I've known and loved the music of Faure since my teen-age years. I'm now 75, and still discovering and rediscovering the magic! As a composer I've learned so much from his example. He continues to be a great teacher, as well as one of the very top geniuses of music, with a Heart!
When I was a teenager a cellist friend of mine gave me a cd full of highlights of the best cello music, and it included the 2nd movement of this sonata, in this very same version if I'm not mistaken. I found myself skipping all the other tracks to come back to this one again and again. I would be in bed with closed eyes letting my imagination go wild and sometimes getting moved into tears at the music climax (the whole movement is such an amazing build up towards the climax!) . I did that countless nights and made me wonder who this Fauré guy was. I got hooked to his music, especially the chamber music. If I had to design the soundtrack of my life so far, it would for sure include many of Fauré's works. A one of a kind composer.
Gabriel Fauré:1.d-moll Gordonkaszonáta Op.109 1.Allegro 00:02 2.Andante 05:12 3.Finálé:Allegro commodo 12:32 Paul Tortelier-gordonka Jean Hubeau-zongora
This is an unusually fine interpretation of a piece that isn't flashy but demands utter musicianship. In scores from this late stage of his career, Fauré doesn't mind being a tad elusive - e.g., the first two movements quite naughtily conceal their 3-beat meter. As with the 2nd Piano Quintet, I imagine this piece will grow on my over time. Thanks VERY much for posting!
I hade a Faure CD a while back, enjoyed it to a great extent and particularly one fine composition. Naturally, I lost it somewhere, and I've been looking for that comp one and off, without any luck. That is, until today, when I stumble upon it by virtue of a random click on youtube :)
That has become my favorite cello sonata. Thank you for posting with score, it seems so hard to understand what's going on, but well worth the effort. The 1st movement is rhythmically and harmonically complex, so it will never become a crowd pleaser. Sounds to me like Debussy and Wagner write jazz. I played it a few times with a cello playing friend and the piano part is mostly tough, and getting the rhythm right together is another challenge. The 3rd movement seems most conventional, harmonically interesting and focused on flow like many other pieces by Faure (and, say, the final of Brahms 1st violin sonata and maybe a few final movements by Beethoven and Schubert). The 2nd - I don't even know what to compare it with, it's just late Faure ....a lot of complex harmonies and very beautiful and simple at rehearsal number 3. It would be nice to hear more Faure to substitute some of the Rachmaninoff and Liszt.
The rather harsh last manner of Fauré can be heard in the first movement. Nevertheless, the dissonances of this style remain always strictly tonal. It is an original voice which we can hear here.
you are so right. the harmonies are so elusive but RIGHT, at the same time. The shapes for the hand (and brain) are never quite what you expect. But so beautiful. I wonder why it's so rarely played (in comparison with no. 2). I guess no 2 is more like what people expect from Fauré!
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I've known and loved the music of Faure since my teen-age years. I'm now 75, and still discovering and rediscovering the magic! As a composer I've learned so much from his example. He continues to be a great teacher, as well as one of the very top geniuses of music, with a Heart!
When I was a teenager a cellist friend of mine gave me a cd full of highlights of the best cello music, and it included the 2nd movement of this sonata, in this very same version if I'm not mistaken. I found myself skipping all the other tracks to come back to this one again and again. I would be in bed with closed eyes letting my imagination go wild and sometimes getting moved into tears at the music climax (the whole movement is such an amazing build up towards the climax!) . I did that countless nights and made me wonder who this Fauré guy was. I got hooked to his music, especially the chamber music. If I had to design the soundtrack of my life so far, it would for sure include many of Fauré's works. A one of a kind composer.
Gabriel Fauré:1.d-moll Gordonkaszonáta Op.109
1.Allegro 00:02
2.Andante 05:12
3.Finálé:Allegro commodo 12:32
Paul Tortelier-gordonka
Jean Hubeau-zongora
This is my favorite piece by Fauré. It always makes me think of the sea.
Me too. A vast, deep but calm, slightly choppy sea, and the setting sun dipping into the horizon.
This is an unusually fine interpretation of a piece that isn't flashy but demands utter musicianship. In scores from this late stage of his career, Fauré doesn't mind being a tad elusive - e.g., the first two movements quite naughtily conceal their 3-beat meter. As with the 2nd Piano Quintet, I imagine this piece will grow on my over time. Thanks VERY much for posting!
I hade a Faure CD a while back, enjoyed it to a great extent and particularly one fine composition. Naturally, I lost it somewhere, and I've been looking for that comp one and off, without any luck.
That is, until today, when I stumble upon it by virtue of a random click on youtube :)
what a wonderful piece of music
That has become my favorite cello sonata. Thank you for posting with score, it seems so hard to understand what's going on, but well worth the effort.
The 1st movement is rhythmically and harmonically complex, so it will never become a crowd pleaser. Sounds to me like Debussy and Wagner write jazz. I played it a few times with a cello playing friend and the piano part is mostly tough, and getting the rhythm right together is another challenge.
The 3rd movement seems most conventional, harmonically interesting and focused on flow like many other pieces by Faure (and, say, the final of Brahms 1st violin sonata and maybe a few final movements by Beethoven and Schubert).
The 2nd - I don't even know what to compare it with, it's just late Faure ....a lot of complex harmonies and very beautiful and simple at rehearsal number 3.
It would be nice to hear more Faure to substitute some of the Rachmaninoff and Liszt.
I love Fauré so much❤
Fantastic piece
The rather harsh last manner of Fauré can be heard in the first movement. Nevertheless, the dissonances of this style remain always strictly tonal. It is an original voice which we can hear here.
I heard this sonata yesterday for the first time and the following night I dreamed about it. First time something like that happened to me.
Increíble. Conexión con Dios de Fauré y con usted. Le felicito
Excellent music
It's an amazing composition, let alone a stupendous performance. One of the greatest works ever, it's *FUCKING AMAZING*
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Oeuvre profonde, langage pur. Interprétation: tempo trop élevé, comme souvent.
I think so too. A liitle too fast for my tastes.
From the pianist perspective, musically it’s difficult for me 😭😭😭 it shouldn’t be because it’s not exactly that complex. 🥲🥲🥲🥲
you are so right. the harmonies are so elusive but RIGHT, at the same time. The shapes for the hand (and brain) are never quite what you expect. But so beautiful. I wonder why it's so rarely played (in comparison with no. 2). I guess no 2 is more like what people expect from Fauré!
The rhythm in the 1st movement is very hard to get right!