FAURE: 13 BARCAROLLES, BALLADE OP. 19 – JEAN-PHILIPPE COLLARD La Dolce Volta

A respected interpreter of Fauré, Jean-Philippe Collard has over the years recorded all of his piano works, not to mention his complete chamber music and a disc of songs with Frederica von Stade – a part of the composer’s output that he regrets not having explored more ‘for all the insight it gives us into Fauré’s music, the conjunction of words and music, and the phenomenon of phrasing with the breath that singers are obliged to respect and that some pianists neglect’. 50 years after his first version of the Barcarolles and 37 years after his recording of the Ballade op.19, here is a miraculous record, by a humble servant of music at its peak of inspiration.

LES 13 BARCAROLLES

Barcarolle no 1 in A minor, op.26 – Allegretto moderato 4’15
Barcarolle no 2 in G major, op.41 – Allegretto quasi allegro 6’20
Barcarolle no 3 in G flat major, op.42 – Andante quasi allegretto 7’23
Barcarolle no 4 in A flat major, op.44 – Allegretto 3’29
Barcarolle no 5 in F sharp minor, op.66 – Allegretto moderato 6’08
Barcarolle no 6 in E flat major, op.70 – Allegretto vivo 3’23
Barcarolle no 7 in D minor, op.90 – Allegretto moderato 3’22
Barcarolle no 8 in D flat major, op.96 – Allegretto moderato 3’30
Barcarolle no 9 in A minor, op.101 – Andante moderato 4’21
Barcarolle no 10 in A minor, op.104 no 2 – Allegretto moderato 2’57
Barcarolle no 11 in G minor, op.105 – Allegretto moderato 4’23
Barcarolle no 12 in E flat major, op.106 bis – Allegretto giocoso 3’03
Barcarolle no 13 in C major, op.116 – Allegretto 3’39

Ballade in F sharp major, op.19 – Andante cantabile 14’41