Gabriel Fauré ‒ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80

Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1898) Performed by Boston Sinfonia, Seigi Ozawa conductor 00:00 - No. 1 Prélude - Quasi adagio 06:24...Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1898) Performed by Boston Sinfonia, Seigi Ozawa conductor 00:00 - No. 1 Prélude - Quasi adagio 06:24 - No. 2 Fileuse (Hilandera) - Andantino quasi allegretto 08:58 - No. 3 Sicilienne - Allegretto molto moderato 13:02 - No. 4 La Mort de Mélisande - Molto adagio Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 is a suite derived from incidental music by Gabriel Fauré for Maurice Maeterlinck’s play of the same name. He was the first of four leading composers to write music inspired by Maeterlinck’s drama. Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius followed in the first decade of the 20th century. Fauré’s music was written for the London production of Maeterlinck’s play in 1898. To meet the tight deadline of the production, Fauré reused some earlier music from incomplete works and enlisted the hel