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Article: Faure: Requiem, Songs Boston SO/Ozawa, Barbara Bonney (soprano), Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Warren Jones (piano) (RCA Victor 09026-68659-2).(Review)
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- November 1, 1997
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Faure: Requiem, Songs Boston SO/Ozawa, Barbara Bonney (soprano), Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Warren Jones (piano) (RCA Victor 09026-68659-2)
The Faure Requiem is a gorgeous piece with which most lovers of classical music are probably familiar, and many T$S readers doubtless already own a recording, Perhaps the beautifully recorded version led by Robert Shaw on Telarc, for example In any event, here are two excellent versions of the piece on two different labels at two different prices with two different approaches. Ozawa and his Boston forces present a rather big, warm, lush view of the Requiem, but with care and precision, too -- you might say their rendition is ...