Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

Gabriel Faure (Composer), Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Norio Ohga (Performer), Takashi Sakai (Performer), Kyoko Ito (Performer), Kazuo Yamada (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Norio Ohga, Takashi Sakai, Kyoko Ito, Kazuo Yamada
• Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
• Composer: Gabriel Faure
• Audio CD (September 13, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026OR
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #960,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful, April 12, 2007

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e. verrillo (williamsburg, ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (Audio CD)

This has got to be the worst recording of Faure's Requiem in existence. The tempo drags like a beached whale, the soloists can't find the pitch no matter how hard they try, and the timing of the orchestra has all the finesse of a two-year-old attempting to dance a tango. In short it's about as convincing as an Imus apology. Avoid this recording like the plague.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid it, May 24, 2006

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HB "HB" (Fort Mill, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (Audio CD)

I cannot believe Columbia (now Sony) ever went to Japan to record Faure. Had they used adequate soloists, it would have been okay. The chorus handles their part quite well, despite serious diction problems. But the soloists are a disaster and the conducting is not at all in the style of Faure. The recording has been around for a very long time. It should have been deleted years ago. In the meantime, do not buy it. There are too many good versions out there.