Fauré: Requiem

Album by Gabriel Fauré & City of London Sinfonia & David Hill & Westminster Cathedral Choir

Fauré: Requiem is a choral composition by French composer Gabriel Fauré, written between 1887 and 1890 with its final version completed in 1900. Scored for choir, solo voices and orchestra and notable for its restrained, consolatory tone and emphasis on lyricism, it occupies a distinctive place in Fauré's output as a late-Romantic sacred work that contrasts with more dramatic Requiem settings in music history.
First released: July 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Requiem: Introit & Kyrie
    6:34
  2. 2.
    Requiem: Offertoire
    8:23
  3. 3.
    Requiem: Sanctus
    3:08
  4. 4.
    Requiem: Pie Jesu
    3:14
  5. 5.
    Requiem: Agnus Dei
    6:08
  6. 6.
    Requiem: Libera Me
    4:40
  7. 7.
    Requiem: In Paradisum
    3:44
  8. 8.
    Tantum Ergo, Op. 65 No. 2
    2:46
  9. 9.
    Messe Basse: Kyrie Eleison
    2:21
  10. 10.
    Messe Basse: Sanctus
    2:23
  11. 11.
    Messe Basse: Benedictus
    2:29
  12. 12.
    Messe Basse: Agnus Dei
    3:05
  13. 13.
    Marie, Mater Gratiae, Op. 47 No. 2
    2:40

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