Fauré: Complete Nocturnes (2006)

Fauré's nocturnes follow from Chopin's nocturnes, as Field's precede them, and the Fauré ones are heard just about as infrequently as the Field as well, overshadowed as they all are by Chopin. David Jalbert will help spread the good word about the Fauré nocturnes with this beautiful performance. As with the other composers' works, Fauré's nocturnes have an amount of smoothness and dreaminess to them. Jalbert pays careful attention to both. He is a pianist with very clean technique. Every note in every run is clear, yet ... Read More

Fauré's nocturnes follow from Chopin's nocturnes, as Field's precede them, and the Fauré ones are heard just about as infrequently as the Field as well, overshadowed as they all are by Chopin. David Jalbert will help spread the good word about the Fauré nocturnes with this beautiful performance. As with the other composers' works, Fauré's nocturnes have an amount of smoothness and dreaminess to them. Jalbert pays careful attention to both. He is a pianist with very clean technique. Every note in every run is clear, yet still connected, with an even, rounded tone. Every melodic line is lucid and gently supported by a moving accompaniment, even in Nos. 12 and 13, which have less lyrical themes. What comes through in his performance more than technique is the shaping of each nocturne. He doesn't make each a billowy, moonlit cloud, although there is a certain amount of that written into the nocturnes, but he does make sure each has an organically flowing order, so that the more dramatic sections are not... Read Less