The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 2 Malcolm Martineau

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): 3 Songs, Op. 5:
• 1 3 Songs, Op. 5: No. 2, Rêve d'amour 02:45
• Gabriel Fauré:
• 2 L'aurore 01:40
• 2 Duets, Op. 10:
• 3 2 Duets, Op. 10: No. 2, Tarentelle 02:32
• 4 2 Duets, Op. 10: No. 1, Puisqu'ici-bas toute Âme 03:10
• 3 Songs, Op. 6:
• 5 3 Songs, Op. 6: No. 1, Aubade 02:18
• Gabriel Fauré:
• 6 Vocalise No. 7 01:04
• 3 Songs, Op. 7:
• 7 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 3, Barcarolle 02:42
• 8 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 2, Notre amour 01:58
• 9 3 Songs, Op. 23: No. 3, Le secret 02:41
• 4 Songs, Op. 49:
• 10 4 Songs, Op. 49: No. 3, Le pays des rêves 04:02
• Shylock Suite, Op. 57:
• 11 Shylock Suite, Op. 57: No. 1, Prélude et chanson 01:37
• 12 Shylock Suite, Op. 57: No. 3, Madrigal 01:31
• Gabriel Fauré:
• 13 Vocalise 22 00:55
• 3 Songs, Op. 85:
• 14 3 Songs, Op. 85: No. 1, Dans le forêt de Septembre 03:40
• 15 3 Songs, Op. 85: No. 2, La fleur qui va sur l'eau 02:15
• 16 3 Songs, Op. 85: No. 3, Accompagnement 04:09
• 2 Songs, Op. 87:
• 17 2 Songs, Op. 87: No. 1, Le plus doux chemin 01:26
• 18 2 Songs, Op. 87: No. 2, Le ramier 01:47
• 3 Songs, Op. 7:
• 19 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 2, Hymne 02:31
• La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95:
• 20 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 1, Paradis 06:46
• 21 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 2, Prima verba 02:35
• 22 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 3, Roses ardentes 01:32
• 23 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 4, Comme dieu rayonne 01:46
• 24 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 5, L’aube blanche 01:22
• 25 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 6, Eau vivante 01:18
• 26 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 7, Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil? 01:42
• 27 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 8, Dans un parfum de roses blanches 01:59
• 28 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 9, Crépuscule 02:15
• 29 La chanson d’Eve, Op. 95: No. 10, O mort, poussière d'étoiles 02:38
• Total Runtime 01:08:36

Info for The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 2

Pianist Malcolm Martineau brings together some of the UK’s finest singers for the second release in a new series charting the complete songs of French composer Gabriel Fauré.

"Another lovely evening in an imaginary salon… Connolly is at her best, capturing the controlled, yet rapturous passion of this achingly beautiful cycle" (BBC Music Magazine)

"Malcolm Martineau, the mastermind behind the project, is, as always, the ideal accompanist. Readers who bought the first volume need not hesitate, and those who didn’t are well advised to try this second instalment before buying volume one" (MusicWeb International)

Malcolm Martineau, piano
Janis Kelly, soprano
Lorna Anderson, soprano
Sarah Connolly, mezzo soprano
Ann Murray, mezzo soprano
John Chest, baritone
Thomas Oliemans, baritone
Ben Johnson, tenor
Iestyn Davies, countertenor

Malcolm Martineau
Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Solveig Kringelborn, Jonathan Lemalu, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Lisa Milne, Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Sarah Walker and Bryn Terfel.

He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and Decade by Decade – 100 years of German Song broadcast by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe (including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein), North America (including in New York both Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall), Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) and at the Aix en Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg Festivals.

Recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu and Barbara Bonney (for Decca), Magdalena Kozena (for DG), Della Jones (for Chandos), Susan Bullock (for Crear Classics), Solveig Kringelborn (for NMA); Amanda Roocroft (for Onyx); the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; the complete Beethoven Folk Songs for Deutsche Grammophon; the complete Poulenc songs for Signum; and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise with Florian Boesch for Onyx. This season’s engagements include appearances with Simon Keenlyside, Magdalena Kozena, Dorothea Röschmann, Susan Graham, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Oliemanns, Kate Royal, Christiane Karg, Iestyn Davies, Florian Boesch and Anne Schwanewilms.

He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.

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