Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Nocturnes (3) for piano, Op. 33: No. 1 in E flat minor
2. Nocturnes (3) for piano, Op. 33: No. 2 in B major
3. Nocturnes (3) for piano, Op. 33: No. 3 in A flat major
4. Nocturne for piano No. 4 in E major, Op. 36
5. Nocturne for piano No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 37
6. Nocturne for piano No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63
7. Nocturne for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 74
8. Nocturne for piano No. 8 in D flat major (also in Huit pièces brèves), Op. 84/8
9. Nocturne for piano No. 9 in B minor, Op. 97
10. Nocturne for piano No. 10 in B minor, Op. 99
11. Nocturne for piano No. 11 in F sharp minor, Op. 104/1

Disc 2:

1. Nocturne for piano No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107
2. Nocturne for piano No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119
3. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Thème
4. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 1
5. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 2
6. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 3
7. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 4
8. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 5
9. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 6
10. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 7
11. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 8
12. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 9
13. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 10
14. Thème et variations, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 73: Variation 11
15. Ballade for piano & orchestra (or piano solo) in F sharp major, Op. 19
16. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 1 in D flat major
17. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 2 in C sharp minor
18. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 3 in G minor
19. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 4 in F major
20. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 5 in D minor
21. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 6 in E flat minor
22. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 7 in A major
23. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 8 in C minor
24. Préludes (9) for piano, Op. 103: No. 9 in E minor

Disc 3:

1. Barcarolle for piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26
2. Barcarolle for piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 41
3. Barcarolle for piano No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42
4. Barcarolle for piano No. 4 in A flat major, Op. 44
5. Barcarolle for piano No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 66
6. Barcarolle for piano No. 6 in E flat major, Op. 70
7. Barcarolle for piano No. 7 in D minor, Op. 90
8. Barcarolle for piano No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 96
9. Barcarolle for piano No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101
10. Barcarolle for piano No. 10 in A minor, Op. 104/2
11. Barcarolle for piano No. 11 in G minor, Op. 105
12. Barcarolle for piano No. 12 in E flat major, Op.106bis
13. Barcarolle for piano No. 13 in C major, Op. 116
14. Impromptu for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 25
15. Impromptu for piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31
16. Impromptu for piano No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 34
17. Impromptu for piano No. 4 in D flat major, Op. 91
18. Impromptu for piano No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 102

Disc 4:

1. Valse-caprice for piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 30
2. Valse-caprice for piano No. 2 in D flat major, Op. 38
3. Valse-caprice for piano No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 59
4. Valse-caprice for piano No. 4 in A flat major, Op. 62
5. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Capriccio in E flat major
6. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Fantaisie in A flat major
7. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Fugue in A minor
8. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Adagietto in E minor
9. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Improvisation in C sharp minor
10. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Fugue in E minor
11. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Allégresse in C major
12. Pièces brèves (8), for piano, Op. 84: Nocturne in D flat major
13. Mazurka for piano in B flat major, Op. 32
14. Romances sans paroles (3) for piano, Op. 17: No. 1 in A flat major
15. Romances sans paroles (3) for piano, Op. 17: No. 2 in A minor
16. Romances sans paroles (3) for piano, Op. 17: No. 3 in A flat major
17. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Berceuse
18. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Mi-a-ou
19. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Le jardin de Dolly
20. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Kitty-Valse
21. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Tendresse
22. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Le pas espagnol
23. Work(s): Souvenir de Bayreuth, pour piano à quatre mains

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22368 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-25
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .29 pounds

Customer Reviews

Aristocratic refinement !
How many composers over all those years really deserve to be described as aristocrats in the most extensive sense of the term?. Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Mendelssohn...

But Faure has to be included in this reduced; nor would he be the least in importance of that select group.

The harmonic richness of his works, the enchanting musicianship, the serene lyricism and the enraptured spirit that nourish every one of his pieces is something worthy to mention.

His musical canvas literally hovered an empty place into the French music. Berlioz was the supreme master of great orchestral masses, the widest known composer around the world and the epitome of the Symphonic Poem, on the other hand the arrival of the Belle Epoque enhanced mostly the great stages and Camille Saint Saens erected as the next promise of the Symphonic genre as well as the renovated genre of the Piano Concerto.

But the void in what concerns to the chamber music genre was more than evident. French could not boast of an intimate composer a la Chopin, for instance, capable to reflect the spiritual essence of its age.

Faure took that coveted place and knew to preserve it until his death in 1924. He knew to stand aloof of the new tendencies and his artistic integrity had not parallel by then.

The relevance of his music was kept in mind thanks basically to Emma Boynet,Jeanne Marie Darre and specially Yehudi Menuhin who always worried by playing every time he could his almost unknown chamber repertoire. After the sixties with the arrival of pianists like Gabriel Tachino, Bruno Rigutto, Jean Philippe Collard, Grant Johansson and Aldo Ciccolini who played with febrile insistence many of his frequently neglected works.

For me, it's absolutely understandable the reason why this composer is not more performed while many others (whose names I rather to keep in silence for not hurting sensibilities) are surprisingly much more diffused and regarded.

In any case, if you love the piano music, come and get close to Gabriel Faure's universe. You'll be amazed.

Excellent
A famous set from the 70s reissued cheap. Excellent in every way.

Magnifique
Wonderful, right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Seriously, mellow out and take a listen to this set, you'll hear how incredibly ethereal Faure's piano pieces are.

Joao