In Paradisum - A Faure Recital
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In Paradisum - A Faure Recital
Louis Lortie (piano)
[ Chandos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 April 2020
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The Canadian pianist Louis Lortie returns with the second volume of his overview of the solo piano works of Gabriel Fauré. The two major works in this recital are the Ballade, Op. 19 and the Thème et variations, Op. 73. The earlier Ballade shows Fauré's debt to Liszt, whilst the Thème et variations was modelled on Schumann's Études symphoniques. The rest of the programme consists of shorter Nocturnes and Barcarolles, and is book-ended by the Pie Jesu and In paradisum from the Requiem - Fauré's best-known work - in transcriptions by Louis Lortie himself.
"Louis Lortie plays every work on the album with detailed tonal color and a fine sense of appropriate rubato. The use of rubato is one of the most difficult aspects of Fauréan performance..I look forward to future installments of this series." MusicWeb
"Lortie more than meets the pianistic and musical challenge of Fauré's unshowy virtuosity, his riding of each dappled ebb and flow of the Barcarolles reflecting a mature mastery. Nor is there just the rarefied Fauré on show, his insouciant charm and playfulness being to the fore and captured perfectly in the Theme and Variations...Lortie provides an object lesson in pacing of the Nocturnes." BBC Music Instrumental Choice June 2020
Tracks:
Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op.48 (1887-88)
Barcarolle No.12, Op.106 bis (1915)
Nocturne No.11, Op.104 No.1 (1913)
Ballade, Op.19 (1877-79)
Nocturne No.7, Op.74 (1898)
Théme et variations, Op.73 (1895)
Barcarolle No.1, Op.26 (?1881)
Barcarolle No.10, Op.104 No.2 (1913)
Nocturne No.10, Op.99 (1908)
Nocturne No.13, Op.119 (1921)
In paradisum from Requiem, Op.48 (1887-88)
