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 100 Best Adagio Voices
Release Date: 09/22/0009 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 64292   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Sergei RachmaninovSamuel BarberGabriel FauréAntonio VivaldiWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Frideric HandelGioachino RossiniAlfredo CatalaniGiuseppe Verdi
Léo DelibesJacques OffenbachGeorges BizetGiacomo Puccini
Alexander DargomizhskyNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovVincenzo BelliniHenry Purcell
Claudio MonteverdiJean-Philippe RameauJohann Gottlieb NaumannErnest Chausson
Ambroise ThomasEdvard GriegGustav MahlerRichard Strauss
Igor StravinskyJohann Sebastian BachGiovanni Battista PergolesiFranz von Suppé
Joao Domingos BomtempoFelix MendelssohnAnton BrucknerMaurice Duruflé
Gregorio AllegriFrancis PoulencArvo PärtJohn Tavener
TraditionalAnonymousHughes De CoursonHeitor Villa-Lobos
Franz SchubertJohannes BrahmsRobert SchumannHector Berlioz
Wilhelm StenhammarCarl OrffBenjamin BrittenRoger Quilter
Reinhold GliereReynaldo HahnMaurice RavelClaude Debussy
Camille Saint-SaënsJoseph CanteloubeHenri DuparcMaurice Delage

Performer:  Natalie DessayPhilippe JarousskyClaudio DesderiCarol VanessDelores Ziegler
Paul EsswoodElisabeth SchwarzkopfKatia RicciarelliBarbara Hendricks
Montserrat CaballéDanielle MilletMady MespléJessye Norman
Ann MurrayRolando VillazónLucia PoppGalina Vishnevskaya
Maria CallasAnn HallenbergSusan GrahamTopi Lehtipuu
Véronique GensDame Gwyneth JonesLena NordinPaul Boufil
Isabelle VernetMirella FreniCamilla TillingGundula Janowitz
Martyn HillDavid DanielsJoseph CornwellToby Spence
Aquiles MachadoLuis RodriguesElisabete MatosMagali Dami
John ButtJulia VarádyBrigitte FournierSolveig Kringelborn
Derek Lee RaginBreda MayockCraig OgdenLambert Orkis
Arleen AugérDame Janet BakerAnne Sofie von OtterFelicity Lott
Janice WatsonThomas AllenGeoffrey ParsonsRachel Yakar
Claude LavoixRoger VignolesEmanuel StrosserDelphine Collot
Gérard WieclawJean-Louis BouillatBrigitte VinsonFrançois Le Roux
Delphine Seyrig
Conductor:  Michael SchonwandtDavid HillDaniel BarenboimJean-Christophe SpinosiBernard Haitink
Sir Philip LedgerCarlo Maria GiuliniGabriele FerroPaavo Järvi
Anton GuadagnoAlain LombardSylvain CambrelingMichel Plasson
Sir Charles MackerrasStefan SolteszLamberto GardelliMstislav Rostropovich
Tullio SerafinEmmanuelle HaïmJohn NelsonChristophe Rousset
Evelino PidòSir John BarbirolliPhilip BrunelleJean-Jacques Kantorow
Andrew LittonRichard StampRichard HickoxSir David Willcocks
Harry BicketAndrew ParrottSir Neville MarrinerLouis Langrée
Michel CorbozKarl Anton RickenbacherHarry ChristophersTönu Kaljuste
Stephen CleoburyBeñat AchiarySister Marie KeyrouzDunstan O'Keeffe
Moses George HoganPaul CapolongoAnthony RooleyLaurence Equilbey
Wolfgang SawallischArmin JordanLibor PesekJean Sourisse
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony OrchestraOrchestre de ParisEnsemble MatheusLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
English Chamber OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraLyon Opera Orchestra
Radio France Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraParis Opéra Comique Orchestra
Brussels National Opera OrchestraMunich Radio Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra
Milan Teatro alla Scala OrchestraLe Concert D'AstréeParis Orchestral Ensemble
Les Talens LyriquesNew Philharmonia OrchestraRoyal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Toulouse Capitole OrchestraStrasbourg Philharmonic OrchestraEstonian National Symphony Orchestra
Academy of LondonLondon SinfoniettaAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields
English ConcertSeminario MusicaleTaverner Players
Lausanne Instrumental EnsembleGeneva Chamber OrchestraGulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
City of London SinfoniaBamberg Symphony OrchestraTaverner Consort
Le Orfanelle della PietaParis Cello EnsembleConsort of Musicke
Capella BavariaeBournemouth Symphony OrchestraMonte Carlo Opera Orchestra
Nash Ensemble

Number of Discs: 6 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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1.  Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michael Schonwandt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
Length: 5 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1912 - 1915). 
