Fauré – Requiem, Messe Basse – Stephen Cleobury

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Requiem (ed. Marc Rigaudière)
Offertoire from Requiem (ed. John Rutter)
Cantique de Jean Racine
Messe basse

Gerald Finley - baritone
Tom Pickard - treble
Douglas Tang - organ
Tom Etheridge - organ
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [on period instruments]
Stephen Cleobury - conductor

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Bobby McFerrin – 'Paper Music'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Overture to The marriage of Figaro (KV 492)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Menuet from String quintet no. 1 in E major, Op.13 No.5 (C. 275)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pavane, Op.50
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Minuetto & Finale from Pulcinella suite (rev. 1949)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos, Strings and Continuo (RV 531)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from A Midsummer night's dream, Op.61 No.1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
First movement from Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, (BWV 1041)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, (KV 525)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile for Cello and String orchestra, Op.posth.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin - conductor & vocalist

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Fauré – Requiem – Michel Corboz

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Messe de Requiem op.48
Ave Verum op.65 no.1 - for female voices and organ
Ave Maria op.65 no.2 - for female voices and organ
Tantum ergo op.55 - for choir and organ
André Messager (1853-1929):
Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville - for female voices, chamber orchestra and organ

Peter Harvey - baritone
Ana Quintans - soprano
Marcelo Giannini - organ
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
Sinfonia Varsovia
Michel Corboz - conductor

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Lalo, Fauré, Caplet – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Xavier Phillips

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Cello Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D minor
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Élégie in C minor, op.24
André Caplet (1878-1925):
Épiphanie

Xavier Phillips - cello
Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
Emmanuel Plasson - conductor

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Various composers – Works for Flute and Orchestra – Marc Grauwels

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870):
Concertante in F major
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Concertino in D major
Jules Mouquet (1867-1949):
Pan et les oiseaux, op.15
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Tarentelle, op.6
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Berceuse
Morceau de concours
Sicilienne
Fantaisie
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pièce en forme de Habanera
Eugène Damaré (1840-1919):
Le merle blanc, op.161

Marc Grauwels - flute
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio & Télévision Belge
André Vandernoot - conductor

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Fauré – Requiem, Messe basse, Cantique de Jean Racine – Jeremy Summerly

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Requiem, Op. 48
Louis Vierne (1870-1937):
Andantino
Deodat de Sévérac (1872-1921):
Tantum Ergo    [0:03:15.45]
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Messe basse
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

Lisa Beckley - soprano
Nicholas Gedge - bass-baritone
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly - conductor

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Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Popular works arranged for low Strings – VA

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Vocalise, op.34 no.14 - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Sicilienne (from Pelléas et Mélisande) - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le petit nègre - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Csárdás - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli

Sinfonia Lahti Cello & Bass Ensemble

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Debussy, Fauré, Ravel – Piano Trios – The Florestan Trio

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Piano Trio In D Minor, Op. 120
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Piano Trio In G major
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Trio

The Florestan Trio

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Fauré – Works for Violin and Piano – Le Sage

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - complete Chamber Music with Piano (Vol.5):
Violin Sonata no.1 op.13
Violin Sonata no.2 op.108
Berceuse op.16
Morceau de lecture
Romance op.28
Andante op.75

Eric Le Sage - piano
Daishin Kashimoto - violin

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Fauré – Chamber Works – Le Sage

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - complete Chamber Music with Piano (Vol.4):
Dolly op.56 for piano 4 hands
Masques et bergamasques op.112 for piano 4 hands
Souvenirs de Bayreuth for piano 4 hands
Fantaisie op.79 for flute and piano
Morceau de concours for flute and piano
Sicilienne de Pelléas et Mélisande op.78 for flute and piano
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello op.120
Après un rêve for cello and piano
Sicilienne op.78 for cello and piano

Eric Le Sage - piano
Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Emmanuel Pahud - flute
Pierre Colombet - violin
Raphaël Merlin - cello
François Salque - cello

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Fauré – Orchestral Works – Yan Pascal Tortelier

