Ballade Op. 19, Piano

Fauré's piano works are of central importance within his compositional oeuvre. He dedicated his  Ballade , composed in 1879, to his teacher Camille Saint-Saëns. Structurally and in terms of its lyrical character the work breaks from the genre's epic form and takes on the traits of the sonata form. In 1881 Fauré arranged his  Ballade for piano and orchestra and the work was premiered in this new scoring.Drawing on the most recent discoveries and comprehensive source research, the work is presented in a scholarly-critical Urtext edition. The publication, which is based on the  R
uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré , includes a detailed foreword and notes on performancepractice.Published on the basis of  R
uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré Incorporates the latest research and findings regarding the sourcesScholarly-critical Urtext edition with advice on performance practiceDetailed foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger)Christophe Grabowskiis a pianist and doctor of musicology who studied in Warsaw and in Paris. He edited, among other works, one volume of the  R
uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré , two volumes of the  Édition Complète des R
uvres de Claude Debussy , and was the series editor for the new Chopin Complete Edition. In 2010, together with John Rink, he published the  Annotated Catalogue of Chopin's First Editions .