Так называемая
сложная музыка (без кавычек) при знакомстве представляет впечатление странное — совершенное музыкальное разнообразие не даёт настроиться на что-то привычное и следовать ему (
"moment when the grateful listener can lay anchor, as it were, happy to pause among such a kaleidoscopic interplay of ideas", Bryce Morrison, Gramophone), однако то тут, то там возникающие (и исчезающие) намёки на
нечто приводят к тому, что остаётся желание вернуться к этой странно-особой музыке переходного между романтизмом и модернизмом периода. Статья в Википедии объёмная, здесь приводятся ключевые фрагменты, которых, впрочем, тоже достаточно.
Сложность в основном относится к квинтетам, ниже будут приведены дополнительные цитаты.
Gabriel Urbain Faure (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers.
Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Faure composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.
Faure's music has been described as linking the end of Romanticism with the modernism of the second quarter of the 20th century. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which describes him as the most advanced composer of his generation in France, notes that his harmonic and melodic innovations influenced the teaching of harmony for later generations. In contrast with the charm of his earlier music, his works from the last twenty years of his life are sometimes elusive and withdrawn in character, and at other times turbulent and impassioned.
...Faure's later works do not display the easy charm of his earlier music: "the luscious romantic harmony which had always been firmly supported by a single tonality, later gave way to a severely monochrome style, full of enharmonic shifts, and creating the impression of several tonal centres simultaneously employed."
Gabriel Faure — Piano Quartets — Schubert Ensemble1:04:32
Цитата:
Two quartets, each the length of a symphony, with all the variations in mood and pace to be expected in works of this length. The quartets provide a continuous flow of sound with hardly a break for breath for the artists who perform with even, mutual sympathy... All the artists have their turn including the viola which too often has to take a back seat when it comes to "accompanied" obligati in such works.
The compositions are in classical sonata form with the subjects clearly presented and their treatments easy to follow and enjoy in every movement. First class in every way..
Jack L. Honigman (Amazon)Цитата:
Faure's Piano Quartets are full of wonderful tunes in a continuous flow of melody.. I am particularly fond of the Adagio in the First String Quartet. The two works are closely related and have some complex rhythms.
Wantage (Amazon)
Gabriel Faure — Piano Quintets — Schubert Ensemble1:01:05
Вместе с замечаниями вида
"They are quite difficult to listen to" (Schubert Ensemble violinist Simon Blendis) и
"Such complexity has baffled many listeners, and it is true that both works (particularly the Second Quintet) release their meaning and fragrance only with repeated listening." (Bryce Morrison, Gramophone) есть и следующий, например, отзыв от
начинающего поклонника классической музыки.
Цитата:
Faure a New PleasureI was not familiar with Gabriel Faure before... I was having a particularly stressful day and I put this in on as a lark, to break the string of constant irritations I was experiencing thus far that morning. I was rewarded by responding to my muse with a delightful hour... of listening pleasure. <...> Because of the variety in this musical palette... this exceptional CD goes will with most of my daily moments, from contemplative reading, to working, from cooking to relaxing at the end of the day. The movements are as different from one to the other as foie gras is from chocolate, but each delicious in their own right. <...> If you're not familiar with Faure, you are certain to find something delightful in this recording. <...> I've only just begun my "Classical" music journey and found this CD easy to relate to and door opening all the same.
R. Vick (Amazon) //
