Quatuors pour piano et cordes

Album by Gabriel Fauré & Marguerite Long & Trio Pasquier & Jacques Thibaud & Maurice Vieux & Pierre Fournier

Quatuors pour piano et cordes is a set of two piano quartets by Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1879 and 1885–86. The works occupy a transitional place in Fauré's output, blending Romantic chamber-music textures with emerging harmonic subtlety and refined lyricism that point towards his later style.
First released: 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: I. Allegro molto moderato
    10:03
  2. 2.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: II. Scherzo (Allegro vivo)
    5:36
  3. 3.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: III. Adagio
    7:39
  4. 4.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: IV. Allegro molto
    8:35
  5. 5.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: I. Allegro molto moderato
    12:07
  6. 6.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: II. Allegro molto
    3:10
  7. 7.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: III. Adagio non troppo
    9:16
  8. 8.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: IV. Allegro molto
    8:36

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