Steven Isserlis, cellist, Fauré String Quartet in E minor op.121

“I cannot think of any music that should be played in any way other than the way one would sing or hum it as one walks along…”

“The reconstructed ending to the first movement of the Fauré string quartet... It was left unfinished on the ms [sic], so I’ve done a version different from that to the one suggested by his student (who edited the quartet - badly!). I just found your note AND my sheet of manuscript paper, at the same time - so that gave me the idea!”

– Steven Isserlis

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