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Work: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80

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ComposerFauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeStage and film
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ParisOrchestre de Paris / James Gaffigan
/ Alma Bettencourt

© Alma Bettencourt
Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy, Scriabin
Orchestre de Paris; James Gaffigan; Alma Bettencourt

MunichLahav Shani, Elīna Garanča & Christian Van Horn

© Sarah Katharina
Fauré, Bartók
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Elīna Garanča; Christian Van Horn
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Expansive: Paavo Järvi conducts grand-scale repertoire in Pärnu

Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra © Kaupo Kikkas
Carl Nielsen’s Sinfonia espansiva forms the highlight as the Estonian Festival Orchestra brings full-throated symphonic sound to Pärnu. 
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Sir Simon Rattle opens the Bavarian RSO tour on his home turf

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra © BR | Astrid Ackermann
Sir Simon Rattle returns to Liverpool to conduct his new orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in Schumann and Stravinsky. 
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Morlot's evening of French music charms Seattle

Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seattle Symphony © Brandon Patoc

Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony commemorate the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth and present the world premiere of Benjamin Attahir's Hanoï Songs

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LondonSir Simon Rattle conducts Britten, Fauré & Dvořák

London Symphony Orchestra
Britten, Fauré, Dvořák
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle

PärnuEstonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi

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Fauré, Kõrvits, Nielsen
Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi; Amihai Grosz
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Bachtrack top ten: Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Fauré, portrait by John Singer Sargent (c.1889) © Public domain
Gabriel Fauré is often obscured by the twin shadows of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, but his “pure music”, especially the luminous, sublime late music with its daring harmonic progressions, still has the power to astonish.