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Faure: Requiem, Op. 48; Franck: Symphony in D.
* Zomer; S. Genz; La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent (Faure); Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Herreweghe. Text and translation. Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901771
Positioned at the cusp of the twentieth century, Faure seems an unlikely candidate for "historical" considerations, but Philippe Herreweghe finds room for some conjectural performance decisions. Orchestrally, besides using gut strings, he assigns a harmonium to the organ part, in accordance with the composer's suggestion, in a letter to Ysaye, for occasions when a pipe organ was not available. More striking are the attempts to reproduce the sound of contemporaneous French singing. Soloists and chorus adopt "Gallican" pronunciation of Latin, after the practice of many French parishes, rather than the more familiar Roman sounds: the closed French "u" conspicuously dominates the phrase "lux perpetua luceat eis." Resulting from these linguistic choices is a "high," forwardly placed, distinctly French choral tone.
Herreweghe paces the score with a lovely flow, highlighting its admittedly subdued drama where he can, as with the imploring Kyrie. He shapes phrases with dignity, ...
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