FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 01:12:50 | 280 Mb
Classical, Instrumental, Easy Listening
If a chamber music ensemble can stand together in the same lineup for 25 years, it must be doing something right. The Fauré Quartett can be assumed to be doing so: As one of the world’s leading piano quartets, the for musicians are at the zenith of chamber music, touring the world’s most important venues and breaking down musical boundaries with their recordings. Their Pop Songs album was followed by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninov’s Études-Tableaux in 2018, which have never been heard so rousingly before. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its foundation, the quartet turns its attention to a composer who is at the same time both long overdue and right now perfectly fit to be recorded properly: Gabriel Fauré.
Tracklist:
01. Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto moderato (10:34)
02. Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 45: II. Allegro molto (3:06)
03. Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 45: III. Adagio non troppo (9:46)
04. Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 45: IV. Allegro molto (8:35)
05. 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 2, Notre Amour (Arr. for Piano Quartet) (1:36)
06. 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 1, Les Berceaux (Arr. for Piano Quartet) (2:37)
07. 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (Arr. for Piano Quartet) (2:52)
08. 2 Songs, Op. 46: No. 2, Clair de lune (Arr. for Piano Quartet) (2:37)
09. 5 Mélodies, Op. 58: No. 1, Mandoline (Arr. for Piano Quartet) (1:45)
10. Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15: I. Allegro molto moderato (9:14)
11. Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo – Trio (5:16)
12. Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15: III. Adagio (7:16)
13. Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 15: IV. Finale. Allegro molto (7:41)