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FAURÉ, G.: Requiem (Pollet, Le Roux, Südfunk-Chor, Württemberg State Theatre Chorus, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Prêtre)
What distinguishes Fauré’s Requiem from numerous other settings of the requiem text is its rather intimate, restrained, almost chamber-music nature, a “lullaby of death”, as it has also been called, initially more as a criticism of a work that for most of the time avoids depicting the dread of death and the Last Judgement. Fauré’s reply “But this is how I feel about death: as a happy liberation, as a striving for happiness in the hereafter rather than as a painful transition” not only perfectly describes essential characteristics of his Requiem, but also reveals it to be a very personal expression of the composer’s very own artistic nature.
Tracklist
Mass Text - Lyricist
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Le Roux, François (baritone)
Pollet, Françoise (soprano)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Le Roux, François (baritone)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Le Roux, François (baritone)
Württemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart (Choir)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Prêtre, Georges (Conductor)
Pollet, Françoise (soprano)




























