Maurice DURUFLÉ - Requiem op. 9 

Definitive recording of this timeless treasure. Thank you so much for sharing with the public.

Comme les premières lueurs d’une aube bienfaisante, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrices de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et réveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et la torpeur des veilleurs tourmentés 🤠💥

A truly great performance from everyone. Thanks!

Introit always tears for me

Quelle merveille, du velours à nos oreilles...

20:45 Pie Jesu.............c'est fabuleux.

When my time is done on this planet and the angel of death swoops down silently in the night to escort me to the hereafter, I pray that he brings this music to sooth the journey into the unknown .

Beautiful, thanks for posting

And here I am again weeping with Ewa Wolak

Ottima interpretazione di questo capolavoro

As an alto, prepping to sing this for the third and possibly last time, that final C# I get to sing, slays me every time. Absolutely the finest production I have heard on-line.

Such a Blessed People 🙏🏻 Love You All 💙

The final Kyrie omg. That climax is powerful.

Très belle interprétation...Où la tristesse triomphe sans se renier. Chef d'orchestre pudique, élégant dans sa gestuelle . Franchement, ils sont forts ces polonais !

The Pie Jesus piece makes me cry and this version is absolutely wonderful.

Totally.....love.....it 🤩

Singing this with my choir, can't wait! Love how the first measures sung by the male sections do resemble gregorian chant, and then it morphs into something totally different but with that persisting flavour of ancient times.

This is a wonderful recording. They make it sound so easy but having sung it myself it makes the tears run. So glad I found this.

This performance of the Duruflé Requiem is, in my humble opinion, the very best that I have ever heard. At the end, I was in tears-- it was that deeply moving. Astounding.

One of the most stunningly beautiful and most spiritual works ever

An exceptional performance. Chorus, orchestra and soloists meld together for a rich other-worldly experience. From sublime whispers of salvation to thundering warnings about the pits of hell. Bravo!

I agree with Mezzotenor. I collect Requiem Masses (have over 100) and this remains my favourite. This is a truly moving performance of it. It does one good to think of one's mortality every so often: and to have such music to accompany those thoughts may bring real comfort. Every bit as much as one's TRUST in the Father of our Lord Jesus, The Christ.

OMG I can’t stop listening to Ewa Wolak.

What a gorgeous performance... and by gosh, what a mezzo in the Pie Jesu.... out of this universe...

perhaps the FINEST interpretation of the full orchestral version of the Requiem ive ever heard. SUBLIME!

Merveilleux requiem joué aux obsèques de François Mitterrand

One of the best versions I've heard! Major props to the sopranos for staying in tune, that part is _punishing._

Magnifique

Amazing ! The clarity in the fidelity is amazing, great work by all. Durafle would be proud.❤️ from Arizona USA

just discovered Duruflé... In paradisum is pure grace. very well played

Magnificent performance!

Great, with subtitles !

J.ai redécouvert ce requiem par la clarté du chœur et le timbre très beau de la mezzo di pie jesus et la netteté de l.ensemble par un chef inspiré

I have heard many performances of this requiem, and have been the baritone soloist. I wept buckets during the Pie Jesu. Bravo EVERYBODY who played and sang. I don't want really to single anybody out, but the conductor is brill, too.

Beautiful!

Wow! This is phenomenal!

Oh my GOD!!!! My eyes sting the whole length of this rendition. Merciful God, I thank you for giving me the privilege of finding this, for living in a time I can access and be witness through RU-vid to a sacred time while listening this gorgeous composition and performance. Thank you M. Duruflé 🙏🎶 Most wonderful rendition 🙏

Certainly the best of all ones .Outstanding .

