Faur茅: Belated Rewards
Donald Macleod explores how Faure finally attained the job he had always sought - the directorship of the Paris Conservatoire. There, he masterminded the institution's reinvention.
The top brass did their best to keep him out, and it took a scandal to do it, but eventually Gabriel Faur茅 got the job which brought him the status and recognition he'd always wanted: directorship of the Paris Conservatoire. Donald Macleod makes his way to the very office where Faur茅 masterminded the institution's reinvention, joined by the composer's biographer Jessica Duchen.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Morceau de Lecture
Performer: Kathryn Thomas (Flute), Performer: Richard Shaw (Piano)
- DEUX-ELLES: DXL1125.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Pell茅as et M茅lisande: Pr茅lude
Performers: L鈥橭rchestre Symphonique Fran莽ais, Performers: Laurent Petitgirard (Director)
- ADDA:590055.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Hommage 脿 Gabriel Faur茅
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut (Piano)
- Chandos: Chan 8578.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Impromptu no.5
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- HYPERION: CDA669111.
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Gabriel Faur茅
La Chanson d'Eve op.95: Paradis
Performer: Marilyn Schmiege (Mezzo-Soprano), Performer: Donald Sulzen (Piano)
- ORFEO: C347941A.
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Gabriel Faur茅
P茅n茅lope: End of Act III (scenes 6-7)
Performer: Alain Vanzo (Tenor 鈥� Ulysse), Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano 鈥� P茅n茅lope), Performer: Jocelyne Taillon (Mezzo-Soprano 鈥� Eurycl茅e), Performer:Jos茅 van Dam (Bass 鈥� Eum茅e), Performer:Ensemble Vocal Jean Laforge, Performer:Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer: Charles Dutoit (Conductor)
- ERATO: ECD88205.
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