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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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Fauré: Requiem
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Robert Bennesh (organ), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) & Edmund Milly (bass), Nola Richardson (soprano), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano), Mindy Ella Chu (alto), Gene Stenger (tenor), Grace Cloutier (harp)
Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill
[The arrangement[ works extremely well, with the two strings bringing out the subsidiary lines that were always a feature of [Faure’s] writing. The singing is splendid. The baritone soloist... —
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Fauré: Requiem & Franck: Symphony in D minor
RecommendedStephan Genz & Johannette Zomer
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2002, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, May 2026, Top Choice - Fauré Requiem
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Fauré - Requiem
Recommendedand other sacred music
Caroline Ashton (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), John Scott (organ) & Simon Standage (violin)
The Cambridge Singers & Members of the City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (director)
The medium-scale 1893 version of Fauré's spiritual masterpiece finds a loving advocate in John Rutter, with excellent soloists and a lucid-toned choir. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Choral
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Fauré: Requiem and other choral music
Mary Seers (soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Michael George (baritone)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Faure: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis
Philippe Estèphe (soloist), Emőke Baráth (soloist), Chouchane Siranossian, François Saint-Yves, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Like his earlier recording, Niquet favours a brisk lack of sentimentality. It is musically effective, even if it is odd to find a Requiem invigorating. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Special offer. Fauré - Requiem
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Accentus & Members of Orchestre National de France, Laurence Equilbey
Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Eric Picard (cello)
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Jarvi
On this showing, Jaroussky might more accurately be described as a countermezzo, since his fine high Fs (top line of the treble stave) are delivered with no sense of strain. Most of the time,... —
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Fauré: Requiem
Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
an engaging and admirable performance … what’s not to like about this release? Highly recommended. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Disc of the month
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Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48, etc.
Kiri Te Kanawa & Sherrill Milnes
Le Choeur et L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
