Composer: Gabriel Fauré, André Messager
Performer: Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Orchestra: Millenium Orchestra
Conductor: Thibaut Lenaerts:
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ricercar
Catalogue: RIC469
Release: 2024
Size: 967 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
02. Fauré: En Priere
03. Fauré: Madrigal Op. 35
Messager: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
04. I. Kyrie
05. II. Gloria
06. III. Sanctus
07. IV. O salutaris
08. V. Agnus Dei
Fauré: 2 Motets, Op. 65
09. No. 1, Ave verum corpus
Fauré: 2 Songs, Op. 47
10. No. 2, Maria Mater Gratiae
Fauré: 2 Motets, Op. 65
11. No. 2, Tantum ergo sacramentum
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (Original Version)
12. I. Introït & Kyrie
13. II. Sanctus
14. III. Pie Jesu
15. IV. Agnus Dei
16. V. In Paradisum
The Requiem “composed for no particular purpose…”, as Gabriel Faure wrote, was performed for the first time in the Madeleine Church in Paris on 16 January 1888, “for the funeral of some parishioner”! It is this original performance version, without the Offertory and the Libera me, with accompaniment provided only by a string ensemble (violas, cellos and double bass), organ and harp, that is presented here in a world premiere recording. The Messe des pecheurs de Villerville (1881), composed in Normandy in collaboration with Andre Messager, is far removed from the solemnities of the great Parisian church; its original version was written for women’s voices with harmonium and violin accompaniment. The Choeur de Chambre de Namur invites us to return to these origins as we mark the centenary of Gabriel Faure’s death in 1924.