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Composer of the Week: Faure

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2/5. Gabriel Faure was organist at various churches in Brittany and Paris before becoming choirmaster at the Church of the Madeleine. Yet, the Requiem aside, he neverwrote any organ works and is mostly remembered for the music he wrote for the Parisian salons he frequented. Romance sans Paroles, Op 17 No 1 Pascal Roge (piano)
Requiem, Op 48 Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano),
Sherill Milnes (baritone), Montreal Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Cinq Mélodies de Venise, Op 58
Marilyn Schmiege (mezzo), Donald Sulzen (piano) Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabriel Faure
Piano:
Pascal Roge
Soprano:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Baritone:
Sherill Milnes
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Unknown:
Marilyn Schmiege
Piano:
Donald Sulzen
Source: Radio Times

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