This new release from the National Symhony Orchestra of Ireland and Jean-Luc Tingaud spotlights Gabriel Fauré’s orchestrated songs and his music for the stage, of which his suite from the incidental music for Pelléas et Mélisande includes some of his best-loved music.
This recording also features leading international soprano Tara Erraught, Ruth Rosique, tenor Julien Dran and Chamber Choir Ireland.
Performances of Fauré’s spectacular Wagnerian drama Prométhée are a real rarity, while the eloquent Shylock suite, based on Shakespeare, contains some of his most elaborate symphonic music. Fauré orchestrated only a small number of his more than 100 songs, but these include the transcendentally beautiful love song Les Roses d’Ispahan with its harmonic subtleties and gorgeous coda.
The upper voices of Chamber Choir Ireland perform ‘Des ruisseaux et des sources claires’ from Prométhée Act III.