I have uploaded this as a companion piece to the Mompou 'Chanson de Berceau'. I think they go rather well together.

This is Fauré's own arrangement. It is a very familiar piece, originally conceived for orchestra, but nowadays probably best known in versions for cello or flute with piano accompaniment. Given the amount of melodic repetition it contains it is perhaps more suited to performance on a string or wind instrument, where you can vary the tone more than the piano allows.

The modal harmony evokes an archaic mood harking back to a long lost age such as we also find in music composed by Debussy at this time (for example in the Passepied from the 'Suite Bergamasque').

I have tweaked the arrangement in a few places to remove some of the awkwardness. The version I used is to be found in a book called 'Favourite Piano Classics IV' (published by Könemann, purchased in Lidl!).

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