Gabriel Fauré: Master of overwhelming lyricism Fauré fascinates with his vigor, his inexhaustible energy, his radiance, the crystalline arabesques of his piano music. This aristocrat of phrasing, this lover of poetry blazed a trail free of all dogma, on which French pianist Philippe Cassard now embark with fervor.
Ballade for piano & orchestra in F sharp major, op.19 13’28 Nocturne no.2 in B major, op.33 6’09 Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, op.80 16’01 Nocturne no.4 in E flat major, op.36 6’27 Nocturne no.11 in F sharp minor, op.104 4’13 Pénélope 7’29 Fantaisie for piano and orchestra in G major, op.111 14’20