This CD features John Rutter's Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Fauré's Requiem, re-released in 2010 by Collegium Records. This recording presents 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. Hailed as 'the Fauré Requiem of the future' upon its initial release, this performance remains definitive.

• Features John Rutter's Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Fauré's Requiem.
• Includes the intimate original version of the Requiem, the first performance on disc.
• Performance by The Cambridge Singers and members of the City of London Sinfonia.
• Also includes: Ave Verum Corpus, Tantum Ergo, Ave Maria, and Cantique.
• Format: Audio CD, Best of compilation.
• Language: English.

This single-disc CD contains the following works:

1. Fauré: Requiem
2. Ave Verum Corpus
3. Tantum Ergo
4. Ave Maria
5. Cantique

• Artist/Author: John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
• Brand: COLLEGIUM
• Format: Audio CD (Best of)
• Release Date: 2010-03-28
• Original Release Year: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 140x119x11mm
• Weight: 100g
• Manufacturer: Collegium Records
• Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Experience this timeless jewel from the Collegium catalogue, recognized by Gramophone as 'a genuine revelation' and named 'Best Recording' by BBC Music Magazine in November 2010.