Early Piano Works,
by Gabriel Fauré
These typically
elegant pieces, many of them achingly beautiful, are interpreted in a thoughtful
manner by Ms. Röling, which emphasizes their inherently graceful structure. In
these recordings, she does not display the technical polish Jean-Philippe
Collard brings to bear on his complete traversal of the Faure barcarolles (also
part of the Library's collection). But to my mind, the music does not suffer as
a result of her more deliberate approach. Given a chance to really breathe,
these pieces simply display different facets of their characters. An especially
intriguing inclusion is Impromptu no. 1 in E flat major, op. 25, which
hints at the more adventurous harmonic palette Faure would explore in later
years.
-David
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