Le tout dernier livre dans cette série très populaire couvrant la musique du compositeur français, Gabriel Faure. Inclus des arrangements des mélodies de ses célèbres Requiem et le Pavane Op.50. / Classique / Partition /

Par FAURE GABRIEL. Fauré composed his 5 impromptus in two distinct periods of his career, in 1881?83 and 1906?09. Inspired by Chopin?s example, the brilliant early impromptus (opp. 25, 31 and 34) resemble lyrical études that seem like improvisations but are laid out in symmetrical form with a coda. In contrast, the impromptus opp. 91 and 102 are far more boldly conceived in their sonority, harmony and virtuosity. This scholarly-critical Urtext edition is edited by Jean-Pierre Bartoli, a musicologist and professor at the Sorbonne. It presents the musical text from the corresponding complete edition volume (BA 9471) which was published in 2020 as part of the ?OEuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré?. The edition contains a knowledgeable Foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng). It goes without saying that a reader friendly engraving, practical page turns and valuable performance suggestions are also included./ Répertoire / Piano

Gabriel Fauré?s four Valses-Caprices (1882/83 1894) demonstrate various forms of his treatment of the waltz in combination with the free form of the caprice. The composer drew his inspiration for his Valses-Caprices in the first place from works such as Liszt?s Valse-Impromptu and his Valse capriccio and the famous Valse-Caprice by Anton Rubinstein.These important works are now made available in scholarly-critical Urtext editions based on the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré and reflect the latest state of research. Detailed forewords offer information on the genesis and significance ofthe compositions as well as valuable suggestions on historical interpretation.All the available manuscript and printed sources as well as piano rolls containing recordings by the composer have been taken into consideration leading to new discoveries particularly regarding the Valses-Caprices.Based on the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel FauréBased on the latest research findings and extensive source studiesInformative forewords with advice on performance practice (Fr/Eng/Ger)Christophe Grabowski is a French pianist and doctor of musicology and studied in Warsaw and Paris. He has edited a volume of the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré and is Series Editor of the Complete Chopin: A New Critical Edition as well as two volumes of the Édition Complète des ?uvres de Claude Debussy. Together with John Rink he published the Annotated Catalogue of Chopin?s First Editions in 2010.

Gabriel Fauré's Nocturnes nos. 1-8. Gabriel Fauré was born in Pamiers (Ariège) on 12 May 1845. Owing to his precocious musical gifts he was able at the age of nine to enter the celebrated Niedermeyer School founded in Paris to train organists and choirmasters. For about ten years he received instruction of great quality centred mainly on the study of sacred music and the great classic masterpieces into which he was initiated notably by Camille Saint-Saëns his Piano teacher. As soon as he left the school Fauré began a brilliant career as an organist. In 1896 he succeededThéodore Dubois as an organist at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris and was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatory where his pupils included Ravel Koechlin Enesco and Schmitt. Meanwhile he had met Liszt in Weimar and had been initiated into Wagner’s art which however never really influenced him. Appointed director of the Conservatory in 1905 after Théodore Dubois’ resignation a member of the French Institute and music critic Fauré spent his last years in solitude suffering from an irreversible deafness that obliged him to resign from the Conservatory in 1920. He died in Paris on 4 th November 1924. The music of this sometimes misunderstood composer who wrote in nearly all genres (except Organ music) is of great refinement. An enemy of bombast Fauré put his elegant counterpoint a highly individual harmonic style unpredictable turns of phrase and the secret of an unusual musical sensitivity at the service of music that is both varied and of very high quality.  

The music of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) is an important link between the innovations of late Romanticism and the experimentation of the early 20th century. A student of Saint-Saëns, he, in turn, taught Ravel and was a mentor to the young modernists of Les Six. These 12 nocturnes and 12 barcarolles, composed over a span of 40 years, document his move from Romanticism to the frontiers of 20th-century music. Reprinted from authoritative French editions.

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874 after many years spent in the 'provinces' the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he worked not only as a church musician but as a teacher as well. In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane Op. 50 originally intended for a concert providing light entertainment which soon gained wide popularity as an orchestral setting without and with the chorus added by Fauré. The romantic slightly melancholy melody is a catchy tune which thanks to the present arrangement can now also be played on the piano.