2.  Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber
Conductor:  David Hill
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1967; USA 
Length: 7 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Notes: This work is a vocal arrangement of the composer's 'Adagio for Strings.' 
3.  Pavane by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestre de Paris
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 21 Secs. 
4.  Il Giustino: Vedro con mio diletto by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Matheus
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1724; Rome, Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 12 Secs. 
5.  Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Claudio Desderi (Baritone), Carol Vaness (Soprano), Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. 
6.  Saul: Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1738-1739; London, England 
Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. 
7.  Le Nozze di Figaro: Porgi, Amor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
8.  L'Assedio di Corinto: Giusto ciel! in tal periglio by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Conductor:  Gabriele Ferro
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1826; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs. 
9.  La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:  Barbara Hendricks (Soprano)
Conductor:  Paavo Järvi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs. 
10.  La forza del destino: La Vergine degli angeli by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Anton Guadagno
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Italy (1862).
Composition revised: 1869. 
11.  Lakmé: Duo des fleurs by Léo Delibes
Performer:  Danielle Millet (Mezzo Soprano), Mady Mesplé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Alain Lombard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs. 
12.  Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:  Jessye Norman (Soprano), Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Sylvain Cambreling
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Paris, France 
Length: 4 Minutes 20 Secs. 
13.  Les pêcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor:  Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1863; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs. 
14.  Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs. 
15.  Rusalka: Song to the Moon by Alexander Dargomizhsky
Performer:  Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor:  Stefan Soltesz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1848-1855; Russia 
Length: 5 Minutes 53 Secs. 
16.  Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor:  Lamberto Gardelli
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs. 
17.  The Tsar's Bride: Lioubasha aria by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Conductor:  Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Russia 
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs. 
18.  Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor:  Tullio Serafin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs. 
19.  Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Lascia la spina by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1707 
Length: 6 Minutes 29 Secs. 
20.  Dido and Aenaeas: When I am laid in earth by Henry Purcell
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1689; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. 
21.  Serse: Ombra mai fu by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1738; London, England 
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. 
22.  Interrotte speranze, eterna fede by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:  Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor), Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1619; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. 
23.  Hippolyte et Aricie: Cruelle mère des amours by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer:  Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor:  Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1733; Paris, France 
Length: 5 Minutes 13 Secs. 
24.  Il Delirio amoroso: Lascia omai le brune vele by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1707-1710; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs. 
25.  La Sonnambula: Ah! no credea mirarti by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Evelino Pidò
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs. 
26.  Otello: Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dame Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 33 Secs. 
27.  Gustaf Wasa: Aria Från tronen uti bojor by Johann Gottlieb Naumann
Performer:  Lena Nordin (Soprano)
Conductor:  Philip Brunelle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1783; Sweden 
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs. 
28.  La légende de Sainte-Cécile: Que d'étoiles dans vos cheveux by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Paul Boufil (Cello), Isabelle Vernet (Soprano)
Conductor:  Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Orchestral Ensemble
Period: Romantic 
Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs. 
29.  Hamlet: Mort d'Ophélie. Le voilà, je crois l'entendre by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs. 
30.  Turandot: Signore ascolta! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Alain Lombard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. 
31.  Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Camilla Tilling (Soprano)
Conductor:  Paavo Järvi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875/1892; Norway 
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs. 
32.  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Ann Murray (Soprano)
Conductor:  Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1896; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs. 
33.  Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Stamp
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of London
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1899; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs. 
34.  Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1 by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Stamp
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of London
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 
35.  Pulcinella: Serenata: Mentre l'erbetta by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Martyn Hill (Tenor)
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Sinfonietta
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Switzerland 
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Switzerland (1919 - 1920). 
36.  Cantata, BWV147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
37.  Saint-Matthew Passion: Erbarme Dich by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  David Daniels (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Harry Bicket
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Concert
Period: Baroque 
Length: 6 Minutes 48 Secs. 
