Requiem (with Grunenwald - Di Profundis)

"Inspired organ-playing makes this a superior recording of Duruflé's Requiem. …following a monumentally impressive account of Jean-Jacques Grunenwald's Tu es Petrus, we have his extended setting of the Latin psalm, De profundis. Musically it may be more a succession of moments than a structure entity, but the sum of those moments, each delivered with consummate attention to detail by an extraordinarily able choir and an astonishingly perceptive organist, is a performance not just of Technicolor magic but some emotional depth too." Gramophone Magazine, August 2009

"Fauré's Requiem has long been a popular classic, but Maurice Duruflé's is far superior: more profound, deeply devotional and rooted in a scholarly knowledge of ancient Gregorian chant. Jeremy Backhouse understands all this and directs his marvellous Vasari Singers in a remarkable recording of Duruflé's healing vision of death and redemption, with powerful contributions from Sarah Connolly and Christopher Maltman. Organist Jeremy Filsell accompanies with ease and authority, particularly in the lesser known but equally rewarding De Profundis by Duruflé's contemporary, Jean-Jacques Grunenwald." The Observer, 12th July 2009