Élégie, Op 24

composer

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

1880; first performed at Saint-Saëns' home on 21 June 1880; published by Hamelle in 1883

Recordings

Fauré: Cello Sonata No 2 & other works

Steven Isserlis (cello), Pascal Devoyon (piano)

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Fauré: Cello Sonatas

Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)

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Details

Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)

Track 7 on CDA67872 [6'39]

Steven Isserlis (cello), Pascal Devoyon (piano)

Track 6 on CDA66235 [7'12] Archive Service Only

Élégie, Op 24

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The Élégie, written in 1880 and premiered in Saint-Saëns’s house on 21 June, was envisaged as the slow movement of a sonata. Why it should then have waited three years for publication is unknown—perhaps it was just that it took Fauré that long to realize the sonata wouldn’t work. At any rate the Élégie was an immediate success, not surprisingly since it embraces a wide area of emotion—pathos, delicacy, virtuosity, heroics, and a final page of beautifully judged détente.

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