The scoop: This disc comes on the heels of Owens' well-regarded outing of Faure's Nocturnes. On this new disc he proves a savvy interpreter of Faure, with evocative and finely shaped performances of the composer's 13 barcarolles. The piano music here straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, and so poetry and urbanity must be at play. Owens obliges. Includes Faure's "Trois Romances."

Highlight: Owen's luminous playing adds a simple beauty to this seemingly simple French music.