Jean-Philippe Collard - Fauré: Barcarolles, Impromtus (1990)

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Title: Fauré: Barcarolles, Impromtus
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: EMI Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:30:24
Total Size: 552 Mb
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Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

CD 1:

01. Barcarolle for piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26 [0:04:32.45]
02. Barcarolle for piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 41 [0:06:30.50]
03. Barcarolle for piano No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42 [0:07:23.65]
04. Barcarolle for piano No. 4 in A flat major, Op. 44 [0:03:47.67]
05. Barcarolle for piano No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 66 [0:06:00.65]
06. Barcarolle for piano No. 6 in E flat major, Op. 70 [0:03:24.63]
07. Barcarolle for piano No. 7 in D minor, Op. 90 [0:03:01.65]
08. Barcarolle for piano No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 96 [0:03:20.27]
09. Barcarolle for piano No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101 [0:03:59.53]
10. Barcarolle for piano No. 10 in A minor, Op. 104/2 [0:02:55.47]
11. Barcarolle for piano No. 11 in G minor, Op. 105 [0:03:56.30]
12. Barcarolle for piano No. 12 in E flat major, Op.106bis [0:03:01.38]
13. Barcarolle for piano No. 13 in C major, Op. 116 [0:03:24.10]
14. Impromptu for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 25 [0:03:41.07]
15. Impromptu for piano No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31 [0:04:05.45]
16. Impromptu for piano No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 34 [0:04:44.40]
17. Impromptu for piano No. 4 in D flat major, Op. 91 [0:05:27.15]
18. Impromptu for piano No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 102 [0:02:09.53]

CD 2:
01. Valse-caprice No.1 in F sharp minor Op.30 [0:06:25.48]
02. Valse-caprice No.2 in D flat major Op.38 [0:06:41.05]
03. Valse-caprice No.3 in G flat major Op.59 [0:06:53.72]
04. Valse-caprice No.4 in A flat major Op.62 [0:06:23.30]
05. Pièces brèves Op.84: Capriccio in E flat major [0:01:51.15]
06. Pièces brèves Op.84: Fantaisie in A flat major [0:01:49.43]
07. Pièces brèves Op.84: Fugue in A minor [0:02:32.52]
08. Pièces brèves Op.84: Adagietto in E minor [0:03:05.18]
09. Pièces brèves Op.84: Improvisation in C sharp minor [0:01:21.55]
10. Pièces brèves Op.84: Fugue in E minor [0:02:45.45]
11. Pièces brèves Op.84: Allégresse in C major [0:01:30.15]
12. Pièces brèves Op.84: Nocturne in D flat major [0:03:01.57]
13. Mazurka Op.32 [0:06:24.43]
14. Romances sans paroles: No.1 in A flat major [0:01:33.47]
15. Romances sans paroles: No.2 in A minor [0:02:39.35]
16. Pièces brèves Op.84: No.3 in A flat major [0:01:51.08]
17. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu [0:02:36.02]
18. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu (2) [0:01:49.45]
19. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu (3) [0:02:05.18]
20. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu (4) [0:02:13.00]
21. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu (5) [0:03:14.35]
22. Dolly Suite, pour piano à qu (6) [0:02:05.57]
23. Souvenir de Bayreuth, pour piano à quatre mains (Arr. André Messager) [0:04:12.40]

Performers:
Jean-Philippe Collard - piano
Bruno Rigutto - piano

Faure's outpout for the piano is prodigious, but the intensely introspective nature of his music has eluded performers and audience alike. Thankfully, pianists like Collard have made this music available to the public. Collard's Faure is buoyant, lyrical, youthful and therefore somewhat straight forward, yet it is an approach that rescues this music from sentimentality, especially in those written during Faure's early period. For example, when compared to Paul Crossley, whose Valses-Caprice stretches rhythmic freedom beyond good taste, Collard's no-nonsense reading brings out the vitality of these exquisite pieces. If you like Chopin already but are not familiar with Faure, this would be a good introduction.


Jean-Philippe Collard - Fauré: Barcarolles, Impromtus (1990)