Gabriel Fauré Requiem Pelleas et Melisande Te Kanawa Dutoit

A fine French touch is evident in this collaboration between the Swiss- born conductor Charles Dutoit and his Canadian orchestra. They give a highly polished performance of the standard Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, a reading both suave and supple that is characterized throughout by a remarkable beauty of sound. Emphasizing the idyllic aspect of Fauré's conception, Dutoit is at his best in the suite's inner movements. The recording is ideally atmospheric and well detailed, and, combined with Fauré's Requiem, is the preferred one.

Requiem
Pelleas et Melisande
Pavane

Kiri te Kanawa soprano
Sherrill Milnes baritone
Choeur de l'Orchestre de Montreal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit