Fauré: Music for piano (selection)

Croshaw’s playing meets the demands of Fauré’s distinctive, often elusive style of piano writing in which the music’s occasional joyous outbursts don’t override its pervasive atmosphere of elegant... — Fanfare, July/August 2016 More…

Release Date: 13th Nov 2015
Catalogue No: CDE84636
Label: Meridian
Length: 65 minutes

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Fauré: Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26

Work length5:22

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Ballade in F sharp major for solo piano or piano & orchestra, Op. 19

Work length15:38

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Romance sans paroles No.3 in A flat major

Work length2:30

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36

Work length6:43

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Valse-caprice, Op. 38

Work length8:25

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat major Op. 42

Work length9:08

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Pièces brèves Op.84, No.4

Work length3:30

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Pièces brèves Op.84, No.5

Work length2:00

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Nocturne in D flat major, Op.63

Work length9:10

Christine Croshaw

Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

Work length2:52

Christine Croshaw

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Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of 'Music for piano' by Gabriel Fauré. Following a critically acclaimed series of chamber music discs with Meridian, this is the distinguished pianist Christine Croshaw's solo debut. A former winner of the Chappell Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Music, she has endured a personal story of real triumph through adversity, after losing her sight 10 years ago. This record contains the hypnotic masterpiece of Gabriel Fauré's early period, the Ballade Op. 19, as well as Percy Grainger's arrangement for solo piano, of Fauré's timeless song 'Après un reve', included here as an affectionate encore. 'Croshaw is a first rate artist' (Gramophone magazine, 2012) 'A most gifted pianist' (Musical Opinion, 2012) 'Her nuanced, revelatory pianism seems almost outside of time in it's understated eloquence' (Musicweb International, 2012)

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July/August 2016

Croshaw’s playing meets the demands of Fauré’s distinctive, often elusive style of piano writing in which the music’s occasional joyous outbursts don’t override its pervasive atmosphere of elegant reserve. Her phrases are beautifully shaped without excessive lingering, her voicing is clear, but not exaggerated, and her naturally flowing tempos are perfectly gauged.

September 2016

Croshaw’s attention to detail with shading and colour, inner voices and Fauré’s restless conversation between soprano and tenor ranges make for compelling listening, creating a world of theatrical illusion so effective that all of the mechanical props of technique are forgotten.

Fauré: Music for piano (selection)

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