Faure - Piano Quartet 2 [Roge/Quatuor Ysaye]
Faure is not greatly represented in my Blog, just 4 entries, and only two of them represent Faure discs, but his contribution to the piano repertoire is immeasurable, yes he lacks Symphonies and Concertos, and his big thing seems to be the Requiem, but his Chamber Music makes quiet strides, and breaks the Ravel / Debussy dominance of the French repertoire, plus he's so unique, there's nothing quite like him.
Pascal Roge is French, now 60 years old, he recorded this work in 1996, i love these Decca Doubles [buy one get one free in essence!], they're so useful, and especially with Faure's Piano Quartets / Quintets they work out a treat, the photograph looks like some lavender fields in France, lovely and appropriate.
Here's Gloria Chien and friends playing the second movement on YouTube.
