Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Complete Chamber Music for Strings and PianoThe Two Violin Sonatas
The Two Cello Sonatas
Piano Trio
String Quartet
The Two Piano Quartets
The Two Piano Quintets
Renaud Capuçon violin
Gautier Capuçon cello
Gérard Caussé viola
Michel Dalberto piano
Nicholas Angelich piano
Quatuor Ébène
Erato 2011
digital download, booklet and cover
Two pianists are involved: Nicholas Angelich and Michel Dalberto share duties, and there's little to chose between them, though Dalberto is perhaps the marginally more expressively expansive. There's also sometimes a slight discrepancy in the recorded sound, even between works apparently recorded in the same set of sessions – with the piano sometimes more recessed than at others. But the ear adjusts quickly and the performances have such musicality these things hardly matter; it's a real treat to hear chamber-music playing of such assurance and enquiring intelligence.(The Guardian)