Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest - Fauré, Duruflé: Requiem (1994)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 149:21 | 635 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Decca | Catalog: 426 486-2
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 149:21 | 635 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Decca | Catalog: 426 486-2
Both Duruflé and Fauré wrote their Requiems for choir and organ first. The orchestrations were afterthoughts bending to the excesses of public appeal and publishers' demands, at least that's what I was taught in college. Both works can be wonderful with orchestra and on this CD, the consistently excellent St. Martin in the Fields gives a beautiful interpretation of the Fauré Requem with orchestra.