Gabriel Fauré

Barcarolles

Fauré's '13 Barcarolles', composed over a period of almost four decades (1882-1921), are highly representative of his piano oeuvre and are considered his most characteristic works. They reflect his move away from the Romantic idiom of Chopin and Mendelssohn in particular towards an independent musical language in which he harmoniously reconciled tradition and emerging modernism.

Bärenreiter is now making these important work complexes available in critical-practical Urtext editions based on the 'oeuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré'. They reflect the latest state of research and provide the performer with detailed prefaces on the genesis and significance of the works as well as valuable information on historical interpretation.
In addition to all available manuscript and printed sources, piano rolls with recordings by the composer were also consulted, which led to new insights into the 'Valses-Caprices' in particular.

> Edited on the basis of the 'oeuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré'
> Including the latest research results and extensive source research
> Informative preface with notes on performance practice (French/English/German)

Christophe Grabowski, French pianist and musicologist, studied in Warsaw and Paris. He is the editor of a volume of the 'oeuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré', series editor of the new Chopin complete edition ('Complete Chopin. A New Critical Edition') and two volumes of the 'Édition Complète des oeuvres de Claude Debussy'. Together with John Rink, he published the 'Annotated Catalogue of Chopin's First Editions' in 2010.