ERC092 Gabriel Fauré - Nocturnes Intégrale played by Germaine Thyssens-Valentin

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845–1924) was born into a cultured but not especially musical family. Despite his early musical promise he led a life punctuated by the demands of teaching and church music, leaving him scant time for his own compositions. Initially trained at the École Niedermeyer in Paris where he studied under Camille Saint-Saëns, Fauré emerged from these formative years to become an influential figure in French music, eventually directing the Paris Conservatoire. Even at the peak of his success he often retreated to the countryside for precious summer weeks devoted to composing. By his final years Fauré was celebrated as the...