Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite, Op. 56 for piano 4-hands (1896)

Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs “Après un rêve“ and “Clair de lune“. Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style. Dolly Suite, Op. 56 for piano four-hands (1893-96) 1. Berceuse 2. Mi-a-ou 3. Le jardin de Dolly 4. Kitty-valse 5. Tendresse 6. Le pas espagnol. Jean-Philippe Collard and Bruno Rigutto piano Berceuse Allegretto moderato. The Berceuse, marking Dolly’s first birthday, was a very early piece, composed in 1864 for Suzanne Garnier, the daughter of a family