It's so hard to produce new videos or sheet music, because I'm too busy. Moreover, making videos requires a lot of work to practise a song - about 3 to 6 months for a hard piece - and I don't want to publish a lot of easy pieces.
Therefore, I thought that I could share with you, during these 'silent' times, what's the music around me, what are my favorite music of the moment, and so on. You are encouraged to comment, discuss on my thoughts, maybe it will be subject to debate. I can debate in english or french (better in french ;) )
Today, I will share with you this wonderful piece from Gabriel Fauré: "En Sourdine" op 58 n°2. The poem is from Paul Verlaine. I discovered it thanks to a France Musique radio program, which aired a concert of a baryton singing several pieces of Fauré.
First, woman version, transposed in Gb Major (initially in Eb Major):
My favorite version: simple, beautiful, touching. Man version
Counter-tenor version:
Here is the explanation (in french) of this poem: http://verlaineexplique.free.fr/fetesgal/ensourdine.html
To find the sheet music on IMSLP for this song, click here. (This is the second song from the 5 melodies).
I hope you'll share the love from this song too!
