Louis Lortie In Paradisum – A Fauré Recital Chandos, out now Gabriel Fauré wrote some toothsome melodies in stuff such as his Requiem, or the Cantique De Jean Racine, and the delicious Pavane. Fauré’s ...

Different from the standard Requiem format, Gabriel Fauré’s work contains no Dies irae, and adds two prayers from the burial office: the "Libera me" and "In Paradisum." Fauré noted in an interview ...

Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48 opens with an unsmiling D spread out in octaves across the orchestra. Grave and unquestioning, it doesn't ask for your attention - it just takes it. But the composition ...

The Firelands Symphony Chorale, under the direction of Michael Shirtz, will present an uplifting and reflective choral concert featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem alongside a collection of moving ...

Louis Lortie carries a torch for Gabriel Fauré’s piano music, and in this CD he makes the best possible advocate for some underrated works. Fauré did not aspire to join the big league of piano ...

‘The human soul dreams of being cradled like a child’ — Fauré’s Requiem offers a radiant and tender vision of heaven, comforting audiences far beyond the composer’s original Parisian congregation.

TORRINGTON >> Gabriel Faure’s Requiem, Op. 48 will be performed on Sunday, April 3 at 4 p.m., at First Congregational Church of Torrington, with an ecumenical chorus and orchestra, piano and organ.