Gabriel Fauré: Works for Violin & Piano 15th-century Zoe Drummond (soprano)

Zoe Drummond (soprano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

dramatic unison writing

Nicola LeFanu is Maconchy’s daughter and Swayne’s cousin

where song-like melodies and expressive dialogues between violin and piano take centre stage

Gabriel Fauré: Works for Violin & Piano 15th-century Zoe Drummond (soprano)Jane Gordon (violin) Jan Rautio (piano) Bridging the end of Romanticism and the beginnings of Modernism, Gabriel Faur is considered to be one of the most important French composers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His music is a testament to the seismic changes that he lived through, undoubtedly reflected in his distinctive writing. This collection of Faurs works for violin and piano are performed on period instruments: an 1890s rard