GABRIEL FAURÉ Requiem (1893 version). With Messager: Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville La Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Philippe Herreweghe

In 1988, Philippe Herreweghe and his musicians recorded a pioneering disc of Fauré’s Requiem in its 1893 version. The French composer’s masterpiece received an ideal interpretation, displaying restrained emotion alongside clarity and precision. As Gramophone predicted, it has since become a benchmark: ‘A recording of major importance to which all future performances of the Requiem will need to refer.’

This title was released for the first time in 1988.