. 6 in E-flat major, Op. 70
