‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

Professor of Musicology Carlo Caballero remembers when he fell in love with the music of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): “It was when I heard his ‘Requiem’ as an undergrad at Pomona College [in southern ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Encounters with Fauré’s piano music in recitals are generally limited to small selections of pieces, but there ...

Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Debargue’s comprehensive survey of his piano music contains discoveries even for confirmed Fauré fans With the exception of just a handful of pieces, as ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Those who know him only by the Requiem may be surprised to learn that, at least for connoisseurs, the real Fauré was ...

Gabriel Fauré died in the early hours of 4th November, 1924. A century later, in December 2024, the concert pianist Kathryn Stott will step down from the concert platform after a long and ...

His melodies are stylish and elegant, chic even, etched with a sleight-of-hand urbanity. His music flows effortlessly, magically combining Monet’s liquid cool with the warmth of a Pisarro landscape, ...

Outstanding recordings of Fauré's greatest works, featuring Marianne Crebassa, Quatuor Ebène, Steven Isserlis, Gérard Souzay and more Gabriel Fauré's music is unmistakable, and once you have ...