Duruflé - Requiem, Op.9 & Motets (Teresa Berganza, J. Van Dam - Century’s recording: Michel Corboz)

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Requiem, Op.9 pour soli, choeur, orchestre et orgue. Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-02:20) 00:00 Introït (chœur) 03:42 Kyrie (chœur) 07:51 Domine Jesu (baryton, chœur) 16:04 Sanctus (chœur) 19:13 Pie Jesu (mezzo-soprano) 22:45 Agnus Dei (chœur) 27:05 Lux aeterna (chœur) 31:18 Libera me (baryton, chœur) 36:42 In Paradisum (chœur) Teresa BERGANZA, mezzo-soprano José Van DAM, baryton Philippe CORBOZ, orgue / organ Ensemble Vocal « Audite Nova » de Paris Chef des chœurs : Jean SOURISSE Choeur et orchestre Colonne Direction : Michel CORBOZ Quatre Motets sur des thèmes Grégoriens pour choeur a cappella 40:04 I. Ubi caritas et amor 42:10 II. Tota pulchra es 44:09 III. Tu es Petrus 45:03 IV. Tantum ergo Ensemble Vocal « Audite Nova » de Paris Direction : Jean SOURISSE Live recording in 1984-85, at Paris New mastering in 2021 by AB for CM//RR Painting: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce 🔊Find CMRR’s recordings on Spotify : 🔊Download CMRR’s recordings in High fidelity audio : Fauré, in composing a mass for the dead, had arise a gentle dawn in the light of love and hope. Maurice Duruflé followed it in spirit, if not to the letter. Like Fauré, he was imbued with the tradition of Gregorian plain-chant, retaining its colour and relief. Expressive like sighs, the Gregorian neumes are also supple like cloth. Duruflé meditated upon the service for the dead, ans each time he was able to use a textual motif, he did not hesitate to do so, just as he delved into the voluptuousness of contemporary harmony, which Ravel and Fauré - the latter nicknamed “the voluptuous Gregorianiser“ by Reynaldo Hahn - showed that it fitted perfectly into the archaism of the modal scales. On antique thoughts, Duruflé created new verses. The plain-chant themes are first presented nude, then clothed in a harmonic garb both sumptuous and sober: here lies the composer’s extreme skill, who constantly mancuvers between two pitfalls, dryness and anachronism, both avoided with disconcerting mastery. Fauré - Requiem , Pie Jesu, In Paradisium, Libera Me, Sanctus .. (.: Michel Corboz): Fauré and Duruflé PLAYLIST (reference recordings):