Track Listing

1. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Introit Et Kyrie
2. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Offertoire
3. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Sanctus
4. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu
5. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Agnus Dei
6. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Libera Me
7. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In Paradisum
8. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
9. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Magnificat
10. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Et Exsultavit
11. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Quia Respexit
12. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Omnes Generationes
13. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Quai Fecit Mihi Magna
14. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Et Misericordia
15. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Fecit Poetntiam
16. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Deposuit Potentes
17. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Esurientes Implevit Bonis
18. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Suscepit Israel
19. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Sicut Locutus Est
20. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Gloria Patri

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179516 in Music
• Brand: Bach
• Released on: 1993-03-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Lovely music
I chose this CD because I sang the two main pieces in choir in the last year. I like the music and I like the combination. One word of caution--the dynamic range of the Requiem is so great that you probably need a good speaker system to fully appreciate it. On my little boombox, the quiet parts tended to get lost, unless I cranked it up a lot, and then I was afraid the loud parts would damage my speakers. My other "complaint" is that the piece sandwiched between these two sacred pieces seems to be a secular work; I would rather have had another sacred piece, although I find the music hauntingly beautiful and apt to get stuck in my head!

Faure: Requiem Daniel Barenboim
The Barenboim directed rendition of Faure's Requiem is slow and ponderous. I urge anyone who is interested in this magnificent music to obtain the recording of John Rutter. I have several versions of the Requiem but none match the Rutter performance.

The balance of this CD is fine.

An admission
First I have to admit that I have not bought this CD, but have bought a CD with this recording of Faure's Requiem on a CD with two other requiem masses.

While this is by no means the best recording of the Requiem it is an interesting interpretation. Barenboim's version is sound but he brings little new to this much performed work. The soloists are very fine, but one gets the feeling that this is a mixture of other interpretations- Fischer-Dieskau is OK, but he does not shine as in the Cluytens version. Likewise the soprano has a very fine voice, but the interpretation is relatively average- it neither has resoundingly beautiful vibrato or phrasing, nor is it as pure and unfussed as those who sing it without vibrato. Nevertheless it is still moving.

A very middle of the road performance! Buy it if you like, but its not a must- I expected more from Barenboim.