Gabriel Faure: MP3 Recordings

(Summer Holiday Compositions including Sicilienne)

Why not listen to the Barcarolle? - Free Sample

Faure was an organist who became Inspector of Conservatoires in France and in the early part of his career much of his compositions where produced during summer holidays and you can hear it in some of the music such as the Barcarolle. The Faure Dolly Suite was composed for his daughter who went on to marry Debussy.

Faure Piano pieces:

These piano pieces have been sympathetically remixed on new world percussion instruments and synthesizers to exotic sparkling effect:

Faure MP3 Recordings	Length	Price	Listen & Buy
Apres un Reve	2:38min	0.99 US($)
Barcarolle	4:50min	0.99 US($)
Dolly Suite - Berceuse	2:47min	0.99 US($)
The Berceuse from the Dolly Suite was used as the signature tune for a British radio programme for young children and brings back vivid childhood memories for a whole generation.
Dolly Suite - Kitty Valse	2:57min	0.99 US($)
Fantasie No 1	4:48min	0.99 US($)
In the Fantasie the flying sine synthesizer is used to embellish the lyrical line while the steel drums and vibraphone handle the counter melodies in a jaunty manner.
Nocturne No4	5:13min	0.99 US($)
Sicilienne	3:57min	0.99 US($)

In the Faure Sicilienne MP3, the harp is joined by angel voices and with rhythm and bass provided by the steel drums.

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Other composers

Why not compare thisFaure Sicilienne Recording with some by Chopin, Debussy, Gounod, Joplin and Paganini - the impact of this percussion approach on music of particular composers can be really distinctive.