Sarah Connolly sings: "Pie Jesu" from the "Requiem" by Maurice Duruflé

This lovely rendition of "Pie Jesu" from the Duruflé Requiem, with soloists Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Cohen (cello), and Jeremy Filsell (organ) can be found on a recording with the Vasari Singers, conductor Jeremy Backhouse, and baritone Chrstopher Maltman. (Signum Classics, 2009)

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Music

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• Pie
• Jesu
• Maurice
• Duruflé
• Requiem
• Sarah
• Connolly
• mezzo-soprano
• Robert
• Cohen
• cello
• Jeremy
• Filsell
• organ
• Backhouse

[Seasass]

This is the best version I've found so far. I like it even better than Janet Baker's or Teresa Berganza's. Believe it or not, this is a very difficult piece! The notes are so sustained, and in many places the range is not at all comfortable (that last "sempiternum" lies right in the chest-to-middle voice break for most of us mezzos). I have to sing this next Sunday for a 9/11 memorial service, which will add an extra measure of difficulty. I'll be listening to this for inspiration!

[melodiaavis]

@Seasass I am so glad you liked and are inspired by this rendition by Sarah Connolly. Best wishes for your own performance at the 9/11 memorial service - that will be particularly difficult emotionally I imagine.

If you want to hear more performances by Sarah Connolly, you might want to check out my channel.

[VerUniqueV]

this is so emotional.. so vulnerable but still powerfull.. it hits me every time.

[Stateoftention]

her voice is so comforting. She sing this piece so beautifully. i could cry.

[JoanaStanelyte]

maybe somebody knows where to get a vocal score of this?

[swirls999]

What a beautiful recording, thank you so much! She must have lungs like an ox

[musiclas1]

It's a pity this wonderful Requiem of Maurice Duruflé is no more known !

[MingnonDunn]

A true angel.