TITLE : Fauré: Requiem
CATALOGUE NUMBER : 464 701-2
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : December 2000
 
WORKS
Requiem, op.48*
I Introït et Kyrie
II Offertoire
III Sanctus
IV Pie Jesu
V Agnus Dei
VI Libera me
VII In paradisum

Pavane, op.50

Pelléas et Mélisande
º
Prélude
Andantino quasi allegretto
Lento (The King’s three blind daughters)
Sicilienne (Allegretto molto moderato)
Andante
Molto adagio
ARTISTS
Elly Ameling, soprano*
Bernard Kruysen, baritone*
Jill Gomez, soprano°

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean Fournet*†
David Zinman°
COMPOSERS
Gabriel Fauré
RECORDING INFORMATION
Fauré’s Requiem is his most popular work, and Elly Ameling’s pure angelic voice and Bernard Kruysen’s firm baritone voice add character to the many moving and intimate parts of the piece.

Also included in this set are Fauré’s famous Pavane and Pelléas et Mélisande.