This introduction to the beauty of Fauré’s choral writing is a Gramophone Award winner. The central work is his justly-beloved Requiem, in John Rutter’s groundbreaking edition of the second (1893) version of the work, a much more intimate version than that for full orchestra which is more often heard. Alongside this are several motets, the Messe Basse, and the stirring Cantique de Jean Racine.
"A revelation: this, surely, is the sound that Fauré imagined as he wrote...beautifully sung...admirably recorded...quite indispensable."
