Choral, Masses, Fauré (composer)
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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Fauré: Requiem
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Robert Bennesh (organ), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) & Edmund Milly (bass), Nola Richardson (soprano), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano), Mindy Ella Chu (alto), Gene Stenger (tenor), Grace Cloutier (harp)
Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill
[The arrangement[ works extremely well, with the two strings bringing out the subsidiary lines that were always a feature of [Faure’s] writing. The singing is splendid. The baritone soloist... —
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Fauré: Requiem & Franck: Symphony in D minor
RecommendedStephan Genz & Johannette Zomer
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2002, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, May 2026, Top Choice - Fauré Requiem
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Lortie more than meets the pianistic and musical challenge of Fauré’s unshowy virtuosity, his riding of each dappled ebb and flow of the Barcarolles reflecting a mature mastery. Nor is there... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Fauré - Requiem
Recommendedand other sacred music
Caroline Ashton (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), John Scott (organ) & Simon Standage (violin)
The Cambridge Singers & Members of the City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (director)
The medium-scale 1893 version of Fauré's spiritual masterpiece finds a loving advocate in John Rutter, with excellent soloists and a lucid-toned choir. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Choral
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New. Messe modale: Upper voices music for Mass by Alain, Fauré and Langlais
Buckfast Abbey Choir, Charles Maxtone-Smith (organ), Lloyd Hampton, Butterfly Paterson, Hannah Brooks-Hughes, Leon Sturdee, Maya de Souza, Maia Carter-Oakley, Matthew Searles
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Fauré: Requiem and other choral music
Mary Seers (soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Michael George (baritone)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Faure: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis
Philippe Estèphe (soloist), Emőke Baráth (soloist), Chouchane Siranossian, François Saint-Yves, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Like his earlier recording, Niquet favours a brisk lack of sentimentality. It is musically effective, even if it is odd to find a Requiem invigorating. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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