Marc Coppey (cello) & François Dumont (piano) - Gabriel Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77

Atmospheric salon pieces and late sonatas

Gabriel Fauré, a master of song, piano and chamber music, particularly appreciated the deeply colourful range of the Érard grand piano. Its rich overtones and clear bass register made it the ideal instrument for the French salon. This release presents not only Fauré's musical vision, but also the soundworld of the Érard grand piano, which played an important role in the musical scene at the time.

Marc Coppey fully embraces the fluid rhetoric of Fauré's musical language. His interpretation deliberately eschews a perpetual espressivo, which would be stylistically incongruous, but instead delves deep into the nuances and facets of Fauré's compositions: "Fauré authentique" presents not only musical brilliance, but also an authentic journey through the French composer's complete works for cello and piano, embedded in the beautiful sound of the Érard grand piano.

On the album:
Gabriel Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77
Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16
Gabriel Fauré: Sonate N° 1 pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 109
Gabriel Fauré: Romance, Op. 69
Gabriel Fauré: Élégie, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré: Sérénade, Op. 98
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré: Sonate N° 2 pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 117
Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7/1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
Gabriel Fauré: Allegro moderato for Two Cellos
Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56: No. 1 Berceuse (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Marc Coppey)

recording: April 24 - 26, 2023
recording location: Amphithéâtre, Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris
recording & executive producer: Dipl.-Tonmeister Ludger Böckenhoff
sound & editing: Dipl.-Tonmeister Justus Beyer
recording format: PCM 96 kHz, 24bit
instruments: cello: Matteo Goffriller (Venice, 1711), The “Van Wilgenburg”
piano: ÉRARD GRAND PIANO (1891) from the collection of the instrument museum at the
Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris
art direction and design: AB•Design
video: Evgeny Beleninov

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