Gabriel Urbain Fauré ： Barcarolle No.12 in Es-Dur Op.106bis

No. 12 unfolds with a quietly breathing melody over a flowing accompaniment, while the voices interact with great delicacy. Rather than relying on large dramatic contrasts, it changes character through subtle harmonic shifts and flexible phrase contours, with the register and sonority opening out at important points. While maintaining the calm current established at the opening, moments of intensification should be shaped not through volume alone, but by bringing out the movement of the inner voices and the harmonic tension. Pedaling should connect the sonorities without allowing them to become blurred; preserving the melody’s singing quality and flexible rhythm carefully allows the beauty of the lingering resonance to emerge.