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Article: Faure: Requiem, Pavane; Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli Choir of King's College, Cambridge/New Philharmonia Orch/Sir David Willcocks (EMI Classics Red Line CDR 7243 5 698858 27).(Review)
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- November 1, 1997
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Faure: Requiem, Pavane; Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli Choir of King's College, Cambridge/New Philharmonia Orch/Sir David Willcocks (EMI Classics Red Line CDR 7243 5 69885827)
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, ...