Piano Quartets

Album by Gabriel Fauré & Domus

Piano Quartets are a set of two chamber works by French composer Gabriel Fauré, composed in the late 19th century (1879 and 1886). They combine Romantic lyricism with a refined harmonic language in intimate piano-and-strings textures, and they trace a development in Fauré’s style that points toward his later, more harmonically exploratory works.
First released: September 1986

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: I. Allegro molto moderato
    9:20
  2. 2.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: II. Scherzo (Allegro vivo)
    5:11
  3. 3.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: III. Adagio
    7:09
  4. 4.
    Piano Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 15: IV. Allegro molto
    7:54
  5. 5.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: I. Allegro molto moderato
    10:52
  6. 6.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: II. Allegro molto
    3:24
  7. 7.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: III. Adagio non troppo
    10:22
  8. 8.
    Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45: IV. Allegro molto
    7:55

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