Not least among David Hill’s current roles is that of principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, one of America’s foremost chamber choirs. Here, they together contribute a recording of the Fauré Requiem close in spirit to the composer’s intimate, liturgical original.
Requiem Op 48[33’19]1 Introït et Kyrie Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine[6’12]2 Offertoire O Domine Jesu Christe[7’33]Edmund Milly (bass)
3 Sanctus[3’02]4 Pie Jesu[3’26]Sarah Yanovitch (soprano)
5 Agnus Dei[5’29]6 Libera me[4’16]Edmund Milly (bass)
7 In paradisum[3’21]
Messe basse[9’11]8 Kyrie[2’06]Nola Richardson (soprano)
9 Sanctus[1’57]10 Benedictus[2’20]Nola Richardson (soprano)
11 Agnus Dei[2’48]
12 Maria, mater gratiae Op 47 No 2[2’22]13 Ave Maria (No 2 of 2 Songs, Op 67)[1’58]Mindy Ella Chu (alto)
14 Ave verum (No 1 of Two Motets, Op 65)[3’33]15 Fugue in A minor (No 3 of Huit pièces brèves, Op 84)[2’35]16 Ave Maria Op posth.[1’44]17 Tantum ergo (No 2 of Two Motets, Op 65)[2’24]Sarah Yanovitch (soprano), Nola Richardson (soprano), Mindy Ella Chu (alto)
18 Fugue in E minor (No 6 of Huit pièces brèves, Op 84)[2’33]19 Tantum ergo Op 55[3’03]Gene Stenger (tenor), Grace Cloutier (harp)
20 Cantique de Jean Racine Op 11 Verbe égal au Très-Haut[5’10]