by the nineteen-year-old Gabriel Fauré

(We often sing this in English. The text by Hal Hopson is from Psalm 84, not from the words of Jean Racine. Sadly, there are no good recordings of the Hopson version. But listening to the recording below is helpful, as the phrasing and dynamics work well with the Hopson text.)

Recording:

Orchestre de Paris (2011)
Conductor/Chef d’orchestre : Paavo Järvi (French-speaking singers. Beautiful phrasing.)

Voice part practice:

To play a video at a different speed, start it and find the gear icon. You can adjust the playback speed.

The accompaniment is very soft in these videos. The featured voice is louder. You can skip over the initial (long) introduction. The Soprano entrance is at 1:24.