REQUIEM
Julie Boulianne mezzo-soprano ~ Philippe Sly baryton | baritone ⋄
Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal †
Chœur de l'eglise St. Andrew and St. Paul
The Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul
Jean-Sebastien Vallee chef | conductor
Elinor Frey violoncelle | cello * ~ Jonathan Oldengarm orgue | organ
ACD2 2779
Under 19th century Romanticism, music ascended from its role as a vehicle for worship to itself becoming an object of worship. On this new recording, Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, Op. 9, considered a pinnacle of contemporary choral repertoire, is paired with Gabriel Fauré's moving Requiem, Op.48, especially when accompanied by organ, as these versions are, these sacred works are imbued with the same peaceful atmosphere. The release honors the memory of the hundreds of members of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul who served and died in the course of the First Great War, 1914-1918, in which so many of the great hopes of Romanticism were irrevocably shattered. Vocal soloists Philippe Sly and Julie Boulianne, the Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul and the Petits chanteurs du Mont Royal directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, are accompanied on the organ by Jonathan Oldengarm.
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Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Requiem, op. 48 (1893) 1 | I. Introit et Kyrie 6:30 2 | II. Offertoire 7:27 3 | III. Sanctus 2:58 4 | IV. Pie Jesu † 3:05 5 | V. Agnus Dei 5:49 6 | VI. Libera me ⋄ 4:57 7 | VII. In paradisum 3:35 |
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Requiem, op. 9 8 | I. Introit : Chœur 4:11 9 | II. Kyrie : Chœur 3:57 10 | III. Domine Jesu Christe : Chœur et baryton solo ⋄ 8:30 11 | IV. Sanctus : Chœur 3:31 12 | V. Pie Jesu : Mezzo-soprano solo (violoncelle * ad libitum) 3:52 13 | VI. Agnus Dei : Chœur 4:06 14 | VII. Lux aeterna : Chœur 3:58 15 | VIII. Libera me : Chœur † et baryton solo ⋄ 6:09 16 | IX. Paradisum : Chœur 2:58 |
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