Gabriel Faure
TWO SONGS Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune for instrument and piano
Goodmusic GM545
Arranged for Solo Instrument and Piano by Peter Lawson. Solo parts are included for: Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Saxophone in Bb, Saxophone in Eb, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in Bb, Tenor Trombone, Tuba. The version for voice and harp (Goodmusic GM544) may be used with the instrumental part replacing the voice. These songs may also be performed with orchestral accompaniment (Goodmusic Concert Classics GMCL243).
Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune are probably the two most well-known and best-loved of Faure’s songs for voice and piano. Apres un Reve (After a Dream) is an early song, published in 1878, the first of Trois Melodies, Op 7, with lyrics adapted by Romain Bussine from an anonymous Italian poem. The words describe a dream in which two lovers fly away from earth, soaring upwards towards an Aurora-like light in the sky. On awakening, the dreamer regrets he cannot return to the false world of the dream, as the rich harmonies of the repeated chords of the accompaniment descend into disappointment and sadness.
Claire de Lune (Moonlight) employs a poem by Paul Verlaine from Fetes Gallantes. The same poem was later to be set by Faure’s pupil, Claude Debussy, who also wrote the hauntingly beautiful piano piece with the same title. Faure’s setting was in 1887 and, unlike Apres un Reve, the piano has the tune, wistfully weaving it around the vocal line.
In this edition, I have added a number of understood’ ritardandi extra dynamics and lots of pedalling suggestions in the piano part. Peter Lawson
Apres un Reve & Claire de Lune are probably the two most well-known and best-loved of Faure’s songs for voice and piano. Apres un Reve (After a Dream) is an early song, published in 1878, the first of Trois Melodies, Op 7, with lyrics adapted by Romain Bussine from an anonymous Italian poem. The words describe a dream in which two lovers fly away from earth, soaring upwards towards an Aurora-like light in the sky. On awakening, the dreamer regrets he cannot return to the false world of the dream, as the rich harmonies of the repeated chords of the accompaniment descend into disappointment and sadness.
Claire de Lune (Moonlight) employs a poem by Paul Verlaine from Fetes Gallantes. The same poem was later to be set by Faure’s pupil, Claude Debussy, who also wrote the hauntingly beautiful piano piece with the same title. Faure’s setting was in 1887 and, unlike Apres un Reve, the piano has the tune, wistfully weaving it around the vocal line.
In this edition, I have added a number of understood’ ritardandi extra dynamics and lots of pedalling suggestions in the piano part. Peter Lawson
