The elegantly expressive songs in this volume are among the finest works of the composer generally regarded as the greatest master of the French song. Gabriel Faur wrote then between 1861 and 1904, and gathered them into three collections, all reprinted here from authoritative French editions originally prepared for medium voice.
Set to texts by such distinguished writers as Victor Hugo, Th ophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Paulk Verlaine,...