David Popper’s suite in six movements, “ Im Walde ” will be known to cellists predominantly through cello and piano collections with the movements “ Gnomentanz ” and “ Andacht ”.
These popular movements are but two of six character pieces under the title “ Im Walde ” which first appeared in Hamburg as his opus 50 in 1882.
Fauré was among the leading French song composers of the ‘fin de siecle ’. His songs combine to perfection the qualities of the French “ mélodie ”: its flowing cantabile, its subtle harmonisation and its lyric impulse.