Santo Cazzati presents poetry of Paul Verlaine and musical settings of it by Gabriel Fauré

Santo Cazzati from 3CR Spoken Word performs poetry by Paul Verlaine with musical selections by Gabriel Faure. Santo reads Verlaine in both French and English and mixes in the exquisite music of Faure.     Poet Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.Gabriel Urbain Fauré (French: [ɡabʁiɛl yʁbɛ̃ fɔʁe]; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924)[n 1] was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Fauré