Maurice Durufl - Requiem, Op. 9

- Composer: Maurice Duruflé (11 January 1902 -- 16 June 1986) - Orchestra: Orchestre de la Cité - Choir: Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble - Conductor: Michel Piquemal - Soloists: Didier Henry (tenor), Béatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo soprano), Eric Lebrun (organ), François Poly (cello), Marc Vieillefon (violin) - Year of recording: 1994 Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus / for organ & chorus / for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op. 9 (3 versions), written in 1947. 00:00 - I. Introit 03:25 - II. Kyrie 06:47 - III. Domine Jesu Christe 14:58 - IV. Sanctus 18:08 - V. Pie Jesu 22:03 - VI. Agnus Dei 26:02 - VII. Lux Aeterna 29:38 - VIII. Libera Me 35:23 - IX. In Paradisum In 1947, Maurice Duruflé was already working on a suite of pieces for organ based on the Gregorian chants for the requiem mass (the service for the dead), when he was commissioned by his publisher Durand to write a large-scale work based on those texts.