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Faure - Requiem (1888) | Ricercar RIC469

Faure - Requiem (1888)

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Label: Ricercar

Cat No: RIC469

Barcode: 5400439004696

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st November 2024

Contents

Artists

Caroline Weynants (soprano)
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Millenium Orchestra

Conductor

Thibaut Lenaerts

Works

Faure, Gabriel

Cantique de Jean Racine, op.11
En Priere
Madrigal, op.35
Messe des pecheurs de Villerville (collab. with Andre Messager)
Motets (2), op.65
Requiem (1888 version)
Songs (2), op.47
» no.2 Maria, Mater gratiae

Artists

Caroline Weynants (soprano)
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Millenium Orchestra

Conductor

Thibaut Lenaerts

About

The Requiem "composed for no particular purpose...", as Gabriel Fauré wrote, was performed for the first time in the Madeleine Church in Paris on 16 January 1888, "for the funeral of some parishioner"! It is this original performance version, without the Offertory and the Libera me, with accompaniment provided only by a string ensemble (violas, cellos and double bass), organ and harp, that is presented here in a world-premiere recording. The Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville (1881), composed in Normandy in collaboration with André Messager, is far removed from the solemnities of the great Parisian church; its original version was written for women's voices with harmonium and violin accompaniment. The Choeur de Chambre de Namur invites us to return to these origins as we mark the centenary of Gabriel Fauré's death in 1924.

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