Fauré: Maria Mater gratiae Op. 47 No. 2

2010 sees the re-release at mid-price of John Rutter’s Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Fauré’s Requiem. The first-ever performance on disc of the work in its intimate original version – famously re-discovered by Rutter in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris after a century of neglect – it remains one of the timeless jewels in the crown of the Collegium catologue. Hailed on release as ‘the Fauré Requiem of the future’ (Music Week), Rutter’s performance with the Cambridge Singers and members of the City of London Sinfonia has transformed the way in which we view one of the great works of European sacred music, and remains definitive.

The latest recording from the critically-acclaimed choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, directed by David Rowland.

A comprehensive selection of beautiful small-scale sacred works written by four late nineteenth- and early twentieth- century French Romantic composers, with works new to the catalogue from Saint-Saens, Fauré, de Severac and d’Indy.

Includes several first recordings.

The angelic voices of the Oxford Girls' Choir, the fine and dramatic harp of Danielle Perrett and organ music played by Richard Vendome in a programme of exciting Christmas music, including Benjamin Britten's stunning 'A Ceremony of Carols' and music from nineteenth-century France.