harmonia mundi (en)

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.’