Orchestra for the Georgia State University Singers
Elaine Hagenberg
Caroline Shaw
Paweł Łukaszewski
Maurice Duruflé
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Performer Biography
The Georgia State University Singers, the premier vocal ensemble on this recording, won first place in the Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition in 2017.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Maurice Duruflé stated that his Requiem reflects "the anguish of man before the mystery of his final end," rather than being an ethereal work.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The composers on this album use antique materials and imbue them with a feeling of hope in a sanctuary to come.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in March 2022 at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Composer Biography
Maurice Duruflé's (the composer of the Requiem) eschatological imagination was nurtured by early twentieth-century French Catholicism.
Compositional Technique
Duruflé's Requiem faithfully recreates the plainchant rhythmic feel by superimposing contradictory metric pulses between the choir and organ.
Compositional Technique
Duruflé's Requiem, Op. 9 (1947) is entirely composed on Gregorian themes from the Mass for the Dead, sometimes quoting the musical text directly.
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