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Masques and Bermagasques op. 112
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra op. 19
Pavane op. 50
Preldue to Penelope
Fantasie for Flute and Orchestra op. 79 (orch.: L. Aubert)
Elegie for Cello and Orchestra op. 24
Dolly Suite op. 56 (orch.: H. Rabaud)

Kathryn Stott - piano
Richard Davis - flute
Peter Dixon - cello
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier - conductor

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Franck, D'Indy – Works for Piano and Orchestra – François-Joël Thiollier

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Ballade in F sharp major, op.19
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931):
Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, op.25 (Symphonie cévenole)

François-Joël Thiollier - piano
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Antonio de Almeida - conductor

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Fauré – Requiem, Pelléas et Mélisande – Jean Fournet

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Requiem, op.48
Pavane, op.50
Palléase et Mélisande, op.80 *
Ballade, op.19 +

Elly Ameling - soprano
Jill Gomez - soprano *
Bernard Kruysen - bass
Marie Françoise Bucquet - piano +
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Jean Fournet - conductor
David Zinman - conductor *

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Various Composers – 'La bonne Chanson'-French songs – Anne Sofie von Otter

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Chanson perpétuelle
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Trois Chants de Noël
Maurice Delage (1879-1961):
Quatre Poèmes hindous
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Une Flûte invisible
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Rapsodie nègre
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
La Bonne Chanson

Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg - piano

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Fauré – Requiem – André Cluytens

remembering André Cluytens on his birthday

(26 March 1905 – 3 June 1967)

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Requiem, op.48

Victoria de los Angeles - soprano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - baritone
Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur
Orchestre de la Société de Concerts du Conservatoire
André Cluytens - conductor

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Tournemire, Chausson, Fauré – String Quartets – Gaggini String Quartet

Charles Tournemire (1870-1893):
"Musique orante" for String Quartet
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
String Quartet "unfinished" op.35
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
String Quartet op.121

Gaggini String Quartet

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Various Composers – Great Heroic Pieces for Brass and Organ – Concert Arban

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Funeral March
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Feierlicher Einzug
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Libera me
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Pomp & Circumstance March
César Franck (1822-1890):
Panis Angelicus
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pavane
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Fanfare from Raymonda
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933):
Triumphal March

Concert Arban
Francis Petit - percussion
François-Henri Houbart - organ

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R.Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Debussy – Cello and Orchestra, Cello and Piano – Paul Tortelier

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 +
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Élégie, op.24 #
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Cello Sonata in D minor #
Paul Tortelier (1914-1990):
Burlesque "Le Pitre" #

Gerald Moore - piano #
Paul Tortellier - cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham - conductor *
Norman del Mar - conductor +

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Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit
Couplets du Souper
Griserie
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
La Chanson de la rose
Chanson d'avril
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
Chanson de l'Alouette
Romance de L'étoile
Henri Duparc (1849-1933):
Romance de Mignon
Chanson triste
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Le Papillon et la Fleur
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Les Papillons
Le Colibri
Erik Satie (1866-1925):
La diva de l'Empire
Je te veux
André Messager (1853-1929):
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Je regrette mon Pressigny
Tous les deux me plaisent
Paul Bernard (1827-1879):
Ça fait peur aux oiseaux
Oscar Strauss (1870-1954):
Je ne suis pas ce que l'on pense
Maurice Yavain (1891-1965):
Est-ce bien ça?
Yes
Je Chante la Nuit
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les chemins de l'amour
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit

Felicity Lott - soprano
Graham Johnson - piano

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Various Composers – Works for Oboe and Harp – Hansjörg Schellenberger

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962):
Entr'acte
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Siciliando
Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa (1789-1856):
Nocturne in F major
Gordon Jacob (1895-1984):
Seven Bagatelles
Tommaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751):
Adagio
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Impromptu
Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924):
Ommagio a Bellini on themes from "Il Pirata" and "La Sonnambula"
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950):
Monodies
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Prelude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Andante
Henri Brod (1799-1839):
Nocturne "In the form of Variations on Rossini's 'Le Siège de Corinthe'"

Hansjörg Schellenberger - oboe / cor anglais
Margit-Anna Süß - harp

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