Gabriel Fauré: Requiem / The Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen

[@adude394]

This has been one of my favorite pieces of music for decades. Wonderful, musical performance from first note to last. Bravo!

[@antoniaezac4653]

Gorgeous, thank you !

[@chrysalifourfour]

Huge bravo! This is a wonderful performance equal to the top names

[@missmerrily4830]

Bravo! Splendid performance of my favourite Requiem. For me the tempo of the In Paradisum was a little too spirited but overall, excellent!

[@chrisveenemans4024]

Very well and beautifully played and sung. For me, your tempi and transparency took this composition to a (much) higher lever.!!

[@johannesdenee6007]

Wonderfull music that has been part of my life forever. I love this concert, it is exquisitly performed.

[@jerryalexander6018]

absolument magnifique, I love this work by faure

[@MariannePohl-w4z]

Vielen Dank! Sehr berührend!!

[@gretheflood1695]

Pie Jesu by Magnild Korsvik is heavenly! Hun var også solist i Requiem i Oslo domkirke i november i år. Fantastisk musikk!

[@johnsmedstad8120]

Finally! Excellent tempos!!!!

[@davidwright8665]

Wow, I thought i knew this work, but, this performance puts a different interpretation on the work, which so moving choir and orchestral dynamics. Many thanks.

[@pbroki]

you're the best choir I've found on YT

[@LivAnneRdLarsen-zs2ey]

Nydelig framføring ❤

[@peterbroekhuizen]

Goed gezongen, goed gespeeld, ook goed opgenomen qua beeld en geluid!

[@Sisyanor]

What a performance! BRAVO

[@geoffkirkpatrick9727]

Wonderful! Preparing to perform this in a few days and I would be very happy to sound half as good!

[@charlessawyer6123]

I totally agree, although it's two months for me.

[@ThePapsforshort]

Wow, just stunning to listen too, never heard this arrangement before but it really works, thanks for this upload ..

[@marcellodantedealmeidanune9445]

Linda intepretação desse que é o Réquiem mais apropriado para homenagear quem "parte" dessa vida para além. UMA OBRA LEVE E VIRTUOSA, SEM DESESPERO, SOLENE APENAS dois minutinhos no "LIBERA ME" e apresentado num salão maravilhoso e aconchegante da Universidade de Oslo. INCRÍVEL e EMOCIONANTE Parabéns a todo o competente grupo de intérpretes e solistas. A Regente Grete Pedersen merece nota 10 ! ADOREI!!!!

[@ramonpaus415]

Austero y conmovedor, gracias.

[@aniloza58]

Hermosísimo!. Gracias!

[@paoloangeri5146]

stupenda esecuzione bravissimi complimenti

[@carloCGN]

Do I hear a French pronunciation? 😊

[@antoniaezac4653]

Indeed, it is the French pronunciation! But, for a French person like myself, it sounds very strange to hear Fauré's Requiem sung using a pronunciation which is largely associated with much earlier works-notably French vocal works of the 17th-18th century. At the end of the 19th century, when Fauré composed his requiem, this French pronunciation was still used; but that's also when the Catholic Church started harmonising the different pronunciations of Latin to merge them into the so-called Italian one. So, while it's philologically correct to sing Fauré with this peculiar French pronunciation (and even then, it should be more properly called a "Parisian" way to pronounce Latin, since there were many variations across France...), I'm not sure it does a service to the music. Philippe Herreweghe created a bit of a stir back in 2001, when he performed the Requiem using that "French" pronunciation; he explained that, to him, it brought out a clearer, more angelic, aesthetic better in tune with Fauré's. But again, to me at least, it makes it sound like the works or Rameau... That being said, this version is very beautiful 🙂

[@monicaripamonti2680]

At least not the german pronunciation😂

[@krzysztofbeker4428]

Yes, silly

[@麥書豪]

@@antoniaezac4653 Thank you for your explaination! I was really confused when I heard their pronounciation.

[@ankhpom9296]

The work itself I love. In terms of performance I sometimes hear the orchestra overpower a bit the chorus.

[@chrisveenemans4024]

lever=level ;-)

[@Iczerman-hl2zt]

Respectfully.... I disagree with the use of timpani in the Sanctus.

[@hansklein5548]

Welche Orchesterfassung ist das? Warum sind zwei Sopranisten von ihrer Stimme separiert? Und warum singt das erste Requiem ein Tenor Solist?

[@krzysztofbeker4428]

Text is latin not french

[@danielhughes441]

Glorious sound. But their /u/ vowel has far too much /i/ in it

[@trudilm3864]

That's somewhat churlish, Sir! They're representative of their own people who are just as entitled to enjoy this fabulous work as everyone else.

[@MrBulky992]

It's because they are singing authentic French pronunciation of the latin text. The Italianate pronunciation of latin introduced worldwide by Pope Pius X in 1903 postdates the composition of this work.

[@gabrieleguadagnini9068]

Being an italian i can say that the pronunciation is REALLY bad.

[@rayrobertson6739]

You realize the Requiem is sung in LATIN and not Italian, yes?

[@ankhpom9296]

Latin is the language the work is sung in.

[@samuelmark100]

Hello! I'm one of the singers in the choir. We were performing this using French Latin pronunciation which was authentic at the time of the composition.