Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem
Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
an engaging and admirable performance … what’s not to like about this release? Highly recommended. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Disc of the month
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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. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Choral
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The Secret Fauré 3: Sacred Vocal Works
Benjamin Appl (baritone), Katja Stuber (soprano)
Sinfonieorchester Basel, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Ivor Bolton
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Fauré: Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Eric Picard (cello)
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Jarvi
On this showing, Jaroussky might more accurately be described as a countermezzo, since his fine high Fs (top line of the treble stave) are delivered with no sense of strain. Most of the time,... — More…
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Fauré: Requiem
& other sacred music
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... — More…
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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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The French Album
London Choral Sinfonia, Nick Pritchard, Miriam Allan, James Orford, Michael Waldron
Especially notable are the four sacred songs by Langlais, all first recordings, the music sent by his widow to soprano Miriam Allan, who more than justifies that trust with wonderfully heartfelt... — More…
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Here's almost two and a half hours of bliss. These are recordings to set aside for the time when, as the prayer says, 'the busy world is hushed'. Asked to characterise Fauré's and Duruflé's... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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Fauré - Requiem
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Accentus & Members of Orchestre National de France, Laurence Equilbey
Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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