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Denis Rouger on Fauré’s Requiem
Denis Rouger explains why Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is exceptional in more ways than one.
Fauré
The following articles on the keyword "Fauré" have previously appeared in the CARUS blog.Tag Archive for: Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Since the World Youth Day in 2005 in Cologne Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11 has been one of Paul Hogrebe’s favorite pieces: The music almost floated through the still, cool cathedral: gentle, unassuming, heavenly, as if from another world – directly in contrast with the outside world.
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem op. 48
Sabine Bock had her first encounter with Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem as a jung cellist with her youth symphony orchestra. At first she was surprised that the low strings had to appier alone for the first rehersal together with a solo violin. But she got the answer to the unspoken question with the first sounds of the Requiem. The dark and warm tone color created by a divisi of cello and viola captivated Sabine Bock and still makes her “cellist’s heart” beat faster today …
