Impromptu Op.86 and Une Chatelaine en sa tour Op.110 - Gabriel Faure

In this new edition, under the direction of harpist Carl Swanson, both pieces have been engraved, for the first time, the way they are actually played.  All pedal changes are printed, in a font large enough to easily read.  Enharmonic notes have been respelled, and passages have been re-notated and fingered to show more clearly which hand plays what.  Swanson has not in any way altered either composition, neither adding to nor removing anything that was not in the original composition.  These ARE the original pieces, presented as Fauré  composed them, and as harpists have always played them.

There is a fascinating mystery that surrounds the Impromptu, and it is explained in the Preface.  In addition, there are two corrections to the Chatelaine that were discovered by Pierre Jamet and confirmed by Micheline Kahn, the dedicatee of the piece.

These new engravings, the first since the pieces were composed in 1904 and 1918, blow away the cobwebs and shine a bright new light on two of the most significant pieces in the harp repertoire.