It never ceases to amaze me how many exceptionally talented composers, performers and orchestras there are in Poland. Even outstanding Progressive Rock bands that demonstrate both virtuosity in performance and quality songwriting. I am very familiar with this Requiem and the definitive performance is the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by the great Robert Shaw whose performances of choral music is legendary. This performance is excellent and I think Pawel Kapula has done a remarkable job both in the performance and interpretation of the music considering his age and experience. I will definitely follow his career. Hopefully he will secure a recording contract and I will not hesitate to buy his recordings. It would have been nice to have this performance on CD. It is certainly worthy of documenting the performance.

Such an awe-inspiring performance. Thank you! And what a wonderful audience, too! Not a peep from them until the end. This is one of those pieces that gives me hope for humanity, even in dark times.

Excellent

I have reached heaven by this Divine astonishingly brilliant performance!!!

Well done . Excellent performance!

The first time I heard this performed live was for the evening service on All Saints’ Sunday. To my slight embarrassment I couldn't stop crying. The music is beautiful beyond words. I am always amazed that those who perform pieces like this can maintain their composure all throughout, especially those in the choir. And I'm pleased to see that others here who've listened to this were similarly affected.

É, sem dúvida nenhuma, o Requiem mais impactante de todos que já ouvi. Duruflé colocou nele sua alma vagante que viaja na tranquilidade de paz eterna que a magnifica interpretação conduz. Parabéns pelo desempenho que mostrou a obra como realmente é.

It's all excellent, but the Agnus Dei and Lux Aeterna are stunning. So glad I found this version :)

Wonderful just wonderful

Thank You 🙏🏻 Stunning ❤️ performance✨🌹 It seems Durufle had some suggestions from conductor before creating this Goddess Masterpiece ...)) Amazing ‼️

Incredibly beautiful. Thank you for this.

What Mezzotenor said. I’m working my way through a book of Gregorian chants arranged for guitar, and almost all of Durufle’s thematic material is in it. It was very clever how hw arranged the chants into a symphonic work.

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solo me resta felicitarlos por la excelente ejecución con tal dinamismo y precisión impactante ! veremos si algún día les sea posible presentarse en México Filharmonia Narodowa !

Magnifique. Une interprétation exceptionnelle.

Oh, my goodness... This left me in tears. Where do I begin? Not since Dutoit and the NHK have I heard a video concert performance of this piece so seamlessly and gracefully interpreted. The youthful Maestro (who in the US would have to show proof of age to buy a beer) already has a mature mastery of ensemble and the good taste not to over-theatricalize this rich but delicate score. The orchestra is clearly blessed with technique and experience, and it will be a while before I hear a better organist or better principal players on horn or cello. The soloists are well-chosen, and I'm grateful to the choir director for training this medium-sized group to shape the plainchant (or chant-inspired) melodies in such a refined and unanimous manner. Permit me to repeat a joke from my years singing plainchant at High Mass: The only thing harder for a choir than singing in perfect harmony is singing in perfect unison. God bless you all!

01:09​ Introit: Requiem aeternam 04:43​ Kyrie 08:25​ Domine Jesu Christe 17:05​ Sanctus 20:45​ Pie Jesu 25:20​ Agnus Dei 29:31​ Lux aeterna 34:04​ Libera me 40:22​ In Paradisum

Only wanted to hear the Introit, had to stop and listen through. Mesmerising.

Best Pie Jesu ever by Ewa Wolak!

I barely held myself together during In Paradisum

Wow the contralto soloist was amazing

11:00 = I have died and gone to heaven.

Wonderful. Is this recording available?

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4:43

What is the best CD recording of the Durufle Requium available now?

Pie Jesu is from Michael Jackson’s Little Susie Prelude

6:58

I am looking forward to one recording in which soloists for a change will NOT breathe after every third note instead of singing a phrase in one breath, as well as singing "DominE" (liturgical text) instead of "DominO" (certain game with black-white rectangular pieces): Gregorian plainchant is NOT about soloist glamour à la "Casta Diva" BUT about the meaning of a certain religious text! Otherwise, respect for conductor, choir, organist and orchestra, in particular for the 1st horn-player (the one with the black hair-band): well done!