Sir David Willocks - Faure: Requiem

180-gram audiophile vinyl cut from the original analogue EMI master tapes at Abbey Road studios

From 1957 to 1974 Sir David Willcocks held the post for which he is probably best known, Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge. He made numerous recordings with the college choir, of which the Fauré Requiem is probably the most admired, and toured extensively with the choir, giving concerts worldwide, as well as garnering further acclaim internationally through television and radio appearances.

Interestingly, the Fauré Requiem was not recorded in King's College Chapel but the more manageable acoustics of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, on December 10, 1967. Produced by Christopher Bishop and Engineered by Neville Boyling.

Cut at Abbey Road Studios from the original stereo analogue master tapes with the Neumann VMS80 lathe fed an analogue pre-cut signal from a specially adapted Studer A80 tape deck with additional playback head. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl to audiophile standards with the original album artwork.