Faure: Requiem; Gounod: Messe de Clovis

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Release Date
August 23, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Gabriel Faure, Charles Gounod
    • PERFORMER
      Emoke Barath, Philippe Estephe, Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 23, 2024
    • UPC
      3701624510148
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1014
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Introit et Kyrie (Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    2. Offertoire (Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Performer: Philippe Estèphe

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    3. Sanctus (Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    4. Pie Jesu (Soprano)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    5. Agnus Dei (Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    6. Libera me (Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Performer: Philippe Estèphe

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    7. In paradisum (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Ensemble

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    8. Kyrie

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    9. Gloria

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    10. Credo

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    11. Sanctus

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    12. Benedictus

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    13. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    14. O salutaris

      Composer: Louis Aubert

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    15. Adagio

      Composer: André Caplet

      Performer: Chouchane Siranossian, Francois Saint-Yves


While Faure's Requiem is a monument of French sacred music, Gounod's Messe de Clovis is much less well known. It was composed from 1891 onwards as a tribute to Clovis who, like Joan of Arc, had become an iconic figure after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The two works share a reflective and intimate character that gives the impression of a return to the purity of Gregorian chant, although this does not detract from the jubilant character of Faure's Requiem: "this warm, luxuriant sound leads to an elevation of the spirit", says Herve Niquet. The work is recorded here in it's 1893 version, in an orchestration that uses neither violins nor woodwind; a later version with full orchestra was published in July 1900. O salutaris by Louis Aubert (1877-1968) for soprano, violin, harp, organ and choir and L'Adagio for violin and organ by Andre Caplet (1878-1925) complete this programme, a co-production with the Palazzetto Bru Zane and performed with fervour by the Concert Spirituel.