Gabriel Fauré - Sicilienne, for cello & piano, Op. 78

Painting: The Turn of the Road by John Atkinson Grimshaw. http://imago.ist https://www.facebook.com/demireltaskin

Gabriel Urbain Fauré 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. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.

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