A selection of little-known and rarely performed piano pieces by Gabriel Fauré in Italy can serve as a valuable introduction to his sonic world, characterized by introspection and dreamy atmospheres. In the midst of this, however, there is also an extraordinary masterpiece by Luigi Nono, …sofferte onde serene… for piano and magnetic tape (1976), which, despite the difference in musical language, moves within a similar realm of reverie, where images are shadows rather than solid forms.