Gabriel Fauré

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Born: 1845   Died: 1924   Country: France   Period: Romantic
When Gabriel Fauré was a boy, Berlioz had just written La damnation de Faust and Henry David Thoreau was writing Walden. By the time of his death, Stravinsky had written The Rite of Spring and World War I had ended in the devastation of Europe. In this dramatic period in history, Fauré strove to bring together the best of traditional and progressive music and, in the process, created some of the most exquisite works in the French repertoire. He Read more was one of the most advanced figures in French musical circles and influenced a generation of composers world-wide.

Fauré was the youngest child of a school headmaster and spent many hours playing the harmonium in the chapel next to his father's school. Fauré's father enrolled the 9-year-old as a boarder at the École Niedermeyer in Paris, where he remained for 11 years, learning church music, organ, piano, harmony, counterpoint, and literature. In 1861, Saint-Saëns joined the school and introduced Fauré and other students to the works of more contemporary composers such as Schumann, Liszt, and Wagner. Fauré's earliest songs and piano pieces date from this period, just before his graduation in 1865, which he achieved with awards in almost every subject. For the next several years, he took on various organist positions, served for a time in the Imperial Guard, and taught. In 1871 he and his friends -- d'Indy, Lalo, Duparc, and Chabrier -- formed the Société Nationale de Musique, and soon after, Saint-Saëns introduced him to the salon of Pauline Viardot and Parisian musical high society. Fauré wrote his first important chamber works (the Violin Sonata No. 1 and Piano Quartet No. 1), then set out on a series of musical expeditions to meet Liszt and Wagner. Throughout the 1880s, he held various positions and continued to write songs and piano pieces, but felt unsure enough of his compositional talents to attempt anything much larger than incidental music. Fauré's pieces began to show a complexity of musical line and harmony which were to become the hallmarks of his music. He began to develop a highly original approach to tonality, in which modal harmony and altered scales figured largely. The next decade, however, is when Fauré came into his own. He was named composition professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1896. His music, although considered too advanced by most, gained recognition amongst his musical friends. This was his first truly productive phase, seeing the completion of his Requiem, the Cinq Mélodies, and the Dolly Suite, among other works. Using an economy of expression and boldness of harmony, he built the musical bridge over which his students -- such as Maurice Ravel and Nadia Boulanger -- would cross on their journey into the twentieth century. In 1905, he was named director of the conservatory and made several significant reforms. Ironically, this position gave his works more exposure, but it reduced his time for composition and came when he was increasingly bothered by hearing problems. Fauré's works of this period show the last, most sophisticated stages of his writing, streamlined and elegant in form. During World War I, Fauré essentially remained in Paris and had another extremely productive phase, producing, among other things, Le Jardin clos and the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, Op. 111, which show a force and violence that make them among the most powerful pieces in French music. In 1920 he retired from the school, and the following year gave up his music critic position with Le Figaro, which he had held since 1903. Between then and his death in 1924, he would produce his great, last works: several chamber works and the song cycle L'horizon chimérique. Read less

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Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Fauré / Slatkin, St Louis So
Vaughan Williams, Barber, Grainger, Fauré / Slatkin, St Louis So
Release Date: 10/25/1990   Label: Telarc  
Catalog: 80059   Number of Discs: 1
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Fauré: Requiem, Elegie, Messe Basse / Michel Corboz, Et Al
Fauré: Requiem, Elegie, Messe Basse / Michel Corboz, Et Al
Release Date: 02/11/1992   Label: Erato  
Catalog: 45116   Number of Discs: 1
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Fauré: Requiem, Pelléas Et Mélisande / Jordan, Usbeck, Fuchs
Fauré: Requiem, Pelléas Et Mélisande / Jordan, Usbeck, Fuchs
Release Date: 11/03/1992   Label: Erato  
Catalog: 45813   Number of Discs: 1
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Fauré: Requiem / Michel Corboz
Fauré: Requiem / Michel Corboz
Release Date: 05/18/1999   Label: Erato In Excelsis  
Catalog: 17897   Number of Discs: 1
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Ravel, Debussy, Fauré: Piano Trios / Trio Fontenay
Ravel, Debussy, Fauré: Piano Trios / Trio Fontenay
Release Date: 07/07/1992   Label: Teldec  
Catalog: 44937   Number of Discs: 1
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Work: Pavane, Op. 50

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    London Chamber Orchestra Plays Ravel, Faure, Poulenc, Ibert
    London Chamber Orchestra Plays Ravel, Faure, Poulenc, Ibert
    Label: Signum U.k.   Catalog: 211 Release Date: 09/27/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Maurice Ravel,  Gabriel Fauré,  Francis Poulenc,  Jacques Ibert
    Performer:  Pascal Rogé
    Conductor:  Christopher Warren-Green
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Chamber Orchestra
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    Ravel Meets Gershwin / Rattle, Reeves, Berlin Philharmonic
    Ravel Meets Gershwin / Rattle, Reeves, Berlin Philharmonic
    Label: Euroarts   Catalog: 2053648 Release Date: 08/30/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Gershwin,  Gabriel Fauré,  Maurice Ravel
    Performer:  Reuben Rogers,  Dianne Reeves,  Peter Martin,  Greg Hutchinson
    Conductor:  Simon Rattle
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Wedding Classics
    Wedding Classics
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 82163 Release Date: 07/26/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  George Frideric Handel,  Marc-Antoine Charpentier,  Johann Pachelbel,  Charles Gounod  ... 
