BERCEUSE VLN & PNO - FAURE

Gabriel Faur composed two famous Berceuses, of which one in D major, Op.16 was conceived for violin and piano. This is the other one. Composed as a piano duet, it found fame as the opening movement of Faur's Dolly suite, Op.56. Faur was never a purist about transcriptions, and several of his pieces (not least his Pavane and Sicilienne) exist in various arrangements made or encouraged by Faur, responding to performing needs of the moment. (Roy Howat)