Gabriel Faure: Piano Music
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CHR72731

By Hannes Minnaar. By Gabriel Faure. Classical. Hybrid super audio listening CD. Published by Challenge Records (NX.CHR72731).

UPC: 608917273120.

Thirteen Nocturnes and as many Barcarolles form the core of the collected output of Gabriel Urbain Faure for the piano. Night-time meditations, then, along with inspiration drawn from rippling water (the origins of the barcarolle lie in the songs sung by Venetian gondoliers and the word itself comes from the Italian ‘barca', a boat.) Along with some impromptus, preludes and other works, one might rapidly gain the impression of a delightful collection of salon music, whose titles may actually display the influence of Chopin. But this music is so very much more than pretty salon music. In the intimacy of these genres, Faure succeeded time and again in nothing short of exposing his very soul. And the French composer's style is entirely his own- original and personal- from the first note to the last.Hannes Minnaar received international acclaim after winning several international competitions and being awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. His two prior solo albums have been highly acclaimed, his debut winning him an Edison and a full-page article in Gramophone.

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