Sinfini Music: Best Choral – Various Artists

1

Tallis: Spem in alium

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

11:35

2

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

4:13

3

Lassus: Salve Regina

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers

4:06

4

Byrd: Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers

3:46

5

Victoria: Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Kyrie

William Lyons, Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh

3:56

6

Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: VIII. Nisi Dominus a 10 (Live)

English Baroque Soloists, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

4:36

7

Monteverdi: Cantate Domino

Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, Andrew Wright, Stephen Cleobury & Claudio Monteverdi

2:31

8

Allegri: Miserere

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Gregorio Allegri

11:57

9

Mouton: Nesciens Mater virgo virum - motet: 8vv

Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh

5:43

10

Charpentier: Te Deum for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra, H. 146: Te aeternum Patrem (Chorus, Soprano I/II, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor)

Annick Massis, Magdalena Kožená, Eric Huchet & Patrick Henckens

3:31

11

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia!

Susan Hemington Jones, Timothy Wilson, Mark le Brocq & Peter Harvey

4:03

12

Purcell: "My beloved spake" (Z.28)

Julian Podger, Charles Daniels, Charles Pott & Peter Harvey

9:34

13

Lotti: Crucifixus (8vv)

Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, Andrew Wright & Stephen Cleobury

3:34

14

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

3:35

15

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

5:55

16

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No. 1 Chorus I/II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"

Thomanerchor Leipzig, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gewandhausorchester & Riccardo Chailly

5:40

17

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Kyrie: Kyrie eleison (I)

Nancy Argenta, Mary Nichols, Ashley Stafford & Wynford Evans

9:29

18

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

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Paul Goodwin & Mark Bennett

2:22

19

Haydn: Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11 "Nelson Mass": V. Benedictus

Felicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies & David Wilson-Johnson

6:21

20

Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 / Erster Teil: No. 2 Rezitativ mit Chor: "Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" / "Und der Geist Gottes schwebte auf der Fläche der Wasser" (Raphael, Uriel)

Gerald Finley, Michael Schade, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

2:59

21

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618

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

3:37

22

Mozart: Requiem, K. 626: IIIe. Confutatis

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:47

23

Mendelssohn: Ave Maria

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Felix Mendelssohn

7:15

24

Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 1: Yet Doth the Lord See It Not - Elijah! Get Thee Hence

Norma Procter, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Josef Krips

4:36

25

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: 1. Requiem

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti & Martti Talvela

9:13

26

Locus Iste

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Anton Bruckner

2:51

27

Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 (Lass dich nur nichts)

Christopher Hughes, Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

4:41

28

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: 1. Chor: "Selig sind, die da Leid tragen"

Wolfgang Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann & Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin

13:33

29

Grieg: Ave Maris Stella

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Edvard Grieg

3:13

30

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam – Kyrie

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

7:26

31

Parry: I Was Glad

Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Timothy Byram-Wigfield & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

7:29

32

Stanford: Eight Part-songs, Op. 119: The Bluebird

Choir of New College Oxford & Edward Higginbottom

3:23

33

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Part 1: "Jesu, Maria, I Am Near To Death"

Peter Pears, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra

5:53

34

Elgar: Great is the Lord, Op. 67

Donald Sweeney, Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir & Timothy Byram-Wigfield

10:05

35

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand" - Part One: Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus": "Imple superna gratia"

Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms, Ruth Ziesak & Sara Fulgoni

3:59

36

Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music

Felicity Lott, Lisa Milne, Rosa Mannion & Yvonne Kenny

14:07

37

Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder, Pt. 3: No. 23, Seht die Sonne (Mixed Chorus)

Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

4:43

38

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, K52: III. Alleluia, laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Igor Stravinsky

10:39

39

Howells: A Spotless Rose

Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh

3:38

40

Orff: Carmina Burana: I. O fortuna

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

2:36

41

Poulenc: Gloria: 1. Gloria

Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France & Charles Dutoit

2:56

42

Duruflé: Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Ubi caritas et amor

Choir of New College Oxford & Edward Higginbottom

2:47

43

Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!

Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom & Olivier Messiaen

4:32

44

Britten: A Hymn to The Virgin

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Benjamin Britten

3:41

45

Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: 1a. Requiem aeternam

London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & Melos Ensemble

5:57

46

Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium

Choir of New College Oxford & Edward Higginbottom

6:25

47

Tavener: Song For Athene

The Temple Church Choir, Holst Singers, Ian Le Grice & Stephen Layton

5:33

48

Tavener: The Lamb

Monteverdi Choir & John Eliot Gardiner

2:54

49

MacMillan: A Child's Prayer

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Grace Davidson & Elin Manahan Thomas

4:11

50

Whitacre: Lux Aurumque

Choir of New College Oxford & Edward Higginbottom

4:01