Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partita, Chorales and Ciaconna – review

Tenebrae/Nigel Short/London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble (LSO LIVE)Taken from a concert at last year's City of London festival, this disc interweaves Bach's D minor solo violin Partita with a selection of funereal chorales, followed by a performance – after a speedy segue into the opening organ chord – of Faure's Requiem. The Bach pairing is inspired by a current scholarly theory that this partita was a hidden memorial to his late wife. Choir and soloist, LSO Leader Gordan Nikolitch, ...

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