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Camille Saint-Saëns, who died in 1921, said of Fauré's "Pie Jesu": "Just as Mozart's is the only 'Ave verum corpus', this is the only 'Pie Jesu'." [1] Andrew Lloyd Webber's setting of "Pie Jesu" in his Requiem (1985) has also become well known and has been widely recorded, including by Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, Jackie Evancho, Sissel ...
The best-known part of Lloyd Webber's Requiem, the "Pie Jesu" segment, combines the traditional Pie Jesu text with that of the Agnus Dei from later in the standard Requiem Mass. It was originally performed by Sarah Brightman , who premiered the selection in 1985 in a duet with boy soprano Paul Miles-Kingston ; a music video of their duet was ...
The Premiere Collection: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber is a 1988 compilation album, bringing together some of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's best known compositions at the time of release. It includes songs from the musicals The Phantom of the Opera , Tell Me on a Sunday , Evita , Cats , Jesus Christ Superstar , Starlight Express and Requiem .
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, KG (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway .
Brightman and then-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber at the world premiere performance of Requiem at Saint Thomas Church in New York City. In 1985, Brightman's recording of "Pie Jesu" was a strong commercial success, selling 25,000 copies [26] on the first day of release and peaking at number 3, despite the lyrics being in Latin. With classical music ...
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 album musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, on which the 1971 rock opera was based. Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as an album, the success of which led to stage productions.
This single is one of only two top 20 British hits to be sung fully in Latin (the other was a recording of "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem performed by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston in 1986). [1] "Gaudete" is also one of only a handful of a cappella performances to become hit singles.
"Pie Jesu" (Version 1) Sissel Kyrkjebø Oslo Gospel Choir: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Live: 1990 [83] "Pie Jesu" (Version 2) Sissel Kyrkjebø Andrew Lloyd Webber: My Heart: 2004 [15] "Pokarekare Ana" # Sissel Kyrkjebø Oslo Gospel Choir: trad. Stig Nilsson: Soria Moria: 1989 [13] "Prince Igor" † Sissel Kyrkjebø, Warren G: Warren G Achim Völker ...