Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Quatuor Ébène, Gérard Caussé - Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings (2011)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Andante
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro vivo
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro quasi presto
05. Berceuse, Op. 16
06. Romance in B-Flat Major, Op. 28
07. Andante in B-Flat Major, Op. 75
08. Morceau de Lecture
09. Violin Sonata No.2 in E Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro non troppo
10. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108: II. Andante
11. Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108: III. Allegro non troppo

CD2
01. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: I. Allegro
02. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: II. Andante
03. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: III. Final-Allegro commodo
04. Élégie, Op. 24
05. Papillon, Op. 77
06. Romance in A Major, Op. 69
07. Sérénade, Op. 98
08. Sicilienne, Op. 78
09. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: I. Allegro
10. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: II. Andante
11. Deuxième Sonate Op.117: III. Allegro vivo

CD3
01. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120: I. Allegro, ma non troppo
02. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120: II. Andantino
03. Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120: III. Allegro vivo
04. String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 121: I. Allegro moderato
05. String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 121: II. Andante
06. String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 121: III. Allegro

CD4
01. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15: I. Allegro molto moderato
02. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15: II. Scherzo-Allegro vivo
03. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15: III. Adagio
04. Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15: IV. Allegro molto
05. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto moderato
06. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45: II. Allegro molto
07. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45: III. Adagio non troppo
08. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45: IV. Allegro molto

CD5
01. Piano Quintet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 89: I. Molto moderato
02. Piano Quintet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 89: II. Adagio
03. Piano Quintet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 89: III. Allegretto moderato
04. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115: I. Allegro moderato
05. Piano Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 115: II. Allegro vivo
06. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115: III. Andante moderato
07. Quintet for Piano & Strings No.2 Op.115: IV. Allegro molto
08. Morceau de lecture for Two Cellos

Chamber works by Fauré, the influential composer who bridged the Romantic and Modern era in French music, are performed by a magnificent line-up of French and French-trained musicians.

Quintessentially Gallic in its amalgam of classical rigour, inventive harmonic language and subtle, but arresting sensuality, Fauré’s chamber music is here performed by nine leading French-born musicians – violinist Renaud Capuçon, violist Gérard Caussé, cellists Gautier Capuçon and Raphaël Merlin, pianist Michel D’Alberto, string quartet Quatuor Ebène – and an honorary Frenchman, US-born, Paris-trained pianist Nicholas Angelich. The four CDs comprise works for two, three, four and five instruments and span the composer’s career from early works, influenced by his teacher Saint-Saëns, to the more rarefied compositions of his later years.

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