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Mark Rochester of Gramophone writes of the 'highly polished, virtually flawless sound of the Houston Chamber Choir' on the project. [6] James Manheim of AllMusic writes 'The album presents all of Duruflé's choral music, which fits conveniently on one CD, and it offers both distinctive performances and really superb recording of an impressive organ.'. [7]
The Requiem, Op. 9, is a 1947 (revised 1961) setting of the Latin Requiem by Maurice Duruflé for a solo baritone, mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, and organ, or orchestra with organ.
In a 2014 recording entitled Music for Remembrance, O'Donnell combined Duruflé's Requiem, in the orchestral version, with choral works written in memory of those fallen in the World Wars, including Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer set by Philip Moore and The peace that surpasseth understanding by John Tavener, performed by soloists ...
In recordings, the motets are often combined with Duruflé's Requiem, sharing the same approach of polyphonic music based on Gregorian chant. They have been recorded for example by King's College Choir, conducted by Stephen Cleobury and the Corydon Singers conducted by Matthew Best. [3]
Verdi: Requiem (Vienna Philharmonic Society of Friends and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Minor/Bach: Christ Lay In The Bonds Of Death (Roger Wagner Chorale) Maria Stader, Sieglinde Wagner, Hans Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg – Dvorak: Requiem; Charles Munch – Berlioz: Requiem (New England Conservatory Chorus)
In 1947 he completed probably the most famous of his few pieces: the Requiem op. 9, for soloists, choir, organ, and orchestra. He had begun composing the work in 1941, following a commission [5] from the Vichy regime. Also in 1947, Marie-Madeleine Chevalier became his assistant at St-Étienne-du-Mont.
Both Faure & Durufle only set part of the text of the Requiem Mass (in fact Durufle broadly set exactly the same text as Faure had set 60 years earlier): neither include the "Day of Judegment" texts ("Dies irae" et seq.) that are such a feature of certain other composers' Requiems (eg, Mozart, Berlioz or Verdi); 2.
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