- critical edition of one of the most-performed requiem settings
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reconstruction of the "church version” with a reduced scoring (compared to the
"symphonic version”)
- detailed foreword in three languages
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critical Report with information about the source situation and the edition, and
containing the individual readings (alternative readings, etc.)
The Requiem of Gabriel Fauré is now available in two versions:
in the
symphonic version of 1900 and in the version with small orchestra of
1889.
The "symphonic version” of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem,
published in 1901, was the product of a 13-year compositional process. Starting
from the original five-movement form for strings, harp and organ, the composer
wrote two additional movements, one after the other, and expanded the
instrumentation in various stages for later performances. The present
reconstruction of a "version with small orchestra” differs from other such
attempts in that for the first time it presents the work not in a mixed version,
but rather in the unified form from 1889. This is distinguished from the final
version both in musical terms, as well as through the fact that it forgoes the
use of flutes, clarinets and bassoons, while employing only two horns instead of
four.
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Year of release: 1900
Scoring: Soli SBar, Coro SATB, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, Vl, 2 Va, 2 Vc, Cb, Arpa, Org
Language: Latin
Duration: 40 min
pages: 96
