Essential Choral Classics – Various Artists

1

Orff: Carmina Burana: I. O fortuna

Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit

2:44

2

Handel: Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks & George Frideric Handel

5:53

3

Allegri: Miserere - Ed. Willcocks: Miserere (Edit)

Roy Goodman, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Gregorio Allegri

7:16

4

Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer, Hymn for Soprano, Chorus and Organ: O For The Wings Of A Dove

Alastair Hussain, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian & Felix Mendelssohn

5:58

5

Mendelssohn: "Thanks be to God!" [Elijah, Op. 70 - sung in English]

Bryn Terfel, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Stephen Doughty

4:01

6

Franck: Panis Angelicus, Op.12, FWV 61

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian & Stephen Cleobury

3:56

7

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle: Kyrie

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti & Ruggero Raimondi

7:41

8

Tallis: Spem in alium

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Music Society, John Langdon & Sir David Willcocks

11:35

9

Simple Gifts

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Jerold Ottley

3:12

10

Shenandoah

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Jerold Ottley

3:50

11

Deep River

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Jerold Ottley

3:01

12

Tavener: Song for Athene

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

5:58

13

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Part 2: "Softly and Gently"

Yvonne Minton, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra

6:18

14

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - "Choral" - 4.: "O Freunde nicht diese Töne" -

Jessye Norman, Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk & Hans Sotin

7:02

15

Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston & Antonio Vivaldi

2:23

16

Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589: II. Et in terra pax

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston & Antonio Vivaldi

5:01

17

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: III. Sanctus: a. Sanctus, Domine Deus (Chorus) (Live at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1990)

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:15

18

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Sanctus: a. Osanna in excelsis (Chorus) (Live at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1990)

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:50

19

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:29

20

J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Nicholas Daniel, James Vivian & Robert Quinney

5:59

21

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

3:38

22

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

3:42

23

Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2 / Part 1: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

Norma Burrowes, Rudiger Wohlers, James Morris & Chicago Symphony Chorus

3:32

24

Haydn: Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11 "Nelson Mass": I. Kyrie

Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown & Tom Krause

5:02

25

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian, Stephen Cleobury & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:37

26

Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K.339: 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

Felicity Palmer, The Wren Orchestra & George Guest

4:50

27

Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (Ed. Robbins Landon): IIIf. Lacrimosa (Live at Stephansdom, Vienna, 1991)

Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:18

28

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: 3. Sanctus

Stephen Cleobury, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & George Guest

3:38

29

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum

Stephen Cleobury, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & George Guest

3:44

30

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: 4. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!"

Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Bernard Haitink

5:20

31

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: 2a. Dies Irae - 2b. Tuba Mirum

Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti & Giuseppe Verdi

4:14

32

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: XVI. Alles Vergängliche

Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton & Helen Watts

6:43