The later, string-quintet version of Fauré’s song cycle, celebrating his affection for the married Emma Bardac, is sung and played with beauty and finesse Nicky Spence/Julius Drake/Piatti Quartet: ...
(2) Songs, Movements: No. 1, La papillon de la fleur (1861) Gabriel Fauré, Composer Graham Johnson, Piano Jennifer Smith, Soprano (3) Songs, Movements: No. 2, Rêve d'amour (wds. Hugo: c1862) Graham ...
Musical anniversaries can be mixed gifts. Composer “Years,” which carry the possibility of deeper exposure to music less often heard, also have a way of creating program overkill. Tenor Nicky Spence ...
A muscularity and lack of preciousness in these performances bring out the subtleties in Fauré’s late works This collection of Gabriel Fauré’s chamber music is by no means comprehensive; for a ...