Gabriel Fauré: Romance Sans Paroles, Op.17/3

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Fauré (1845 – 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.

Fauré was born into a cultured but not especially musical family. His talent became clear when he was a young boy. At the age of nine, he was sent to the École Niedermeyer music college in Paris, where he was trained to be a church organist and choirmaster. Among his teachers was Camille Saint-Saëns, who became a lifelong friend. After graduating from the college in 1865, Fauré earned a modest living as an organist and teacher, leaving him little time for composition. When he became successful in his middle age, holding the important posts of organist of the Église de la Madeleine and director of the Paris Conservatoire, he still lacked time for composing; he retreated to the countryside in the summer holidays to concentrate on composition. By his last years, he was recognised in France as the leading French composer of his day. An unprecedented national musical tribute was held for him in Paris in 1922, headed by the president of the French Republic. Outside France, Fauré's music took decades to become widely accepted, except in Britain, where he had many admirers during his lifetime.

Fauré's music has been described as linking the end of Romanticism with the modernism of the second quarter of the 20th century. When he was born, Chopin was still composing, and by the time of Fauré's death, jazz and the atonal music of the Second Viennese School were being heard. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which describes him as the most advanced composer of his generation in France, notes that his harmonic and melodic innovations influenced the teaching of harmony for later generations. During the last twenty years of his life, he suffered from increasing deafness. In contrast with the charm of his earlier music, his works from this period are sometimes elusive and withdrawn in character, and at other times turbulent and impassioned.
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Thank you for being with us again. If it were otherwise, we would have lost a beautiful layer of forgotten musical masterpieces, would have made us poorer.

olga_piano
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One of my favorite composers. He is not exactly obscure. But at times he seems like my own "private" composer who always makes me feel happy, better, ennobled.

josephromance
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Die Sonnendurchflutete Luft, die Leichtigkeit der Träume in einer lauen Sommernacht, die Liebe, die unausgesprochen schön, wie das Licht der Sonne, die Farben des Lichtes, dessen Tiefe und Wärme man so klar spüren kann, so klingt es, diese Romance ohne Worte.

elisabethmariamalecki
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I’m sorry in advance, my comment will be a bit of a story time.

I’m happily surprised to have this wonderful piece appear in my recommendations. I’ve played it 11 years ago in a little concert (in front of around 150 people) and I was only 10 then. I have a bittersweet memory of this piece, as I was playing by heart and I lost myself at some point and completely panicked to the point where I stopped during the performance. I finally got it together but only after maybe 10 seconds. It crushed me to fail this performance as I really loved this piece and I remember crying and sobbing silently when I sat in the public after that :’) I was so proud and happy to have mastered this piece, only for my efforts to be shattered during 3 minutes of performance

hannemanisunderrated
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Fauré était un immense compositeur, sa musique de chambre est d'une beauté incomparable.

lydieducote
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This is, for me, among the most beautiful pieces ever written. It never fails to make me weep. I've often played it myself but never anywhere near this exquisitely (the countermelody is tricky for us amateurs). Lovely beyond words, and thanks for posting.

jeffwatkins
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There's something about this man's music, whether piano, vocal, or chorale. I have heard it all...and performed one of his chorale pieces in college. This one, though, is particularly stunning. Interpretation is perfect, every note, you can just feel it in your soul.

cambridgeport
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Magnifique oeuvre et très belle interprétation!
Merci.

ghislainecasaburi
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Wunderschön gespielt, unglaublich ausdrucksstark und musikalisch! ❤

ellireivalk
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This is the best version for this piece. Someone plays too fast and this one is just perfect. Very expressive!

Frances
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This music is like medicine for me!
Only music can bring peace and calm to my heart!
You are a wonderful pianist!
Thank you!

Charivnytsia
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Danke für das Geschenk. Es inspiriert mich für meine eigenen Kreationen auf dem Klavier. Wunderschön gespielt. Ich bekomme Gänsehaut

martinaberthold
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In the loudly world, this song sounds like the silence. Beautiful!

AntonielCampos
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Amazing. I was just looking for a prelude to play for my church and this came up. What a beautiful piece and great performance.

spencerhaynes
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Wow, I hear so much Mendelssohn in the accompaniment!

sunilj
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Merci pour avoir posté cette petite merveille...comme un baume au coeur de tous ceux qui vivent l'instant. ❤

valerieheinderyckx
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Beautiful recording. Tone, tempo, instrument and recording quality.

ZbynekPilbauer
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Wow this is soooo sweet, is like musical honey from a wild, far away forest ❤

m.a.g.
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Your interpretations will always be one of the best I've ever heard!!

kently
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Truly incredible coincidence, I must play this piece for an exam, I'm really happy to be able to hear your own interpretation of the piece, I'll hope that I'll be able to reach your level and musicality someday... 💐

eliseantys