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Faure: Requiem and other choral music

Stephen Varcoe (Performer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), John Rutter (Conductor), London Sinfonia [members of] (Orchestra), John Scott (Performer), Caroline Ashton (Performer), Nicola-Jane Kemp (Performer), Ruth Holton (Performer), Simon Standage (Performer)
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1. Introit et Kyrie
2. Offertoire
3. Sanctus
4. Pie Jesu
5. Agnus Dei
6. Libera me
7. In paradisum
8. Ave verum Corpus
9. Tantum ergo
10. Kyrie eleison
11. Sanctus
12. Benedictus
13. Agnus Dei

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


Editorial Reviews

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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. --David Vernier

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting, beautiful, & peaceful, May 1, 1999
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Gabriel Faure is hardly among the best known classical composers in the world, but this album makes a strong argument as to why he should be. John Rutter & the Cambridge singers never disappoint, and Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine" and "Requiem" are magnificent, haunting, & peaceful. A must have for any lover of choral music or anyone just "browsing", looking for something different.
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51 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars bright requiem, June 18, 2000
This CD is a revelation. Between the subject matter and the genuinely somber music, Faure's Requiem is often recorded as in a gloom. Darkness is made to make do for profundity and melancholy for reflection. In this version, there is no lack of sadness, but also no lack of soaring voices declaring a deeper belief in a life beyond death. This Requiem is bright, not gloomy, filled with the sunshine of faith. I can not help thinking this is what Faure must have meant by the piece, and if not, it is what he should have meant.
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33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Requiem- a masterpiece., April 20, 2002
By Lilly (13 yrs) (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This exquisite collection has so many gorgeous songs that move me to tears. In Sanctus, the violin is so pure, so beautiful, its wrings my heart. This is real music, real art, crafted with such care, that it is a true privilege to hear it, not to mention sing it (which I have done, and I loved it). It is an encredible CD, and I would encourage anyone to buy it.
Lilly
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best Faure's Requiem conducted by John Rutter
This is an incredibly beautiful performance of Faure's works, including The Requiem (1893) - Thank You John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers, and members of London Sinfonia.
Published 2 months ago by Robert W. Dudek

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Haunting
After hearing this piece of work on two different occasions on the same day, I felt that I needed to have it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. W. Briede

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Beauty Revealed, At Last
This Collegium COLCD 109 is a later release of the Collegium COLCD 101 which I purchased circa 1985 after reading glowing reviews in Grammophone magazine. Read more
Published on January 10, 2007 by C. S. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Life has been engulfed in time
This requiem represents a complete shift in the general tone of the requiem as a genre. The vision of life and death is impregnated with a feminine light, the light of the ocean... Read more
Published on August 6, 2003 by Jacques COULARDEAU

3.0 out of 5 stars high quality but lacking emotion
One reviewer describes this as "no lack of sadness, bright, not gloomy, filled with sunshine"; another calls it "peaceful". I might go with peaceful. Read more
Published on August 31, 2001 by H. Kraus

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