Released to coincide with his third season as Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati has forged a close and highly successful partnership with his orchestra. This, his fourth recording with DSO Berlin, continues his series of music by French composers (Debussy, FaurÃ©, Ravel, Duparc) with a significant move into choral music: the DuruflÃ© Requiem. Ticciati is joined by mezzo-soprano Magdalena KozenÃ¡, who has performed Debussy's Ariettes oubliÃ©es and Duparc songs on previous DSO recordings, and the Grammy award-winning Rundfunkchor Berlin. Written in response to FaurÃ©'s own Requiem and with Debussy's influence paramount, DuruflÃ© created one of the most significant sacred works of the twentieth century. Ticciati describes this masterpiece as "a balm for the soul, a score filled with tremendous hope and peaceful searching". Most typically recorded with organ accompaniment, Ticciati has chosen to record DuruflÃ©'s own orchestrated version which allows the conductor to create a unique blend of choral and orchestral colours recalling the sound-world of Debussy and the Impressionists. Fittingly the programme also includes Debussy's Nocturnes, a welcome addition following the critically-acclaimed reception of Ticciati's recording of La mer.

Tracklist:

Nuages
FÃªtes
SirÃ¨nes
Requiem, Op. 9~IntroÃ¯t: Requiem aeternam
Requiem, Op. 9~Kyrie
Requiem, Op. 9~Domine Jesu Christe
Requiem, Op. 9~Sanctus
Requiem, Op. 9~Pie Jesu
Requiem, Op. 9~Agnus Dei
Requiem, Op. 9~Lux aeterna
Requiem, Op. 9~Libera me
Requiem, Op. 9~In paradisum

UPC: 691062062329
Label: Linn Records
Release Date: 9.13.19
Format: CD

Debussy / Ticciati / Rundfunkchor Berlin - Nocturnes / Requiem (CD)