The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Fauré: Messe de Requiem

Director of Music:

George Guest

Organ Scholar:

Stephen Cleobury

Ensemble:

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Benjamin Luxon (baritone)

Record Label:

Argo

Catalogue Number:

ZRG841

Release Date:

May 1976

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Notes:

Jonathan Bond (treble)

Reviews:

Record of the month "Sometimes it is hard to describe exactly why a performance comes up to perfection in a recording, and this is an instance where our breath was taken away by the solemn beauty and absolute 'rightness' of the vocal quality, orchestral playing, choice, registration, balance of the organ...Here, at last, from no less than five versions of the Requiem in the last three years, we have what we consider to be the perfect performance." EMG Handmade Gramophones 1976

Track Listing:

Messe de Requiem, Fauré

Cantique de Jean Racine, Fauré