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    Essential Flute
    Essential Flute
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 94901 Release Date: 07/12/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  George Frideric Handel,  Georg Philipp Telemann  ... 
    Performer:  William [Bass vocals] Bennett,  George Malcolm,  Michel Debost,  Lionel Rogg  ... 
    Conductor:  George Malcolm,  Yehudi Menuhin,  Hans-Martin Linde,  Emmanuel Pahud  ... 
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    Summertime
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    Label: Classic Fm   Catalog: 4764462 Release Date: 06/14/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Stanley Myers,  George Gershwin,  Anonymous,  Ennio Morricone  ... 
    Performer:  Craig Ogden
    Conductor:  Sachio Fujioka
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    John Williams - The Guitarist
    John Williams - The Guitarist
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 88082 Release Date: 05/31/2011   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Isaac Albeniz,  Agustín Barrios Mangoré,  Silvius Leopold Weiss  ... 
    Performer:  John Williams,  Julian Bream
    Conductor:  William Goodchild,  János Rolla,  Richard Tognetti,  Louis Frémaux
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra,  Australian Chamber Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Sir Thomas Beecham: French Music - Berlioz, Bizet, Delibes, Debussy, Faure, Etc.
    Sir Thomas Beecham: French Music - Berlioz, Bizet, Delibes, Debussy, Faure, Etc.
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 09932 Release Date: 03/22/2011   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Hector Berlioz,  Georges Bizet,  Charles Gounod,  Léo Delibes  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Thomas Beecham
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  ORTF National Orchestra,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  Beecham Choral Society  ... 
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    L'amour Et La Mort - Widor, Saint-saens, Bizet, Faure / Iveta Apkalna
    L'amour Et La Mort - Widor, Saint-saens, Bizet, Faure / Iveta Apkalna
    Label: Oehms   Catalog: 678 Release Date: 02/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Charles-Marie Widor,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Georges Bizet,  Gabriel Fauré
    Performer:  Iveta Apkalna
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    Treya Quartet Plays Gabriel Faure
    Treya Quartet Plays Gabriel Faure
    Label: Divox   Catalog: 49802 Release Date: 02/22/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gabriel Fauré
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Treya Quartet
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    Bonjour Paris / Albrecht Mayer, Academy Of St. Martin Of The Fields
    Bonjour Paris / Albrecht Mayer, Academy Of St. Martin Of The Fields
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001522502 Release Date: 02/08/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Claude Debussy,  Gabriel Fauré,  Jean Françaix,  Gotthard Odermatt  ... 
    Performer:  Albrecht Mayer
    Conductor:  Matthias Mönius,  Gotthard Odermatt
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
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    Romantic Classics [sony]
    Romantic Classics [sony]
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 7842872 Release Date: 01/31/2011   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Pietro Mascagni,  Gustav Mahler,  Giacomo Puccini,  Craig Armstrong  ... 
    Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,  Maria Bachmann,  Alexander Baillie,  Gisbert Näther  ... 
    Conductor:  Libor Pesek,  Paul Bateman,  Andrew Watkinson,  Leonard Slatkin  ... 
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    Music For Bedtime
    Music For Bedtime
    Label: Gift Of Music   Catalog: 517 Release Date: 01/25/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gabriel Fauré,  Frédéric Chopin,  Anonymous,  Roman Hoffstetter  ... 
    Performer:  Martin Vishnik,  Sam Piha,  Martin Souter,  Jon Banks  ... 
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    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Amber Quartet
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    Best Children's Classics 100
    Best Children's Classics 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 17626 Release Date: 01/11/2011   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Sergei Prokofiev,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Gioachino Rossini  ... 
    Performer:  Itzhak Perlman,  Katia Labèque,  Marielle Labèque,  Moura Lympany  ... 
    Conductor:  Zubin Mehta,  Sir Neville Marriner,  Riccardo Muti,  Simon Rattle  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Philharmonia Orchestra  ... 
