Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: Gabriel Faure, John Rutter, Members of the London Sinfonia, John Scott, Caroline Ashton, Ruth Holton, Nicola-Jane Kemp Title: Faure: Requiem and other choral music Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 1 Label: Collegium Release Date: 2/29/2000 Genres: Pop, Classical Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Early Music Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 040888010920 |
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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 ch... more »     |
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Amazon.com 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 Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBright requiem J. C. Woods | Malden, MA USA | 06/18/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "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." Haunting, beautiful, & peaceful 05/02/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "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." High quality but lacking emotion H. Kraus | El Cerrito, CA USA | 08/31/2001 (3 out of 5 stars) "One reviewer describes this as "no lack of sadness, bright, not gloomy, filled with sunshine"; another calls it "peaceful". I might go with peaceful. The quality is high and the recording is of interest for being more faithful to Faure's original, non-orchestral version, but I found the performance notably lacking in emotion. I would steer the reader toward the more deeply moving Naxos version (conductor: Jeremy Summerly), which is something of a gem at budget price."
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