' Faurg's music might be qualified by comparing It to the nature of that exquisite animal, the cat. The aptness of the comparison gives a clue to the slow welcome afforded to Faurg in this country, where the national character expresses itself in a love of dogs and horses!' (NORMAN SUCKLING) A chronological survey of the music of this most refined of French composers, including many of his chamber works, and each day, one of the great song-cycles, interpreted in many cases by performers who either knew Faur6, or were closely associated with the French tradition. Venice and Before
Prelude in G minor, Op 103; Barcarolle No 1, in A minor, Op 26 (mono)
THE COMPOSER (piano roll)
9.14* Messe basse
GABRIEL FAURE CHORALE
9.24* Ballade for piano and orchestra, Op 19
JOHN OGDON , CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by LOUIS FREMAUX
9.37* Cinq melodies de Venise, Op 58 (song-cycle to poems by Paul Verlaine )
GÈRARD SOUZAY (baritone)
DALTON BALDWIN (piano): records