Faure's Requiem

Perhaps for its depth of feeling or simply for its being a requiem, there is a certain surprise to find that Faure said, "My Requiem was composed for nothing ... for fun, if I may be permitted to say so!" He had such fun for nearly 15 years, composing and revising through the 1880's and 1890's. Our fun in listening will go on much, much longer. Kathleen Battle and Andreas Schmidt are the soloists. Carlo Maria Giulini directs the Philharmonia Orchestra.