Virgin Classics assembled an all-star team of chamber musicians to put together this five-disc set of Gabriel Fauré's complete music for strings and piano. Only the String Quartet, Op. 121, by the Quatuor Ebène, was previously released. Fauré's chamber music -- with the exception of a couple of short works for cello and piano -- isn't as well known outside of France as that of Debussy and Ravel, although the two piano quartets are widely admired. The first one, in particular, has some delightful and memorable passages. His ...
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Virgin Classics assembled an all-star team of chamber musicians to put together this five-disc set of Gabriel Fauré's complete music for strings and piano. Only the String Quartet, Op. 121, by the Quatuor Ebène, was previously released. Fauré's chamber music -- with the exception of a couple of short works for cello and piano -- isn't as well known outside of France as that of Debussy and Ravel, although the two piano quartets are widely admired. The first one, in particular, has some delightful and memorable passages. His music is lush, lyrical, and full of heart-on-sleeve emotion; in other words, very traditionally romantic, but the harmonies are uniquely his and presage those that Debussy and Ravel would use. The musicians here -- Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Michel Dalberto, Nicholas Angelich, Gérard Caussé, and the Quatuor Ebène -- all play with great enthusiasm and sympathy for this music in all of its aspects, which is the best one can hope for in any performance. However, the sound of the...
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Very Good. Very Good condition. audioCD. Case Very Good. 5 disc set. Box Very Good, Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.
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