About This Song
About "Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1893 Version)" by Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Fauré's 'Pie Jesu' from the Requiem is a prayer suspended in amber. The Bournemouth Sinfonietta's 1893 version is intimate and fragile, a soprano line that floats like a feather over still water. The calm is almost unbearable, charged with the ache of letting go.