Although Après un Rêve is one of Fauré’s earliest songs (1877), it is unquestionably his most popular. The first of his Trois Melodies, Op. 7, which also include Hymne (Op.7, No. 2) and Barcarolle (Op. 7, No. 3), has been transcribed for several solo instruments including piano, yet remains best known in its intended form: as a song for solo voice. The dreamy, languid, and richly expressive melodic line of Après un Rêve is set to words by Romain Bussine. The text – a French adaptation of an anonymous Italian poem – describes a dream of a lover’s romantic rendezvous of an almost otherworldly kind, away from darkness, and toward an awakening light. But the dreamer, now awake, longs to return to the mysterious night. Notes by David H. Edelfelt. Olver Aldort
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Gabriel Fauré
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Although Après un Rêve is one of Fauré’s earliest songs (1877), it is unquestionably his most popular. The first of his Trois Melodies, Op. 7, which also include Hymne (Op.7, No. 2) and Barcarolle (Op. 7, No. 3), has been transcribed for several solo instruments including piano, yet remains best known in its intended form: as a song for solo voice. The dreamy, languid, and richly expressive melodic line of Après un Rêve is set to words by Romain Bussine. The text – a French adaptation of an anonymous Italian poem – describes a dream of a lover’s romantic rendezvous of an almost otherworldly kind, away from darkness, and toward an awakening light. But the dreamer, now awake, longs to return to the mysterious night. Notes by David H. Edelfelt. Olver Aldort
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Après un rève
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45
Nocturne in e-flat minor, Op. 33, No. 1
Impromptu No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 34
From Requiem: Hostias
Élégie in C minor Op. 24
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Op. 13
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Piano Quintet No. 1 in d minor, Op. 89
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String Quartet in a Minor, Op. 132
Sonata for cello and piano in F Major, Op. 99
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 for Piano and Cello
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
Serenade in C Major, Op. 10
Piano Quartet No.2, Op.45
String Quartet Op. 131
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
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