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Masques et bergamasques, which takes its title from Verlaine's sad, mysterious poem Clair delune, is a late stage work that the composer himself described as melancholy and nostalgic, but it's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CHAN9416
Label: Chandos
Length: 72 minutes

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Fauré: Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112

Work length14:17

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

I. Ouverture. Allegro molto vivo

Track length3:38

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II. Menuet. Tempo di minuetto. Allegretto moderato

Track length2:55

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III. Gavotte. Allegro vivo

Track length3:05

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IV. Pastorale. Andantino tranquillo

Track length4:39

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

Work length14:07

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic, Kathryn Stott

Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Work length6:27

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

Fauré: Prelude to Penelope

Work length7:56

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 79

Work length4:57

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic, Richard Davis

Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24

Work length7:51

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic, Peter Dixon

Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Work length16:42

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Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

I. Berceuse. Allegretto moderato

Track length2:33

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II. Mi-a-ou. Allegro vivo

Track length2:11

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III. Le jardin de Dolly. Andantino

Track length2:37

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IV. Kitty-valse. Tempo di Valse

Track length2:44

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V. Tendresse. Andante

Track length4:18

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VI. Le pas Espagnol. Allegro

Track length2:19

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2010

Masques et bergamasques, which takes its title from Verlaine's sad, mysterious poem Clair delune, is a late stage work that the composer himself described as melancholy and nostalgic, but it's hardly romantic, being instead pointedly neo-classical in character and shape. The playing here under Yan Pascal Tortelier is very satisfying, as are the elegant flute solos of the exquisitely delicate Pavane, performed here without the optional chorus, and in Dolly. The rarely heard Overture to the opera Pénélope is also effectively presented here.
The biggest concertante work here, the Ballade of 1881, is Fauré's orchestration of his piano piece of the same name; it's gentle music that persuades and cajoles in a very Gallic way.
Though not an overtly virtuoso utterance, it makes its own exacting technical demands on the soloist, among them being complete control of touch and pedalling. The highly regarded Fauréan Kathryn Stott meets these with consistent success.
There's little rhetoric and no bombast in Fauré's art, but how civilised he was, and what sympathetic interpreters serve him here! The recording is warm yet also delicate.

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