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  • 39.
    100 Best Children's Classics
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 6485002 Release Date: 11/08/2010   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Sergei Prokofiev,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Gioachino Rossini  ... 
    Performer:  Itzhak Perlman,  Katia Labèque,  Marielle Labèque,  Moura Lympany  ... 
    Conductor:  Zubin Mehta,  Sir Neville Marriner,  Riccardo Muti,  Simon Rattle  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Philharmonia Orchestra  ... 
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    Nutcracker Suite / Modern Mandolin Quartet
    Nutcracker Suite / Modern Mandolin Quartet
    Label: Sono Luminus   Catalog: 92121 Release Date: 10/26/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Gabriel Fauré,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Léo Delibes  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  The Modern Mandolin Quartet
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    William Orbit: Pieces In A Modern Style Vol 2
    William Orbit: Pieces In A Modern Style Vol 2
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001481002 Release Date: 10/25/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Sir Edward Elgar,  Nicolo Porpora,  Edvard Grieg  ... 
    Performer:  William Orbit
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    Fleur de Paris / 12 Cellists of the BPO
    Fleur de Paris / 12 Cellists of the BPO
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 08501 Release Date: 10/05/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Michel Legrand,  R. S. Louiguy,  Erik Satie,  Claude Debussy  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
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    Autumn In The Park
    Autumn In The Park
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 09305 Release Date: 09/28/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Joseph Canteloube,  Antonio Vivaldi  ... 
    Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes,  Hugh Bean,  Lesley Garrett,  Sarah Chang  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano,  Sir Adrian Boult,  Paul Daniel,  Sir David Willcocks  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  London Session Orchestra  ... 
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    Bizet: Symphony In C; Faure: Pavane; Ibert, Ravel / Hickox
    Bizet: Symphony In C; Faure: Pavane; Ibert, Ravel / Hickox
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 90765 Release Date: 09/16/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Georges Bizet,  Gabriel Fauré,  Jacques Ibert,  Maurice Ravel
    Conductor:  Richard Hickox
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia
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    Classical Chill: The Romantic Collection, Vol. 2
    Classical Chill: The Romantic Collection, Vol. 2
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8578009-10 Release Date: 08/31/2010   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn,  Antonín Dvorák,  Ottorino Respighi,  Gioachino Rossini  ... 
    Performer:  Ernst Ottensamer,  Benjamin Frith,  Ilya Kaler,  Jénö Jandó  ... 
    Conductor:  Anthony Bramall,  Jaroslav Krcek,  Enrique Bátiz,  Johannes Wildner  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Istropolitana,  Budapest Rossini Ensemble
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    Classic Originals: Pieces In The Original Style, Vol. 2
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 4782589 Release Date: 08/23/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Sir Edward Elgar,  Edvard Grieg,  Johann Sebastian Bach  ... 
    Performer:  Pascal Rogé,  Cristina Ortiz,  András Schiff,  Iona Brown  ... 
    Conductor:  Charles Dutoit,  Herbert Blomstedt,  Sir Neville Marriner,  Patrick Summers  ... 
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    Popular Classical Guitar / Joseph Sullinger
    Popular Classical Guitar / Joseph Sullinger
    Label: Eroica Classical Recordings   Catalog: 3377 Release Date: 07/07/2010   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Mauro Giuliani,  Francisco Tarrega,  Ferdinando Carulli,  Dionysio Aguado  ... 
    Performer:  Joseph Sullinger
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    50 Best Adagios
    50 Best Adagios
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 57489 Release Date: 06/29/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Tomaso Albinoni,  Johann Pachelbel,  Gregorio Allegri,  Antonio Vivaldi  ... 
    Performer:  Giovanni Scaramuzzino,  Jane Murdoch,  Jonathan Rees,  Ralph Kirshbaum  ... 
    Conductor:  Ian Watson,  Andrew Parrott,  Christopher Warren-Green,  Fabio Biondi  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Players,  Taverner Consort,  Melante Amsterdam  ... 
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    50 Best Relaxing Classics
    50 Best Relaxing Classics
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 57547 Release Date: 06/29/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Georges Bizet,  Jules Massenet  ... 
    Performer:  Fritz Helmis,  James Galway,  José Van Dam,  Agnes Baltsa  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Herbert von Karajan,  Riccardo Muti,  Bernard Haitink  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra Wind and Brass Ensemble
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    50 Best Romantic Classics
    50 Best Romantic Classics
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 57555 Release Date: 06/29/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Jacques Offenbach,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Georges Bizet,  Claude Debussy  ... 
    Performer:  Jessye Norman,  Ann Murray,  Han-Na Chang,  Maria Callas  ... 
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