Description Gabriel Faure: 50 Songs Medium/Low Voice A substantial edition of art song literature edited by Laura Ward and Richard Walters. Songlist A Clymene Adieu Apres Un Reve Arpege Au Bord De L'eau Au Cimetiere Aurore Automne Avant Que Tu Ne T'en Ailles C'est L'extase Chanson Chanson D'amour Clair De Lune Dans La Foret De Septembre Dans Les Ruines D'une Abbaye Donc, Ce Sera Par Un Clair Jour D'ete En Priere En Sourdine Fleur Jetee Green Ici-bas J'ai Presque Peur En Verite J'allais Par Des Chemins Perfides La Lune Blanche La Rose Larmes Le Secret Les Berceaux Les Matelots Les Roses D'ispahan L'hiver A Cesse Lydia Madrigal Mai Mandoline Nell N'est'-ce-pas Notre Amour Prison Puisque L'aube Grandit Rencontre Reve D'amour Serenade Toscane Seule Soir Spleen Sylvie Toujours Tristesse Une Sainte En Son Aureole

This is the first volume in a five-volume set of the complete songs and vocalises of Gabriel Fauré the only complete critical edition. Based on the study of hundreds of manuscript and printed sources Roy Howat and Emily Kilpatrick have tested the edition internationally in masterclasses workshops seminars concerts and recordings with the participation of professional singers students teachers coaches and specialists. This first volume contains all songs written up to 1882 encompassing many of Fauré’s most well-known and loved songs including Après un rêve Le papillon et la fleur and Au bord de l’eau. The volume includesa preface in French English and German and translations into English and German of the original poetry.

Includes versions for High Medium or Low Voice (D minor C minor and Bb minor). Edited by Roger Nichols.The text for Après un Rêve is by a friend of Fauré Romain Bussine a professor of singing at the Paris Conservatoire. It is loosely based on an anonymous Tuscan poem and both texts were included when the song was published in 1878. The original key was C minor but Fauré authorised a D minor transposition shortly afterwards.