Requiem

Album by Gabriel Fauré & Victoria de los Ángeles & Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & André Cluytens

Requiem is a choral composition by French composer Gabriel Fauré, completed in 1890. The work is characterised by restrained, consolatory melodies, intimate choral textures and luminous orchestration rooted in late-Romantic harmonic language, representing a synthesis of Fauré's mature style and a distinctive, more serene approach to the requiem form within the choral repertoire.
First released: 1972

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introit & Kyrie
    8:09
  2. 2.
    Requiem, Op. 48: II. Offertoire
    9:10
  3. 3.
    Requiem, Op. 48: III. Sanctus
    3:18
  4. 4.
    Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu
    3:19
  5. 5.
    Requiem, Op. 48: V. Agnus Dei
    6:47
  6. 6.
    Requiem, Op. 48: VI. Libera me
    5:20
  7. 7.
    Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum
    3:47

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