Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 (Musique de Chambre)

Jean-Philippe Collard (Artist), Augustin Dumay (Artist), Bruno Pasquier (Artist), Frederic Lodeon (Artist), Quatuor Parrenin (Artist), Faure (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Faure
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Angel
• ASIN: B000002S0B
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Qt No.1 in c, Op.15: I. Allegro Molto Moderato - Jean-Philippe Collard/Augustin Dumay/Bruno Pasquier/Frederic Lodeon

2. Qt No.1 in c, Op.15: II. Allegro Vivo - Jean-Philippe Collard/Augustin Dumay/Bruno Pasquier/Frederic Lodeon

3. Qt No.1 in c, Op.15: III. Adagio - Jean-Philippe Collard/Augustin Dumay/Bruno Pasquier/Frederic Lodeon

4. Qt No.1 in c, Op.15: IV. Allegro Molto - Jean-Philippe Collard/Augustin Dumay/Bruno Pasquier/Frederic Lodeon

5. Qnt No.2 in g, Op.45: I. Allegro Molto Moderato

6. Qnt No.2 in g, Op.45: II. Allegro Molto

7. Qnt No.2 in g, Op.45: III. Adagio Non Troppo

8. Qnt No.2 in g, Op.45: IV. Allegro Molto

9. Qnt No.1 in c, Op.89: I. Molto Moderato

Disc: 2

1. Qnt No.1 in c, Op.89: II. Adagio

2. Qnt No.1 in c, Op.89: III. Allegro Moderato

3. Qnt No.2 in d, Op.115: I. Allegro Moderato

4. Qnt No.2 in d, Op.115: II. Allegro Vivo

5. Qnt No.2 in d, Op.115: III. Andante Moderato

6. Qnt No.2 in d, Op.115: IV. Allegro Molto

7. Qt in e, Op.121: I. Allegro Moderato - Qt Parrenin

8. Qt in e, Op.121: II. Andante - Qt Parrenin

9. Qt in e, Op.121: III. Allegro - Qt Parrenin

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It's good to have this collection of Fauré chamber music, played by French performers, still available in the catalog. Fauré's music doesn't appeal to everyone, despite its late-Romantic idiom; most of it is very subtle, almost withdrawn, and to get the most out of it takes a lot of listening. That listening is eventually rewarded by a rich experience. Fauré's most overtly romantic and exciting chamber piece, the Piano Quartet No. 1, is included in this set, and should appeal to most listeners. If you can spring for it, though, Erato 96953-2 has all of Fauré's chamber music, with a better string quartet than the ensemble heard here. --Leslie Gerber

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent buy, October 20, 2004

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This review is from: Faure: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 (Musique de Chambre) (Audio CD)

Each of these two CDs have over 78 minutes of music. Together with volume one of this series, the chamber music aficionado has the opportunity to collect all of Faure's chamber music on just 4 discs. The discs in this set have both of Faure's piano quartets and both piano quintets as well as his only string quartet which was published posthumously. In fact, the string quartet was the only piece that Faure composed which did not have a piano part.

The liner notes are not first class, however, and there are only about two paragraphs of notes.