Released to coincide with his third season as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati has forged a close and highly successful partnership with his orchestra. This, his fourth recording with DSO Berlin, continues his series of music by French composers (Debussy, Faur�, Ravel, Duparc) with a significant move into choral music: the Durufl� Requiem. Ticciati is joined by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Ko�en�, who has performed Debussy's Ariettes oubli�es and Duparc songs on previous DSO recordings, and the Grammy award-winning Rundfunkchor Berlin. Written in response to Faur�'s own Requiem and with Debussy's influence paramount, Durufl� created one of the most significant sacred works of the twentieth century. Ticciati describes this masterpiece as "a balm for the soul, a score filled with tremendous hope and peaceful searching". Most typically recorded with organ accompaniment, Ticciati has chosen to record Durufl�'s own orchestrated version which allows the conductor to create a unique blend of choral and orchestral colours recalling the sound-world of Debussy and the Impressionists. Fittingly the programme also includes Debussy's Nocturnes, a welcome addition following the critically-acclaimed reception of Ticciati's recording of La mer.