Gabriel Fauré (Faure)

[Madiel]

The op.84 collection was not the composer's idea, it was his publisher's. It brings together small pieces that were written across several decades. If I recall correctly the Nocturne was one of the newest ones.

[Spotted Horses]

The op.84 collection was not the composer's idea, it was his publisher's. It brings together small pieces that were written across several decades. If I recall correctly the Nocturne was one of the newest ones.

Oh. That reduces the incentive to listen together. I was imagining something along the lines of Hindemith's sets of diverse sonatas.

[Mandryka]

Gorgeous old fashioned serious but tender and radiant op 120 trio here from Trio Op 8

[Mandryka]

Tremendous sense of naturalness, authenticity, modesty in this Fauré cd. Some of the later songs, with double digit opus numbers, are fabulous. I'd kind of dismissed it before because I thought the earlier songs weren't so interesting: that was a mistake.

[Spotted Horses]

Tremendous sense of naturalness, authenticity, modesty in this Fauré cd. Some of the later songs, with double digit opus numbers, are fabulous. I'd kind of dismissed it before because I thought the earlier songs weren't so interesting: that was a mistake.

I was the names of a male and a female. To my disappointment, I found out the male was the vocalist.

[Mandryka]

I was the names of a male and a female. To my disappointment, I found out the male was the vocalist.

A bit of amusing discussion about him here -from my post 18. All trained singers seem to hate him.

https://www.talkclassical.com/threads/singers-with-bad-technique-who-you-like-anyway.89609/?post_id=2668648#post-2668648

[Spotted Horses]

A bit of amusing discussion about him here -from my post 18. All trained singers seem to hate him.

https://www.talkclassical.com/threads/singers-with-bad-technique-who-you-like-anyway.89609/?post_id=2668648#post-2668648

For me it's nothing that sophisticated. I don't really enjoy "classical" lieder/melodie singing, and male voices are less attractive than female.

I can only think of two releases in that genre that I really like.

[Mandryka]

This is a pretty new release - April this year. I have to say, I think Stéphane Degout is an outstanding barytone, flexible and expressive. Planès seems OK, rather nice. And the recording includes all the main Faure cycles for male voice - La Bonne Chanson, Mirages, Horizons Chimériques.

[Symphonic Addict]

According to JPC, to be released on October 25th:

Gabriel Fauré - The Complete Works



And it includes Promethée, so it does seem to be his complete compositions.

[Madiel]

Ooh. I'll have to sit down and cross check against my thorough list, but it does have some of the most obscure works like the Hymn to the Apollo and the military band funeral march, as well as both operas. Colour me interested.

[Madiel]

I've had a chance to look at the list of music I have from Grove Music over a decade ago... this new box is about as complete as you could get. There are a few things mentioned on the list that don't seem to be in there, but some of these things it's not entirely clear whether they're actually completed music rather than sketches, or in a performable state. And this is not to mention things that Grove explicitly marks as lost.

Basically it looks as if the coverage is as comprehensive as they could possibly make it, and there are some truly obscure things in there, like the early piano sonata I didn't even remember existed.

It's another one of their very attractive-looking boxes too, and not too much padding with additional recordings. Hmm. At least I have time to think about it.

PS Presto has a small placeholder entry with the same release date.

[Symphonic Addict]

Another new recording, to be released on November 8th:



The Violin Concerto is only a first movement.

[DaveF]

According to JPC, to be released on October 25th:

Gabriel Fauré - The Complete Works



And it includes Promethée, so it does seem to be his complete compositions.

Now that is interesting.  Has Promethée been previously recorded, or is it new for this collection (I wonder)?  And as for a piano sonata... I was only fairly recently surprised by the existence of the Violin Concerto.  Whatever next - a symphony? a chamber work in a major key?

[Luke]

Are we not counting the first violin sonata (A major)?

[DaveF]

Are we not counting the first violin sonata (A major)?

Yeah, tongue was very slightly in cheek there.  Find me another piece though!

[Luke]

There's a violin and piano piece in Bb major apparently. But I take your point!

[Mandryka]

Volondat is very divisive. I'm really very enthusiastic about the op 103. Imaginative, interventionist, not so well recorded, often slow and full of pauses, but suffused with so much expressive melancholy that for me, it's essential.

I first got to know of Volondat  when he shared a concert platform with Henri Barda - a great pianist. So Barda and I are agreed I guess.

Back to Volondat after three months, and I'm more convinced than ever that the performances are magnificent.

[Spotted Horses]

Another new recording, to be released on November 8th:



The Violin Concerto is only a first movement.

From my extensive research (wikipedia page) I discovered that the second movement of the concerto was reworked as the andante for violin and piano, Op 75. Some enterprising composer could conceivably re-orchestrate it, although we would still be left with no finale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Fauré)

[Madiel]

From my extensive research (wikipedia page) I discovered that the second movement of the concerto was reworked as the andante for violin and piano, Op 75. Some enterprising composer could conceivably re-orchestrate it, although we would still be left with no finale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Fauré)

Yes, there are several instances where Faure reused music in later projects. Another example is Masques et bergamasques, where only one movement was wholly new.

[Luke]

Back to Volondat after three months, and I'm more convinced than ever that the performances are magnificent.

I bought this after your previous recommendation and I tend to agree with it.