Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
1. Improvisation in C sharp minor 1:45
From: Huit pièces brèves Op 84
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
2. Louis-François-Marie Aubert (1877-1968) Moderato 2:25
Gabriel Fauré
3. Impromptu No. 2 in F minor Op 31 3:48
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
4. Paul Émile Ladmirault (1877-1944)
Allegro moderato/
Espressivo e poco rubato 2:48
Gabriel Fauré
5. Fugue in A minor 2:32
From: Huit pièces brèves Op 84
(solo version 1) 3:22
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
6. Georges Enesco (1881-1955)
Molto moderato e cantabile 1:54
Gabriel Fauré
7. Mazurka in B flat major
Op 32 6:54
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
8. Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Rapide 3:08
Gabriel Fauré
Trois Romances sans paroles Op 17
9. No. 1 Andante quasi allegretto 1:54
10. No. 2 Allegro molto 2:22
11. No. 3 Andante moderato 2:22
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
12. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Berceuse 2:59
pour Violon et Piano
Svetla Kaltcheva, violin
Gabriel Fauré
13. Prélude No. 1 in D flat major 3:33
14. Prélude No. 5 in D minor 2:09
From: Neuf Préludes Op 103
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
15. Roger Ducasse (1873-1954)
D’une extrême lenteur 9:34
for two pianos
Ivailo Nanev, second piano
Gabriel Fauré
16. Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A major Op 30 7:15
Hommage Musical
à Gabriel Fauré
17. Charles Koechlin
(1867-1950)
Andante, calme e très expressif 2:52
MUSIC OF TRIBUTE Vol. 3
FAURÉ
Vladimir Valjarević: piano
works by Fauré, Ravel, Enesco, Koechlin, Schmitt, and others
In honor of Fauré: Music by the master and his pupils played by Vladimir Valjarević
Heiner Stadler and Labor Records announce the release of a new CD devoted to the piano of Gabriel Fauré and his pupils. Fauré, who taught at the Paris Conservatoire, numbered some of the most gifted composers of the turn of the century among his students including Maurice Ravel, Georges Enesco, Florent Schmitt and Charles Koechlin. These four and three others were invited by the French publisher Durand to contribute pieces in honor of their teacher, most of them based on musical anagrams of his name. In effect, these tributes pick up where the master himself left off. This interaction of now and old - part confrontation, part reinterpretation - sets off the familiar sound of the older, almost classical works, giving them a fresh context. The new and the old are juxtaposed so that they illuminate each and this is the fundamental idea behind the Labor series of tribute albums.
On this recording by the young Bosnian virtuoso, Vladimir Valjarević, the pieces written in homage alternate with music by Fauré himself including two of his Preludes, three of the Songs without Words (Romance sans Paroles) and several stylized dance pieces including a Valse-Caprice and a Mazurka. Also participating in this recording are the pianist Ivailo Nanev and the violinist Svetla Kaltcheva.
Hommage musical à Gabriel Fauré
Volume Piano:
La Revue Musicale Oct. 1922
Supplement de la Revue Musicale
No. 11 Gabriel Fauré
7 Compositions de
- Louis-François-Marie Aubert
- Georges Enesco
- Charles Koechlin
- Paul Émile Ladmirault
- Maurice Ravel
- Roger Ducasse
- Florent Schmitt
REVIEWS
"Here are piquant sidelights on Ravel and Enescu, while a small but fetching taste of Ladmirault or Aubert may prompt a lifelong follow-up. Sound is warm and spacious, but detailed and immediate. Informed liner notes by the redoubtable Eric Salzman, with blurbs on each piece, confect a final elegance. Enthusiastically recommended."
- Adrian Corleonis, FANFARE
Here is an interesting program: a juxtaposition of the music of a composer with that of his students. Piano works by George Enescu, Charles Koechlin, and others, plus a Berceuse for violin and piano by Maurice Ravel, are interspersed with piano pieces by Gabriel Fauré. Even more interesting, these pieces by his students, created at the request of the magazine La Revue musicale, are based on a motive that musically corresponds to the name Fauré. Florent Schmitt and Ravel went even further by also using Fauré's first name in their pieces. One can hear the beginnings of the diverging paths composers were taking regarding tonality in the homage works. The Aubert and Ravel pieces have that impressionistic, watercolor softness in their harmonies, while the Enescu and Schmitt head toward more adventuresome harmonies. Most of the pieces have a pensive quality to their character, as much of Fauré's music has here. It's the dances -- e.g. Ladmirault's Allego moderato and Fauré's Valse-Caprice No. 1 -- and Schmitt's invigorating Rapide, all performed spiritedly by Valjarević, that break up the reveries. Valjarević plays with a beautiful lyricism and a wide variety of tones and colorings, perceptively applied with care. The hearty ending of Fauré's Valse-Caprice is followed by the ringing bell-like theme of Koechlin's fugue. Fauré's piano music is well-represented here, ranging from early works such as the Romances sans paroles that are clearly modeled on works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, to a couple of his later Preludes, Op. 103, where the characteristics that distinguish his songs are heard. It is a treat to hear the all-too-often-neglected piano music of Fauré, wonderfully performed and combined with intriguing tidbits from other composers, which otherwise might never have been heard.
- Patsy Morita, ALL MUSIC GUIDE
© 2010 Labor Records. All rights reserved.