Fauré Nocturne

[arielpiano]

I played this longish encore at the Mill Hill recital in London, after the intense Brahms Händel Variations that closed the program, to catch my breath and to give everyone a chance to relax a bit:

[pencilart3]

Hi Ariel, this is excellent. Was this the same recital as those Debussy Preludes? Nice Fazioli BTW that's my favorite brand by far. I gave you a thumbs up on youtube.

You created an excellent mood in this piece, I don't think I'm qualified to give you any constructive feedback as you are light years ahead of me.

P.S. I love the smooth glasses adjustment at 1:51.

[chechig]

Beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[rachfan]

Hi Ariel,

Bravo!

I believe that the 6th Nocturne is the finest of Faure's nocturnes, and your rendition here is wonderful. You're playing of the phrasing, dynamics and nuances is splendid. I enjoyed listening!  I hope as time allows that you'll be able to look more into his music.  There are a lot of gems there.  In his own time, I think that Faure was underestimated.  But this piece proves otherwise.

Ours might be the only two recordings here of this piece. (My recording is in the Index to Audition Room here and dates from 1986, and I posted it in 2006.)  There have been several studio recordings over the years, but the pianist who first inspired me to play this piece was Vlado Perlemuter.

Thanks for sharing!

David  

[emill]

an attractive piece, finely and expressively played.  BRAVO!!