Fauré’s Requiem

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Fauré’s Requiem is performed in its complete 1893 version by the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal under the direction of Victor Jacob. Works by Brahms, Schubert, Rossini and Rheinberger extend this journey between the sacred and the secular, marked by depth and melancholy.More details

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
REQUIEM

Requiem Mass in D minor, Op. 48 (1893 version).

Gioachino Rossini : « Quelques mesures de chant funèbre à mon pauvre ami Meyerbeer »
Johannes Brahms : Vier Gesänge, op. 17
Franz Schubert : Gesang der Geister den Wassern, D. 714
Josef Rheinberger : Abendlied, op. 69 n°3
Gabriel Fauré : Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11

Isaure Brunner · Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin

Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
Victor Jacob, conductor

All the sacred spirit of the Romantic era is embodied in these pages: Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem offers itself without artifi ce, frank and generous. Begun in 1887 and carefully reworked over the years, the work unfolds with a spiritual fervour bathed in a halo of crystalline honesty, carried by a fluid choral writing. Victor Jacob conducts the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal in revealing the 1893 version, the first complete edition of this masterpiece. Selected works by Brahms, Schubert, Rossini, and Rheinberger bridge the divine and the secular, transforming this album into a journey steeped in depth and melancholy, where the purity of the score draws the listener’s mind into unsuspected reveries.

Recorded from October 7th to 11th 2024 at the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles.

Booklet French/English - Duration : 78'24.

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