Gabriel Fauré - Requiem by Ulysses56

Gabriel Fauré 1845 - 1924

Requiem and other choral music

Composer: Gabriel Faure

Conductor: John Rutter

Performer: Stephen Varcoe, John Scott, et al.

Orchestra: London Sinfonia [members of]

Label: Collegium

Audio CD (February 29, 2000)

Rip 320KBS

Cover and complet leaflets included

John Rutter's groundbreaking research and subsequent performing edition of Fauré's beloved Requiem has enabled us to hear the work as the composer originally intended. His first version of the piece included only a chamber orchestra with lower strings, harp, timpani, and organ. Four years later, Fauré added two movements and slightly expanded the orchestration. This is the version that Rutter and his inimitable Cambridge Singers perform here-- and it's a glorious revelation, especially if the only Fauré Requiem you've heard is that for full orchestra, which the composer himself neither created nor approved. Rutter and his singers give us a wonderfully sumptuous yet detailed performance that benefits tremendously from the newly realized clarity of inner lines and from the richly colored orchestral textures

On this Cd:

1.Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott, Cambridge Singers

Conducted by John Rutter



2. Offertoires (2) for vocal soloists, chorus & organ, Op. 65

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Nicola-Jane Kemp, Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, John Scott, Simon Standage, Cambridge Singers, Ruth Holton

Conducted by John Rutter



3. Ave Maria, sacred song for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) & organ in A flat major, Op. 67/2

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott, Cambridge Singers

Conducted by John Rutter



4. Maria Mater gratiae, offertory for tenor, baritone & organ, Op. 47/2

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott, Cambridge Singers

Conducted by John Rutter



5. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, Simon Standage, John Scott, Cambridge Singers

Conducted by John Rutter



6. Messe basse, for solo voices, chorus & organ

Composed by Gabriel Faure

Performed by London Sinfonia [members of]

with Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, John Scott, Simon Standage, Cambridge Singers, Ruth Holton

Conducted by John Rutter



Tracklist:

1. Requiem: Introit et Kyrie

2. Requiem: Offertoire

3. Requiem: Sanctus

4. Requiem: Pie Jesu

5. Requiem: Agnus Dei

6. Requiem: Libera me

7. Requiem: In paradisum

8. Ave verum Corpus

9. Tantum ergo

10. Ave Maria

11. Maria, Mater gratiae

12. Cantique de Jean Racine

13. Messe basse: Kyrie eleison

14. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Sanctus

15. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Benedictus

16. Messe basse: Messe Basse - Agnus Dei

Enjoy It!

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