The Essentials: Great Choral Works – Various Artists

1

Spem in alium

Oxford Camerata

12:20

2

Miserere

Cambridge Trinity College Choir & Gregorio Allegri

8:24

3

Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: III. God save the King

Thomas Tallis Chamber Choir & George Frideric Handel

3:02

4

The Lamb

Various Artists

3:09

5

Gloria in D Major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo

The Sixteen & Antonio Vivaldi

2:29

6

Crucifixus a 8

Manchester Cathedral Choir & Jeffrey Makinson

3:04

7

Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Magnificat anima mea

The Sixteen & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:53

8

Libera nos, salva nos, Magnus Dominus

St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

2:38

9

Mass in G Minor: Gloria

Ralph Vaughan Williams

3:40

10

4 Choral songs, Op. 53: No. 1. There is Sweet Music

Rodolfus Choir & Edward Elgar

4:05

11

All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers": Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria)

Latvian Radio Choir & Sergei Rachmaninoff

3:07

12

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Introit: Requiem aeternam

Gewandhaus-Kammerchor & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:59

13

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence: I. Dies irae

Gewandhaus-Kammerchor & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1:41

14

O Magnum Mysterium

Armonico Consort

6:47

15

O sacrum convivium

Oxford Camerata

4:42

16

Messa da Requiem: Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa

Hungarian State Opera Chorus & Giuseppe Verdi

2:20

17

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

Choir of Merton College, Oxford & Henry Purcell

2:15

18

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison

Dresdner Kammerchor & Johann Sebastian Bach

9:55

19

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem

Dresdner Kammerchor & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:39

20

Vespro della Beata Vergine, "1610 Vespers": Domine ad adiuvandum

Rodolfus Choir & Claudio Monteverdi

2:06

21

Missa Hodie Christus natus est: Kyrie

Oxford Schola Cantorum & Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

3:09

22

Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera: Agnus Dei

Oxford Schola Cantorum

3:11

23

Mass for 4 Voices: Kyrie

Oxford Camerata

2:30

24

Mass for 4 Voices: Credo

Oxford Camerata

8:41

25

Mass for 4 Voices: Agnus Dei

Oxford Camerata

3:38

26

Vom Himmel hoch: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her

Dresdner Kreuzchor & Felix Mendelssohn

5:40

27

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage

Frankfurt Vocal Ensemble & Johann Sebastian Bach

7:28

28

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part I: Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen

Rheinische Kantorei & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:41

29

St. Luke Passion, Pt. 1: Part I: O Crux ave (Hymn 'Vexilla Regis prodeunt')

Warsaw Boys Choir

5:04

30

St. Luke Passion, Pt. 2: Part II: In pulverem mortis … / In te, Domine, speravi (Psalm 30)

Warsaw Boys Choir

5:40

31

Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand": Part II. Final Scene from Faust: Alles Vergangliche ist nur ein Gleichnis

Izabella Klosinska, Jadwiga Rappe, Piotr Nowacki & Barbara Kubiak

6:26

32

Stabat mater: Stabat mater dolorosa

Regina Klepper, Martina Borst & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4:15

33

Te Deum, WAB 45: Te Deum laudamus - Te ergo quaesumus

Elzbieta Towarnicka, Matgorzata Walewska & Jerzy Knetig

8:52

34

Otche Nach

Skylark Vocal Ensemble

2:04

35

Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, "Requiem": Agnus Dei

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir & Hector Berlioz

13:41

36

War Requiem: Sanctus

Thomas Randle, Lynda Russell, Michael Volle & George McPhee

11:05

37

Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine (Psalm 39, 12-13)

WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & Igor Stravinsky

3:15

38

Ave Maria

Oxford Camerata

5:32

39

Missa Papae Marcelli: Masses, Book 2: Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie

Voices of Ascension Chorus & Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

3:43

40

Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, "Choral Fantasy"

Peter Rösel, Margot Stejskal & Annette Jahns

18:03

41

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

Margaret Price, Thomas Allen, Elmar Schloter & Johannes Brahms

11:20

42

Berliner Messe (1997 Revised Version): Kyrie

Academy of Choral Art Choir & Arvo Pärt

3:02

43

Berliner Messe (1997 Revised Version): Gloria

Academy of Choral Art Choir & Arvo Pärt

4:55

44

Berliner Messe (1997 Revised Version): Agnus Dei

Academy of Choral Art Choir & Arvo Pärt

2:28

45

Elias, Op. 70, MWV A 25, Pt. 2: Elijah, Op. 70, Part II: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen

MDR Rundfunkchor & Felix Mendelssohn

3:18

46

Die Schopfung (The Creation), Hob.XXI:2, Part I: Stimmt an die Saiten (Awake the harp)

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hedwig Bilgram & Franz Joseph Haydn

2:00

47

Deutsche Motette, Op. 62, TrV 230

Helen Massey, Kate Symonds-Joy, William Kendall & Tim Mirfin

18:16

48

Jubilate Deo in E-Flat Major

National Youth Training Choir North, James Sherlock & Benjamin Britten

2:40

49

Amicus meus

Ensemble Corund

3:02

50

Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu

Lisa Beckley, Colm Carey & Gabriel Fauré

3:36

51

Hymne a Saint Martin

National Youth Choir of Great Britain

5:05

52

Locus iste, WAB 23

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart & Anton Bruckner

3:13

53

Messiah, HWV 56: Chorus: Hallelujah

Oregon Bach Festival Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:20