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Fauré: Requiem, Etc / Summerly, Beckley, Gedge, Et Al
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Fauré: Requiem, Etc / Summerly, Beckley, Gedge, Et Al

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Composer
FAURE
Artist
Jere, Nicholas, Oxford Camerata, Oxford Schola Cantorum, Summerly, Colm, Gedge, Lisa, Carey, Beckley
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 29, 1994
Catalog #
8550765
UPC
730099576529

About

The appearance of Fauré's Requiem in the 1880s, a decade during which the composer's most successful compositions were songs and piano pieces, can on I y be explained by the fine choral music which preceded it. The Messe basse represents Fauré at his most practical. Written in conjunction with the French composer and organist André Messager (also at one time assistant to Widor at St Sulpice) during a holiday in Normandy in 1881, the Messe basse was composed for the modest forces of a local church. A setting of the motet O salutaris hostia and the Kyrie were Messager's contribution; the remaining movements of the Ordinary, without the Credo, were set by Fauré. When revising the score in 1906 Fauré adapted the violin and harmonium accompaniment for organ, at the same time excising the Gloria and replacing Messager's Kyrie with one of his own. The final version of the Messe basse is one of the few existing settings of the mass for female voices and organ. The youthful Cantique de Jean Racine dates from 1865 when Fauré was studying with Saint-Saëns at the Ecole Niedermeyer in Paris. The Cantique earned Fauré a premier prix in composition and is a testament to the young composer's melodic genius and to his penchant for rich textures. This recording is an attempt to move Fauré's liturgical music from the concert hall to the church. In particular, the reconstruction of nineteenth-century French ecclesiastical pronunciation and the restoration of Fauré's preferred phrasing are just two of the most useful elements in the search for the composer's intentions. To those familiar with the more expansive versions of Fauré's Requiem there will inevitably be unfamiliar textures in this performance. However, few of Fauré's romantic gestures are lost in the chamber version, and moreover, the reserved translucence of the instrumentation emphasizes the fact that the Requiem -and indeed all the choral music recorded here - was originally designed for liturgical performance.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Introit et Kyrie (Chorus) 06:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introit et Kyrie (Chorus)
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  2. 2 Offertoire (Baritone, Chorus) 08:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Offertoire (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    08:55
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Gedge, Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  3. 3 Sanctus (Chorus) 03:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  4. 4 Pie Jesu (Soprano) 03:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Pie Jesu (Soprano)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Lisa Beckley, Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  5. 5 Agnus Dei (Chorus) 05:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  6. 6 Libera me (Baritone, Chorus) 04:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Libera me (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Nicholas Gedge, Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  7. 7 In paradisum (Soprano, Chorus) 03:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    In paradisum (Soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Lisa Beckley, Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  8. 8 Pieces de fantaisie, Op. 51: Suite No. 1 03:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pieces de fantaisie, Op. 51: Suite No. 1
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Louis Vierne
    Performer
    Colm Carey
  9. 9 Tantum ergo 03:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tantum ergo
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Déodat de Sévérac
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  10. 10 Kyrie 02:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  11. 11 Sanctus 02:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  12. 12 Benedictus 02:23
    Track
    12
    Title
    Benedictus
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  13. 13 Agnus Dei 03:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly
  14. 14 Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 06:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Colm Carey
    Ensemble
    Oxford Schola Cantorum
    Conductor
    Jeremy Summerly