When I was a substitute teacher in April and May, a student brought in his "Composer Report" about Fauré. His report was a PowerPoint presentation which used a short violin piece, "Après un Rêve", as played by Joshua Bell, a piece which I had never heard before. I fell in love with this music. I think I have listened to it over 100 times! And, I still love it!
Later, I found out that it was originally a song for soprano and piano. I bought that music file, as sung by Elly Ameling. I bought the violin solo, but it wasn't as good as what Joshua Bell played -- different key, etc. Well, ok, maybe I can't play like Bell, hahaha! I also got the string quartet version online (free). We tried it -- it was so-so, mostly a solo for the first violin and the other players just go, "dah, dah, dah, dah" through the whole piece -- very boring for them.
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