Following the release in 2003 of the Urtext Peters Edition publication of Fauré's Pièces brèves (EP 7601), the eminent French music specialist Roy Howat has taken an in-depth look at another lesser-known collection of piano pieces by Gabriel Fauré ? /

Par DAMASE JEAN-MICHEL. Une exceptionnelle Masterclass d'interprétation par Jean-Michel Damase, l'un des grands dépositaires de la musique classique du 20e siècle. 2 heures de Masterclass et un portrait de Jean-Michel Damase. The Masterclass collection réunit une série de DVD ayant pour thème les cours des 'Maîtres de Musique'. Cette collection sera la référence pour tous les mélomanes. Une réalisation soignée, un son de très haute qualité, tous les moyens sont mis en oeuvre pour que le DVD restitue l'intégralité du contenu pédagogique d'une Masterclass. Jean-Michel Damase eut la chance d'être élevé dés son enfance dans un climat de musique française, (sa mère la célèbre harpiste Micheline Kahn, fut la créatrice des oeuvres de Fauré et Ravel). Après un 1er Prix de Piano à l'Unanimité obtenu à 15 ans au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, il fut l'élève privilégié d'Alfred Cortot, et poursuivit ses études musicales sanctionnées par un 1er Prix de Composition et le 1er Grand Prix de Rome. Il pratique la musique sous bien des aspects. Compositeur de Ballets pour Roland Petit et le Marquis de Cuevas, d'ouvrages lyriques sur des textes de Jean Anouilh et Louise de Vilmorin, de nombreuses oeuvres de musique de chambre crées par Jean-Pierre Rampal et Lily Laskine. Il n'oublia jamais ses premières amours, la musique française de piano, obtenant le Grand Prix du Disque pour le premier enregistrement intégral des Nocturnes et des. Barcarolles de Gabriel Fauré, réédité récemment en CD, et enseignant aujourd'hui, ce répertoire à de jeunes pianistes, tant en France, aux Etats-Unis et au Japon. Direction artistique de la collection: Jean-Bernard Beauchamp Producteur délégué: Richard Stéphant Réalisation: Alban Blay / classique / Date parution : 2006-02-20/ Accessoire / Piano

Fauré?s 13 Nocturnes form the most significant group of piano character pieces in his oeuvre. Despite their title which places them in the tradition of John Field and Frédéric Chopin Fauré here develops a genre all of his own.These are no dreamy scenes of the night but carefully structured iridescent pieces that alternate between lyrical elegance and passionate drama. Fauré composed the 6th Nocturne in 1894 while spending the summer at the house ofhis parents-in-law. With its strong contrasts of tempo metre and harmony it is by far the most significant and best-known of his Nocturnes. In a letter that he wrote after completing it Fauré wrote: ?Modern piano music that isa little interesting is an extremely rare thing? a state of affairs that seems to have been a good enough incentive for him to enrich the repertoire with his Nocturne op. 63!

Cantique De Jean Racine is one of Faure's beautiful choral works composed in 1865 while he was still a student at the Niedermeyer School. This choral piece has been arranged for solo piano by Martin Setchell.

Par FAURE GABRIEL. Gabriel Faure 's Nocturnes, nos. 1-8. Gabriel Faure was born in Pamiers (Ariège) on 12 May 1845. Owing to his precocious musical gifts, he was able, at the age of nine, to enter the celebrated Niedermeyer School, founded in Paris to train organists and choirmasters. For about ten years he received instruction of great quality, centred mainly on the study of sacred music and the great classic masterpieces, into which he was initiated notably by Camille Saint-Saë ns, his Piano teacher. As soon as he left the school, Faure began a brilliant career as an organist. In 1896 he succeededTheodore Dubois as an organist at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, and was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatory, where his pupils included Ravel, Koechlin, Enesco and Schmitt. Meanwhile, he had met Liszt in Weimar and had been initiated into Wagner's art, which, however, never really influenced him. Appointed director of the Conservatory in 1905 after Theodore Dubois' resignation, a member of the French Institute and music critic, Faure spent his last years in solitude, suffering from an irreversible deafness that obliged him to resign from the Conservatory in 1920. He died in Paris on 4 th November 1924. The music of this sometimes misunderstood composer who wrote in nearly all genres (except Organ music) is of great refinement. An enemy of bombast, Faure put his elegant counterpoint, a highly individual harmonic style, unpredictable turns of phrase, and the secret of an unusual musical sensitivity at the service of music that is both varied and of very high quality./ Répertoire / Piano

The new Peters edition of Faure's Barcarolles like that of the Nocturnes draws on a very wide range of sources including piano rolls played by him and printed copies bearing his corrections.