Essential Choral Classics (2 CDs)

Various Artists

• Released on 01/01/2006 by Universal Music Division Classics Jazz
• Main artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Classical

Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Carl Orff)

1 I. O Fortuna

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 00:02:43

Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Choir - Charles Dutoit, Conductor - - - -

℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

2 1. Zadok the Priest

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:51

Thurston Dart, Continuo - Sir David Willcocks, Conductor - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - - - -

℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited

Miserere - Ed. Willcocks (KOÏÏ)

3 Miserere (Edit)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:07:15

Roy Goodman, Treble - Sir David Willcocks, Conductor - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - - -

℗ 1964 Decca Music Group Limited

Hear My Prayer, Hymn for Soprano, Chorus and Organ (Felix Mendelssohn)

4 O For The Wings Of A Dove

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:57

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - James Vivian, Organ - Alastair Hussain, Treble - - -

℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited

Elijah, Op.70 (Felix Mendelssohn)

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

Bryn Terfel 00:04:00

Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Choir - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Paul Daniel, Conductor - Stephen Doughty, Organ - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone - - - - -

℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited

Panis Angelicus (César Franck)

6 Franck: Panis Angelicus, Op.12, FWV 61

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:03:55

James Vivian, Organ - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - - -

℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited

Petite Messe solennelle (Gioachino Rossini)

7 Kyrie

Lucia Valentini Terrani 00:07:38

Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala, Choir - Leone Magiera, Piano - Vittoria Rosetta, Harmonium - Romano Gandolfi, Conductor - Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Contralto - Mirella Freni, Soprano - Ruggero Raimondi, Bass - Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor - - - - - - - -

℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited

Spem in alium (Thomas Tallis)

8 Tallis: Spem in alium

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:11:31

Cambridge University Music Society, Choir - Sir David Willcocks, Conductor - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - John Langdon, Organ - - - -

℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited

Simple Gifts (Brackett Jr Joseph)

9 Brackett: Simple Gifts

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square 00:03:11

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Choir - Jerold Ottley, Conductor - -

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

Shenandoah (Traditional)

10 Traditional: Shenandoah

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square 00:03:49

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Choir - Jerold Ottley, Conductor - -

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

Deep River (Traditional)

11 Traditional: Deep River

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square 00:03:00

Jerold Ottley, Conductor - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Choir - -

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

Song for Athene (John Tavener)

12 Tavener: Song for Athene

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:57

Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - -

℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Part 2 (John Henry Newman)

13 "Softly and Gently"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:06:15

London Symphony Chorus, Chorus - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano - Benjamin Britten, Conductor - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - - - - -

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - "Choral" - 4. (Ludwig van Beethoven)

14 "O Freunde nicht diese Töne" -

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 00:07:00

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir - Robert Schunk, Tenor - Hans Sotin, Bass - Reinhild Runkel, Contralto - Jessye Norman, Soprano - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - - - - - - -

℗ 1987 Decca Music Group Limited

DISC 2

Gloria in D Major, RV589 (Antonio Vivaldi)

1 1. Gloria in excelsis

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford 00:02:22

Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Choir - The Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Simon Preston, Conductor - - -

℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited

Gloria in D, R.589 (Antonio Vivaldi)

2 2. Et in terra pax

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford 00:05:00

The Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Choir - Simon Preston, Conductor - - -

℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Sanctus (Johann Sebastian Bach)

3 22. Sanctus (Live In Chicago / 1990)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 00:05:13

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chorus - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - - -

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

4 23. Osanna in excelsis (Live In Chicago / 1990)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 00:02:49

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir - - -

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two (Johann Sebastian Bach)

5 "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 00:06:26

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chorus - - -

℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

6 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:58

Robert Quinney, Organ - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - James Vivian, Organ - Nicholas Daniel, Oboe - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - - - - -

℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

7 No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus 00:03:36

Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choir - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - - -

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

8 No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus 00:03:41

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Chorus - Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor - - -

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2 / Part 1 (Joseph Haydn)

9 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 00:03:31

Rudiger Wohlers, Tenor - Norma Burrowes, Soprano - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir - James Morris, Baritone - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - - - - - -

℗ 1982 Decca Music Group Limited

Mass in D Minor - Missa in angustiis ("Nelson Mass"), Hob. XXII:11 (Joseph Haydn)

10 Kyrie

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:00

Helen Watts, Contralto - Simon Preston, Organ - Tom Krause, Baritone - Sir David Willcocks, Conductor - Sylvia Stahlman, Soprano - Wilfred Brown, Tenor - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - - - - - - - -

℗ 1962 Decca Music Group Limited

Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

11 Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:03:36

Stephen Cleobury, Conductor - James Vivian, Organ - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir - - -

℗ 1998 Decca Music Group Limited

Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K.339 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

12 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

The Choir of St John’s Cambridge 00:04:48

George Guest, Conductor - The Wren Orchestra, Orchestra - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Choir - Felicity Palmer, Soprano - - - -

℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited

Requiem in D minor, K.626 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

13 Lacrimosa

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:03:17

Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - - -

℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited

Requiem, Op. 48 (Gabriel Fauré)

14 3. Sanctus

The Choir of St John’s Cambridge 00:03:37

Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Choir - The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - Stephen Cleobury, Organ - George Guest, Conductor - - - -

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

15 7. In paradisum

The Choir of St John’s Cambridge 00:03:43

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - George Guest, Conductor - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Choir - Stephen Cleobury, Organ - - - -

℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited

Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Johannes Brahms)

16 4. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!"

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:05:19

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Bernard Haitink, Conductor - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra - - -

℗ 1980 Universal International Music B.V.

Messa da Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi)

17 2a. Dies Irae - 2b. Tuba Mirum

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:04:13

Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - - -

℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited

Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2 (Gustav Mahler)

18 XVI. Alles Vergängliche

Wiener Staatsopernchor 00:06:42

Heather Harper, Soprano - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor - Wiener Singverein, Choir - Martti Talvela, Bass - Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano - Helen Watts, Contralto - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Wiener Sängerknaben, Choir - Lucia Popp, Soprano - René Kollo, Tenor - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone - - - - - - - - - - - -

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
• Total length: 02:36:53

• Main artist: Various Artists
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Universal Music Division Classics Jazz
• Genre: Classical
• Collection: Essential
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