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Compact Disc CDA66166

£13.99

Recorded on 25, 26 February 1985
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXV

Duration: 62'11
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Front illustration: Le Boulervard de la Madeleine by Eugene Gallien Laloue (1854-1941)

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)

Piano Quartets

DOMUS

SUSAN TOMES piano
KRYSIA OSOSTOWICZ violin
ROBIN IRELAND viola
TIMOTHY HUGH cello
Contents:

    PIANO QUARTET NO 1 IN C MINOR op 15
  1. Allegro molto moderato [10'14]
  2. Scherzo (Allegro vivo) [5'07]
  3. Adagio [7'04]
  4. Allegro molto [6'57]

    PIANO QUARTET NO 2 IN G MINOR op 45

  5. Allegro molto moderato [10'45]
  6. Allegro molto [3'18]
  7. Adagio non troppo [10'16]
  8. Allegro molto [7'53]
Sleeve Notes

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER
PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK
TÉLÉRAMA ÉVÉNEMENT EXCEPTIONELLE, FRANCE
PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE
BBC 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' BEST RECORDING
CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE
DIAPASON D'OR

'It's a long time since I've enjoyed a record so much on so many counts - performance, recording, presentation... and the music itself' (Gramophone)

'Music-making at the highest level of accomplishment' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'[An] exceptional disc. The performances rank with the best I know' (International Record Review)

'Remains one of the freshest and most enchanting recordings available of Fauré’s piano quartets' (Amazon.co.uk)

'These performances of Fauré’s piano quartets from Domus are a highlight of the label and should be in every collection…an exquisitely vivacious reading. These sublime accounts have been without peer in this extraordinary contrasting pair of chamber masterpieces' (BBC Music Magazine)

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