Mélodies Choisies

Widely acclaimed by music lovers for over a century, Selected Songs&nbsp -of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) are here collected into an anthology, complete with an audio version in the form of a download card. Excerpted from the 1stcollection published in 1879, Au bord de l_x001A_eau and Ici bas bestow an aura of internal reverie on Sully Prudhomme_x001A_s simple poems, made palpËable by the harmonic refinement and vocal fluidity that constitutes the very essence ofFaurean charm.&nbsp -Several vocal pages selected in the 2nd volume (1897) continue to be favourites: Les Roses d_x001A_Ispahan restored to their dreamy stillness, Les Berceaux whose oscillation evokes the swaying of boats, and the verynostalgic Clair de lune in which Verlaine_x001A_s words, set to music for the first time, inspired Fauré to write what would become one of his masterpieces: La Bonne Chanson.&nbsp -From this cycle, drunk on lovelorn lyricism, thecollection retains Puisque l_x001A_aube grandit, an exalted melody if there ever was one, and La lune blanche luit dans les bois, a nocturnal landscape in F sharp major x001A two pearls that distil the same mystery of solace.