Fauré is one of those composers whose names have been made from just a handful of works, odd considering his considerable gifts. This release is a worthy dive into his back catalogue by conductor Ivor Bolton and the Sinfonieorchester Basel, who play with sensitivity and style. Hands up who’s heard his Caligula? Incidental music for a Dumas play, it’s unapologetically bombastic stuff with a film-score sheen. The players revel in it, dispatching the joyful dance-rhythms with flair and bringing a sinuous quality to the more intimate passages. The women of the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor are similarly splendid, captivating in the closing César a fermé la paupière, a brilliant example of Fauré’s gift for melody.