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Duruflé: Requiem
Maurice Duruflé

Sarah Connolly, The Vasari Singers

Duruflé: Requiem

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212016329
Catnr: SIGCD 163
Release date: 01 August 2009
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Signum Classics
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0635212016329
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SIGCD 163
Release date
01 August 2009
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Combining Gregorian chant with his own unique compostional style, Duruflé's Requiem has proved to be one of the most popular and enduring choral works of the 20th Century. On this recording, Jeremy Backhouse leads the celbrated Vasari Singers, as well as star soloists SArah Connolly and Christopher Maltman , in a performance of this alongside works by Duruflé's musical contemporary, Jean-Jaques Grunenwald.
Het populaire Requiem van Duruflé uitgevoerd door beroemde musici
Duruflé liet zich in zijn Requiem inspireren door de Gregoriaanse muziek en de middeleeuwse modi, en combineerde deze met zijn eigen unieke stijl van componeren. Hij nam de Gregoriaanse dodenmis als uitgangspunt voor de muziek, en paste de structuur van het werk toe. Daarnaast nam Duruflé het gevoel van optimisme tegenover de dood van het Requiem van Gabriel Fauré over. Het werk is inmiddels een van de populairste en blijvende koorwerken van de 20e eeuw.

Op deze opname van het Requiem, die bovendien werken van Duruflé’s muzikale tijdgenoot Jean-Jaques Grunenwald bevat, leidt Jeremy Backhouse de beroemde Vasari Singers en stersolisten als Sarah Connolly en Christopher Maltman.

The Vasari Singers hebben een benijdenswaardige reputatie voor uitmuntendheid, veelzijdigheid en fijngevoeligheid opgebouwd. Ze voeren hun repertoire uit met passie en toewijding, en weten de zeer persoonlijke en diep gewortelde gevoelens die elk werk bevat te vangen.

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Maurice Duruflé

Maurice Duruflé was a French composer and organist, who wrote chamber music and works for choir, organ and orchestra. He was also organist of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris, professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory, and formed a famous organ duo with his wife  Marie-Madeleine Chevalier.    Duruflé published only a handful of works, because he was highly critical. He was not easily pleased, and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication. The result of this perfectionism is that his music tends to be well polished, and is still frequently performed in concerts around the world, especially his organ music. Duruflé's works are reminiscent of impressionism, and are characterized by clarity, poetry and a clear design. Besides, Gregorian chant is an important source of...
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Maurice Duruflé was a French composer and organist, who wrote chamber music and works for choir, organ and orchestra. He was also organist of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris, professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory, and formed a famous organ duo with his wife Marie-Madeleine Chevalier.
Duruflé published only a handful of works, because he was highly critical. He was not easily pleased, and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication. The result of this perfectionism is that his music tends to be well polished, and is still frequently performed in concerts around the world, especially his organ music.
Duruflé's works are reminiscent of impressionism, and are characterized by clarity, poetry and a clear design. Besides, Gregorian chant is an important source of inspiration, which is evident from the use of medieval modes. For his most famous work, the Requiem, Duruflé took the Gregorian mass of the dead as his point of departure, and combined it with the structure and optimism of the Requiem of Fauré.

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