The Fauré Album

Gabriel Faure (Composer), Akira Eguchi (Performer), Brinton Smith (Performer), Gil Shaham (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Akira Eguchi, Brinton Smith, Gil Shaham
• Composer: Gabriel Faure
• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Canary Classics
• ASIN: B000VXVYWO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,779 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Priviledge, March 17, 2009

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Brian Siegel (Greenville, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fauré Album (Audio CD)

I only know Faure from his "Berceuse". I don't know that the musicians were trying to prove anything. But this is beautiful music, lovingly made by impressive musicians. As an earlier review remarked, Shaham's breathing adds an extra intimacy to these recordings. Delightful.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fauré as It Was Meant to be Played, January 11, 2008

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fauré Album (Audio CD)

This disc on Canary Classics has precisely the same performances as those on the earlier Artemis CD. I'm not quite sure why the name change from Artemis to Canary, but I do believe Gil Shaham founded both labels. Perhaps the latter has simply superseded the former. The artwork is different but the booklet notes are the same. And the performances are simply marvelous. One could argue that Fauré shouldn't be played in quite the romantic way that Shaham and his colleagues -- pianist Akira Eguchi and cellist Brinton Smith -- do it, but frankly I think the music, even the late piano trio, benefits from it.

There have been a number of customer reviews at the product page for the earlier version of this CD and I'd suggest you go there for the opinions of several other reviewers. The Artemis version is here: The Fauré Album

Recommended.

Scott Morrison