Fauré: Complete Piano Quartets & Quintets

This 2CD set brings together Gabriel Fauré’s (1845-1924) Piano Quartets and Quintets, charming works that showcase the composer’s hallmark harmonic richness and melodically inventive style. The Op.15 Quartet is an exquisitely crafted work. The Op. 45 Quartet demonstrates a much bolder departure from Classical tradition. The Piano Quintets are both mature masterpieces and reveal his evolving and increasingly experimental musical language. These performances were recorded in 1966 in Stuttgart, Germany.