Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11 (Fauré) - from CDA66292 - Hyperion Records

Cathedral in Winter (1821) by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (1797-1855)
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The Cantique de Jean Racine, dedicated to César Franck, is an early work, dating from 1865. A reticent piece for four-part mixed choir and organ, it won the composer the first prize for composition at the École Niedermeyer, where at that time he was still a student.

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Recording details: February 1989
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: September 1989
Total duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds

Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

composer

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

1865; dedicated to César Franck

author of text

Anonymous

Roman Breviary

translator of text

Jean Racine (1639-1699)

Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor), John Scott (organ)