Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Après un rêve"

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Après un rêve" by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Piano / Roger Vignoles. Recorded from the recital "Chanson de la France" , 1986.

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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