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Gorgeous French music, polished choral singing and excellent soloists are marred by an overwhelmingly dark timbre and unsympathetic video.

A programme of French music culminates in a heartfelt Fauré Requiem with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. 

A timely performance of Faure's Requiem in Singapore, coinciding with the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason shows emotional depth in Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto, while the lightness of the RSNO Junior Chorus creates a heavenward-bound Fauré Requiem. 

Bertrand de Billy made his debut with the LPO in an all-French programme headlined by Fauré's Requiem and preceded by a rewarding pairing of Poulenc's Organ Concerto and Sept Repons des Tenebres

The orchestra closes its 25th anniversary season with a strong statement of accomplishment and ambition.

A concert featuring noteworthy choral works by Gabriel Fauré and his students Florent Schmitt and Lili Boulanger brings the fascinating musical milieu of turn-of-the-century Paris to life.

The SCO finishes their season by returning to the Symphonie fantastique, but it's left in the dust by a lovely Fauré Requiem.

Edinburgh Fringe’s late-night candlelit atmosphere: a packed St Patrick’s for a lovely Fauré Requiem from St Andrew Camerata and beautiful and haunting The Last Exit for soprano and clarinet at Old St Paul’s.

Despite being a little rough and ready at times, the Rodolfus Choir and superb Philharmonia captured a moving sense of stillness in these two popular works

The Atlanta Symphony, under Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles, was joined by one of its own, flute soloist Christina Smith, in fine performances of late 19th-century are mid-20th-century French music.

A religious-themed program made for a particularly moving Easter weekend concert from Dutoit and the CSO, highlighted by the serenity of Fauré’s Requiem.

The legendary Kings College Choir, Cambridge, conducted by their very own Stephen Cleobury, was accompanied by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on period instruments at the Royal Albert Hall.

An ultimately disappointing Fauré Requiem gave way to an outrageously funny performance of Poulenc's comic opera Les mamelles de Tirésias with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Ludovic Morlot.

A concert programme can resemble a puzzle; searching for links and contrasts often results in a more enjoyable, unified experience. I therefore strove to arrive in sufficient time for a careful reading of the programme notes for this performance by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Usher Hall, part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

Wednesday night’s concert was the first in the Orchestra of St John’s Proms at the Ashmolean series of the new year. John Lubbock led the orchestra, the OSJ Ashmolean Voices and soloists Johnny Herford and Louise Wayman through lively performances of Handel’s Apollo e Dafne and J.S. Bach’s Liebster Jesu, mein Verlagen.

If three years is sufficient to constitute a tradition then, traditionally, a Lammermuir Festival ends with a sell-out concert in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington. And if year three is sufficiently far along the line to break with tradition, then this year’s surprise was not box-office focused but based on choice of repertoire; not a Bach/Handel finish, but an all-French programme.

After weeks of foul weather, this was more like it. Proper sunshine for a summer festival. Around Hereford Cathedral, watched over by a statue of Elgar draped in a fresh laurel wreath, Three Choirs Festival-goers enjoyed the warmth before venturing inside for equally sunny music. Even the yellow flowers framing the stage carried through the theme, setting off the golden centre-stage harp.

Des tourments d'Adam aux chemins de la rédemption, l'Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir et le Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen ont donné un programme parfois trop lisse mais toujours d'une grande beauté.

Philippe Herreweghe und das Orchestre des Champs-Élysées überzeugen mit drei geistlichen Werken von Fauré, Brahms und Strawinsky.

Sous la direction du chef de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, le Collegium Vocale Gent réalise une prestation époustouflante dans le Requiem de Fauré et la Symphonie de Psaumes de Stravinsky.

Das Sommerkonzert im Amsterdamer Concertgebouw war ein vollendetes Chor-Festmahl für die Ohren.

A pesar de la distancia entre Messiaen y Fauré, se advierte una íntima conexión, una conciencia en torno a las distintas posibilidades de declinar un sentimiento de devoción, lectura que Kent Nagano, al frente de la Orquesta y Coro Nacionales, ofreció en un concierto que destacó por la concentración, el énfasis y la intensidad.

Der Niederländische Rundfunkchor gibt der Musik einen spielerisch-lebendigen Charakter und beeindruckt mit klarer Diktion und feinem Klang.

Marquée à la fois d’un désir de lignagevet d’un profond souhait de modernité, la musique d’un Messiaen, d’un Stravinsky ou d’un Fauré posent inévitablement problème à tout interprète voulant rendre compte de la part éthique d’une esthétique.

Primera actuación de la temporada del Coro Nacional de España que junto a la Orquesta ofrecieron una memorable versión del Requiem de Fauré. Completaba el programa el concierto de Beethoven con Zimmermann como solista intachable en una interesante conjunción con la orquesta.

Mit Faurés Requiem und Saint-Saens Orgelsymphonie bilden zwei spätromantische Werke das Programm des Chorkonzertes der Salzburgerfestspiele, in dem besonders der Chors des BR beeindruckt.

Délicatesse et conviction de l’Orchestre national de Lyon dans Wagner, Mendelssohn et le Requiem de Fauré