Praying to “Pie Jesu” in the fourth movement, soprano Mikaela Bennett floated her long line over the undulating orchestra like a soul distancing itself from the cares of this world. Her clear, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Encounters with Fauré’s piano music in recitals are generally limited to small selections of pieces, but there ...

‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

Outstanding recordings of Fauré's greatest works, featuring Marianne Crebassa, Quatuor Ebène, Steven Isserlis, Gérard Souzay and more Gabriel Fauré's music is unmistakable, and once you have ...

Professor of Musicology Carlo Caballero remembers when he fell in love with the music of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): “It was when I heard his ‘Requiem’ as an undergrad at Pomona College [in southern ...

Marking the centenary of the composer’s death, Debargue’s comprehensive survey of his piano music contains discoveries even for confirmed Fauré fans With the exception of just a handful of pieces, as ...

Tonight BBC4's Sacred Music series turns to France, and two vital figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Gabriel Fauré and Francis Poulenc. Of all the sacred works of its time, none is ...