Gabriel Fauré

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...

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-Saens, he, in turn, taught...

Die Musik der kleinen Formen sollte der Schwerpunkt des französischen Komponisten Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) werden. Der Lehrer von Camille Saint-Saëns trat nach Jahren in der 'Provinz' 1874 eine Organ...

The new Peters edition of Fauré'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. Along w...

Fauré made a piano transcription of the 'Pavane', but subsequently he revised his original orchestral score. Howat's new transcription is true to the spirit of Fauré's arrangement. The preface quotes...

Roy Howat's arrangement of 'Dolly', based on his Urtext revision of the original duet version, sits firmly within the French tradition of transcription, with its focus on elegance and clarity of textu...

These exquisite pieces are among many Fauré works which have long puzzled pianists with illogical-seeming metronome markings. The issue is addressed comprehensively in this edition, presenting the per...

Even in these early pieces Fauré's penchant for unusual and daring harmonic shifts is already apparent. This edition offers alternative readings based on Fauré's piano-roll recording of the third roma...

Nowhere in Fauré's output are the polemics about tempo and metronome markings so pronounced as in this extended and relatively neglected piece. The detective work for the scholar and the performer beg...

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 de...

Despite its unusual form - a structure with two sections, each comprising two movements that are to be played without interruption - this work from 1875 enjoyed great success from the start. In its ba...

At last Fauré's brilliant masterpiece is available in a modern urtext edition! This vibrant set of variations was premièred in London's St James Hall on 10 December 1896 and appeared in print the foll...

Après un rêve, written by Gabriel Fauré for solo voice and piano, is a charming performance piece for concerts and festive occasions and one of the most famous and most popular melodies by the French...

Après un rêve, written by Gabriel Fauré for solo voice and piano, is a charming performance piece for concerts and festive occasions and one of the most famous and most popular melodies by the French...