Fauré, Gabriel - Requiem - Cleobury / Finley

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The period sounds of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment offer just the right amount of support and Autumnal colour, and the treble soloist in the Pie Jesu, Tom Pickard, is so good I feel guilty already for not playing it to you. Not necessarily a revelatory account of the first liturgical edition of the Fauré, but more than just a curiosity, and a richly rewarding performance and recording. Once you ve added Fauré s Messe Basse and his effortlessly lovely Cantique de Jean Racine this is a package which any lover of the Requiem ought to take great delight. --BBC Radio 3 CD Review***** (performance) ***** (recording) 'quite outstanding in its beauty, balance and sensitivity ... The boys of King s College Choir fully live up to their illustrious tradition' --Roger Nichols BBC Music Magazine, November 2014**** 'Stephen Cleobury s choice of speeds ideally complements the spirit of each movement ... Former King s choral scholar Gerald Finley cultivates a wider expressive range in his solos, notably so in his strikingly nuanced reading of the 'Libera me'. The recording comes to life here, set in motion by Finley and propelled by the precision and warmth produced by King s Choir and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. While the Requiem is good, the Messe basse is quite outstanding, a tender triumph for the King s trebles.' --Andrew Stewart Sinfini Music, 8th October 2014**** 'this is a really interesting recording ... Most surprising is the concise Offertorium, presented purely as a baritone solo a gift for the creamy tone of King s alumnus Gerald Finley. And Tom Pickard s Pie Jesu is pure gold.' --Stephen Pritchard The Observer, 12th October 2014