Faure - Complete Piano Works

Fauré’s songs and other vocal works are the prominent element in his oeuvre. This nineteenth-century French composer could paint colours with his often delicate music. However, he wrote quite a number of works for piano solo as well: enough to cover 4 CD’s.

Although Chopin posed as a model at the start of Fauré’s career – viz. titles like mazurka and nocturne – his piano music has always been itself: music in its most independent form. The composer did nothing to comply with pressionism, the fashion at the time.

French pianist Jean-Philippe Collard holds a passionate plea for Fauré’s piano music.

CD 1
1.
No. 1 in E flat minor Op. 33 No. 1

7:50
2.
No. 2 in B major Op. 33 No. 2

5:54
3.
No. 3 in A flat major Op. 33 No. 3

5:01
4.
No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36

7:00
5.
No. 5 in B flat major Op. 37

8:26
6.
No. 6 in D flat major Op. 63

9:11
7.
No. 7 in C sharp minor Op. 74

10:02
8.
No. 8 in D flat major Op. 84 No. 8

2:27
9.
No. 9 in B minor Op. 97

4:50
10.
No. 10 in E minor Op. 99

4:32
11.
No. 11 in F sharp minor Op. 104 No. 1

4:21
Total:
70:22
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano Recording: 1973, Salle Wagram, Paris Producer: Eric Macleod Engineer: Paul Vavasseur Licensed courtesy of EMI Classics, www.emiclassics.com  

CD 2
Nocturnes (Continuation)
1.
No. 12 in E minor Op. 107

5:42
2.
No. 13 in B minor Op. 119

7:12
Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Op. 73
3.
Thème

2:10
4.
Variation 1

1:03
5.
Variation 2

0:46
6.
Variation 3

0:42
7.
Variation 4

0:47
8.
Variation 5

0:51
9.
Variation 6

2:06
10.
Variation 7

0:49
11.
Variation 8

1:37
12.
Variation 9

1:32
13.
Variation 10

1:03
14.
Variation 11

2:40
15.
Ballade in F sharp major Op. 19

14:33
Préludes Op. 103
16.
No. 1 in D flat major

3:31
17.
No. 2 in C sharp minor

2:09
18.
No. 3 in G minor

3:46
19.
No. 4 in F major

1:39
20.
No. 5 in D minor

2:49
21.
No. 6 in E flat minor

2:49
22.
No. 7 in A major

2:35
23.
No. 8 in C minor

1:08
24.
No. 9 in E minor

2:49 
Total:
67:48
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano Recording: 1973 (Nocturnes, Theme et Variations); 1980 (Préludes); 1983 (Ballade), Salle Wagram, Paris Producer: Eric MacleodENgineer: Paul Vavassuer (Nocturnes, Theme et Variations); Roger Ducourtieux (Ballade); Serge Rémy (Préludes) Licensed courtesy of EMI Classics, www.emiclassics.com  

CD 3
Barcarolles
1.
No. 1 in A minor Op. 26

4:28
2.
No. 2 in G major Op. 41

6:27
3.
No. 3 in G flat major Op. 42

7:20
4.
No. 4 in A flat major Op. 44

3:44
5.
No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66

5:56
6.
No. 6 in E flat major Op. 70

3:21
7.
No. 7 in D minor Op. 90

2:58
8.
No. 8 in D flat major Op. 96

3:16
9.
No. 9 in A minor Op. 101

3:55
10.
No. 10 in A minor Op. 104 No. 2

2:52
11.
No. 11 in G minor Op. 105

3:52
12.
No. 12 in E flat major Op. 106 bis

2:58
13.
No. 13 in C major Op. 116

3:16
Impromptus
14.
No. 1 in E flat major Op. 25

3:39
15.
No. 2 in F minor Op. 31

4:03
16.
No. 3 in A flat major Op. 34

4:41
17.
No. 4 in D flat major Op. 91

5:24
18.
No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 102

2:09
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total:
75:28
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano Recording: 1970-1983, Salle Wagram, Paris Producer: Eric Macleod Engineers: Paul Vavasseur, Serge Rémy, Roger Ducourtieux Licensed courtesy of EMI Classics, www.emiclassics.com  

CD 4
4 Valses-Caprices
1.
No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 30

6:25
2.
No. 2 in D flat major Op. 38

6:40
3.
No. 3 in G flat major Op. 59

6:53
4.
No. 4 in A flat major Op. 62

6:17
8 Pièces Brèves Op. 84
5.
Capriccio in E flat major

1:49
6.
Fantaisie in A flat major

1:47
7.
Fugue in A minor

2:31
8.
Adagietto in E minor

3:03
9.
Improvisation in C sharp minor

1:20
10.
Fugue in E minor

2:44
11.
Allégresse in C major

1:28
12.
Nocturne in D flat major

2:55
13.
Mazurka Op. 32

6:18
3 Romances Sans Paroles
14.
No. 1 in A flat major

1:31
15.
No. 2 in A minor

2:37
16.
No. 3 in A flat major

1:45
Dolly Suite, pour piano à quatre-mains, Op. 56
17.
Berceuse

2:34
18.
Mi-a-ou

1:47
19.
Le jardin de Dolly

2:03
20.
Kitty-Valse

2:10
21.
Tendresse

3:13
22.
Le pas espagnol

2:01
23.
Souvenir de Bayreuth, pour piano à quatre mains (Arr. André Messager)
4:12
 
Total:
75:07
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano Bruno Rigutto, piano (17-24) Recording: 1970-1983 Salle Wagram, Paris Producer: Eric Macleod Engineer: Paul Vavasseur, Serge Rémy, Roger Ducourtieux Licensed courtesy of EMI Classics, www.emiclassics.com

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