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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Durufle - the best The Cleobury, St John's College recording of Durufle's Requiem is a gem. Unlike other recordings it eschews the operatic and attains a yearning frailty and simplicity entirely in keeping with the work's themes. It remains, for my money, the finest and most moving recording of this composition I have heard.
Intimate and honest It's not the most solid performance of these works,neither the most powerful, nor the most perfect or the better vocalised. The choir does not always enter the passeges at the right tempo, and there are some tracks where some extra energy, for adult voices would've been desireable (listen to Durufle's 'Liberame). However, the intimacy and sweetness of these performances compensate for any lack in other fields. The particular quality of the children's voices adds to the spirituality of this music. VOice... more info
Tracks:
1. Introitus: Requiem aeternam - Kyrie - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
2. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe - Benjamin Luxon, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
3. Sanctus - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
4. Pie Jesu - Jonathon Bond, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
5. Agnus Dei - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
6. Libera me - Benjamin Luxon, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
7. In paradisum - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
Cantique de Jean Racine - chorus and organ. Op.11 (1865) - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest
Kyrie - Andrew Brunt, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest
Sanctus - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest
Benedictus - Andrew Brunt, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest
Agnus Dei - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
Kyrie - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
Gloria - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
Sanctus - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
Benedictus - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest
