Fauré: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis Emőke Baráth, Philippe Estèphe, Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Requiem, Op. 48:
• 1 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introït & Kyrie 05:37
• 2 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: II. Offertoire 05:30
• 3 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: III. Sanctus 02:59
• 4 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu 03:02
• 5 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: V. Agnus Dei 05:12
• 6 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VI. Libera me 04:24
• 7 Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum 03:18
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893): Messe de Clovis:
• 8 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: I. Kyrie 02:52
• 9 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: II. Gloria 04:45
• 10 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: III. Credo 07:57
• 11 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: IV. Sanctus 01:12
• 12 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: V. Benedictus 02:08
• 13 Gounod: Messe de Clovis: VI. Agnus Dei 03:26
• Louis Aubert (1877 - 1968): O salutaris:
• 14 Aubert: O salutaris 03:15
• André Caplet (1878 - 1925): Adagio pour violon et orgue:
• 15 Caplet: Adagio pour violon et orgue 03:21
• Total Runtime 58:58

Info for Fauré: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis

While Fauré'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 Fauré's Requiem: "this warm, luxuriant sound leads to an elevation of the spirit", says Hervé Niquet. The work is recorded here in its 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 André Caplet (1878-1925) complete this programme, a co-production with the Palazzetto Bru Zane and performed with fervour by the Concert Spirituel.

Emőke Baráth, soprano (tracks 4, 14)
Philippe EstèphePhilippe Estèphe, baritone (tracks 2, 6)
Chouchane Siranossian, solo violin (tracks 14, 15)
Le Concert Spirituel
Herve Niquet, direction

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