La Chapelle Royale - "In Paradisum" - Gabriel Fauré

In paradisum deducant te angeli, in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et c__ Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem.

May the angels lead you into paradise, may the martyrs receive you in your coming, and may they guide you into the holy city, Jerusalem. May the chorus of angels receive you and with Lazarus once poor may you have eternal rest.

Lucia Popp - "Pie Jesu" - Gabriel Fauré Requiem Op.48

Choir of King's College, Cambridge - "In Paradisum" - Gabriel Fauré

Choir of New College, Oxford - 'Cantique de Jean Racine' - Gabriel Fauré

The lyrics of this sublime hymn were written by French tragedian Jean Racine (1639-1699).  It is a paraphrase of a Latin hymn, and was later set to music by Gabriel Fauré in 1864-65, when the composer was 19 years old.