Chœur de Chambre de Namur: Faure: Requiem (1888) - COMPACT DISCS

Chœur de Chambre de Namur: Faure: Requiem (1888) - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Faure: Requiem (1888)

Artist:

Chœur de Chambre de Namur

Label:

Ricercar

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5400439004696

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2024-11-01

Number of Discs:

1

The Requiem "composed for no particular purpose...", as Gabriel Faure 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 Andre Messager, is far removed from the solemnities of the great Parisian church; it's 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 Faure's death in 1924.

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