Faure Symphony in D minor Opus 40 (1884)

[Marcus]

Can anyone telL me why Faure's youthful Symphony in D minor Opus 40 (1884), has not been recorded. Although it was unpublished during Faure's lifetime, surely some company will consider it ? I haven't been able to find much information about it, but possibly it was destroyed or lost ?

[Alan Howe]

It doesn't exist, I'm afraid. Grove online tells us that the MS was destroyed.

[TerraEpon]

Yeah, it was apparently destroyed, however my personal list notes that it was "Reused in Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 108 and Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 109".


HOWEVER, I also have noted that Op. 20 is "Suite d'Orchestre (Symphony in F)" which doesn't seem to have been recorded. I wonder what the staus on that one is, as there's no indication it's missing.

[Falparsi]

And what about his magnum opus "PROMETHEE"...

[Syrelius]

HOWEVER, I also have noted that Op. 20 is "Suite d'Orchestre (Symphony in F)" which doesn't seem to have been recorded. I wonder what the staus on that one is, as there's no indication it's missing.

I have a CD with Fauré's Allegro Symphonique. As I understand it, this is the first movement from his Op 20. Unfortunately, my CD:s are in something of a mess right now  , so I haven't been able to check this with the information in the CD booklet. You find the CD here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faur%C3%A9-Franck-Messager-Symphonic-Variations/dp/B0000285X2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261127498&sr=1-1

[ttle]

The score of this Symphonie / Suite d'orchestre has been published, or should soon be, under the auspices of Palazzetto Bru-Zane:
https://www.baerenreiter.com/fileadmin/ecs/BA9467-01/pdf/9790006544561_Innenansicht.pdf