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In Reply to: RE: Faure's requiem recommendations posted by gonzo on November 01, 2016 at 13:14:44
Tenebrae is very good and has many fans. It has real drama, nuance, spirituality and good singing plus an airy recording. Lovely Pie Jesu.Rutter is a very good version - very clear recording and good singing. He keeps it moving but it is light and intimate at the same time. Once you've heard it once you can get a bit addicted to this performance.
The Sixteen/Harry Carpenter has fans here in the UK. It's another very good version. Characterful version of the Pie Jesu with added vibrato - I like it - sounds strangely like folk singing here, or even one of the Songs of the Auvergne. Touching and quite secular, but that's OK with me. The Agnus Dei is on YT if you want a sample. Good clear recording.
These would be my top three versions. All are satisfying in their own way. Tenebrae has an added dimension of drama that is hard to resist, but I'd happily listen to either of the others and in places the Sixteen gets my vote.
Accentus isn't far behind at all - another good and satisfying version. The recording isn't quite as clear and focussed as the above versions, though it's perfectly smooth. I can see why this version has fans.
I didn't find Kings/Willcox competitive in any particular way. The later Kings version under Cleobury is a lot better. Another good version, though not my fave. Pie Jesu is rather bland, for instance
Marriner is OK to good - not the equivalent of the better versions, plus there is better recorded sound, which matters with voices, choirs and clarity.
Nadia Boulanger 1968 with the BBC SO is worth a one-off listen, though it's not a keeper - it's on Youtube. There's also a 40s version with Durufle on organ. A great musician and you can sense the reverence in the performance. Maybe too much reverence...... There's a 1962 Carnegie Hall live version on YT as well.
I found Shaw in places rather un-nuanced and heavy, and the thick recording doesn't help. Going the other way Herreweghe arguably milks the emotion a little too much, though there is certainly spirituality there.
Jarvi is good, but not really up with the best.
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Andy, not Harry Carpenter but Harry Christophers. The late Harry Carpenter was a boxing commentator - " Know what I mean 'arry?"( Frank Bruno).
My favorite: Harry Mullan of Boxing News. Did a bit of photography work (free) for Harry in the late 70's along with a writer friend here on the West Coast.
Requiems are almost synonymous with boxing. An easy slip of the mind....
I prefer his strings and harp to organ.
I only listened to samples of the latest King College version, but I'd swear the soloist in the Pie Jesu runs into intonation problems. A few notes flat?
Rutter is billed as the 1893 version, and The Sixteen sounds equally smaller scale, likewise the Tenebrae.There is a very audible harp on the Sixteen as well as Rutter. It's not so audible on Tenebrae. The harp doesn't seem to appear in the first 2 versions, but it's in the final orchestral version. Maybe the Sixteen and Tenebrae just use a scaled down version of that score, or maybe they juggle some of the orchestrations.
I really think these chamber versions sound way better than the full orchestral versions.
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