℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | November 15, 2019 |
| Duration | 42m 23s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical |
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 & Pavane, Op. 50
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, David Willcocks
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Requiem, Op. 48
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1.1
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I. Introitus - Kyrie
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
6:13 | |||
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1.2
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II. Offertoire (feat. John Carol Case)
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; John Carol Case; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
8:07 | |||
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1.3
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III. Sanctus
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
3:24 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Pie Jesu
Gabriel Fauré; Robert Chilcott; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
4:03 | |||
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1.5
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V. Agnus Dei
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
5:30 | |||
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1.6
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VI. Libera me (feat. John Carol Case)
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; John Carol Case; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
4:25 | |||
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1.7
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VII. In paradisum
Gabriel Fauré; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; New Philharmonia Orchestra; David Willcocks |
3:52 | |||
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1.8
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Pavane, Op. 50 (Instrumental Version)
Gabriel Fauré; David Willcocks; New Philharmonia Orchestra |
6:49 | |||
Sir David Willcocks conducts the Choir of King's College, Cambridge alongside the New Philharmonia Orchestra in this legacy recording of Fauré's awe-inspiring Requiem and the Pavane – two of his best-known works.
Gabriel Fauré composed his "Requiem in D minor", Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890. The choral-orchestral setting of the shortened Catholic Mass for the Dead in Latin is the best-known of his large works. Its focus is on eternal rest and consolation. Fauré's reasons for composing the work are unclear, but do not appear to have had anything to do with the death of his parents in the mid-1880s. He composed the work in the late 1880s and revised it in the 1890s, finishing it in 1900.
The "Pavane in F-sharp minor", Op. 50 was written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus. Obtaining its rhythm from the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name, the Pavane ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melodic climaxes, conjuring a haunting Belle Époque elegance.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.58 -10.39 to -0.48 | -23.15 -27.99 to -19.84 | -19.88 -25.50 to -16.40 | 11 9 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Introitus - Kyrie | -0.48 | -22.02 | -18.0 | 12 |
| 2 | II. Offertoire (feat. John Carol Case) | -0.88 | -24.94 | -21.8 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Sanctus | -0.70 | -20.08 | -17.3 | 9 |
| 4 | IV. Pie Jesu | -10.39 | -27.99 | -25.5 | 10 |
| 5 | V. Agnus Dei | -0.70 | -20.41 | -17.3 | 11 |
| 6 | VI. Libera me (feat. John Carol Case) | -0.56 | -19.84 | -16.4 | 10 |
| 7 | VII. In paradisum | -0.60 | -22.89 | -19.4 | 12 |
| 8 | Pavane, Op. 50 (Instrumental Version) | -6.31 | -27.06 | -23.3 | 12 |