Classical Music | Violin Music

Gabriel Fauré

Berceuse in D Major, Op.16  Play

Jinjoo Cho Violin
Hyun Soo Kim Piano

Recorded on 11/04/2015, uploaded on 06/07/2016

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

The bulk of Gabriel Fauré’s music – whether piano, chamber, vocal or orchestral – conveys the impression of a personal and private statement, an intimate conversation between the composer and his muse. All his life, Fauré’s ideal was, as he put it, to create Musique de Chambre; the larger forms, such as opera, symphonies or concertos, were not for him. The elegance and “ease” of much of his music belies the painstaking effort that went into the composition. Composed in 1879, the gentle Berceuse (Lullaby), originally for violin and piano, has undergone many transcriptions, including an orchestration by Fauré himself.    Notes by Elizabeth and Joseph Kahn