FAURE - BERCEUSE FROM DOLLY OP 56 NO 1 VIOLIN/PIANO

Gabriel Fauré 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 Fauré's Dolly suite, Op.56. Fauré 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 Fauré, responding to performing needs of the moment. (Roy Howat)