38.  Dixit Dominus: De Torrente by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1707; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs. 
39.  Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Performer:  Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1736; Pozzuoli, Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
40.  Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  David Hill
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
41.  Messiah: Comfort ye my people by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Joseph Cornwell (Tenor)
Conductor:  Andrew Parrott
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Players
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. 
42.  Vesperaes solennes pour de Confessore: Laudate Dominum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Barbara Hendricks (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical 
Written: 1780; Salzburg, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs. 
43.  Magnificat: Et Misericordia by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor), Toby Spence (Tenor)
Conductor:  Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
44.  Mass in C minor, K.427: Kyrie by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Louis Langrée
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Classical 
Written: 1782-1783; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
45.  Mass in B minor: Dona nobis pacem by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs. 
46.  Requiem: Lacrimosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Geneva Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs. 
47.  Requiem: Recordare by Franz von Suppé
Performer:  Aquiles Machado (Tenor), Luis Rodrigues (Bass), Elisabete Matos (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 46 Secs. 
48.  Requiem: Requiem aeternam by Joao Domingos Bomtempo
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
Period: Classical 
Written: by 1819; Paris, France 
Length: 1 Minutes 38 Secs. 
49.  Psaume 42: Chour: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser by Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837; Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 54 Secs. 
50.  Missa Solemnis: Agnus Dei by Anton Bruckner
Conductor:  Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854; St. Florian, Linz, A 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
51.  Requiem: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Magali Dami (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
52.  Requiem: In Paradisum by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Magali Dami (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs. 
53.  Requiem: In Paradisum by Maurice Duruflé
Performer:  John Butt (Organ)
Conductor:  Sir Philip Ledger
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; Paris, France 
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 
54.  Miserere: [Excerpt] by Gregorio Allegri
Conductor:  Andrew Parrott
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Consort
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 50 Secs. 
55.  Man that is born of a woman by Henry Purcell
Conductor:  Andrew Parrott
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Players,  Taverner Consort
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1680-1682; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs. 
56.  Selva morale e spirituale 1641: Salve Regina by Claudio Monteverdi
Conductor:  Andrew Parrott
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Players,  Taverner Consort
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1640; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs. 
57.  Requiem: Libera me - Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Julia Varády (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 
58.  Gloria in G major: Domine Deus by Francis Poulenc
Performer:  Brigitte Fournier (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
59.  Ave Verum, Op. 65 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:  Michel Corboz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs. 
60.  Motets pour le temps de Noël: O Magnum Mysterium by Francis Poulenc
Conductor:  Harry Christophers
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951-1952; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs. 
61.  Ave Maria by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:  Tönu Kaljuste
Period: Romantic 
Written: USSR 
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. 
62.  Magnificat by Arvo Pärt
Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1989; Germany 
Length: 6 Minutes 21 Secs. 
63.  The Lament of Mother of God: [Excerpt] by John Tavener
Performer:  Solveig Kringelborn (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Hill
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1988; England 
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs. 
64.  Maitea nun zira by Traditional
Conductor:  Beñat Achiary
Written: Spain 
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
65.  Loch Lomond by Traditional
Written: Scotland 
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. 
66.  Al-yawma-l-batûl by Anonymous
Conductor:  Sister Marie Keyrouz
Period: Medieval 
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
67.  Veni creator spiritus by Anonymous
Conductor:  Dunstan O'Keeffe
Period: Medieval 
Written: after 1300; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 
68.  Lord I can't turn back by Traditional
Performer:  Derek Lee Ragin (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Moses George Hogan
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs. 
69.  Salve Regina by Anonymous
Conductor:  Dunstan O'Keeffe
Period: Renaissance 
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs. 
70.  Away in a manger by Traditional
Performer:  Derek Lee Ragin (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Moses George Hogan
Written: Normandy, France 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 
71.  Berçeuse de Gráinne pour Diarmait by Hughes De Courson
Performer:  Breda Mayock (Chant)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Le Orfanelle della Pieta
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs. 
Notes: Arrangers: Le Berre; Hughes De Courson. 
72.  Bachianas brasilieras No. 5: Cantilena by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer:  Mady Mesplé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Paul Capolongo
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Cello Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938-1945; Brazil 
Length: 6 Minutes 29 Secs. 
73.  Music for a while by Henry Purcell
Performer:  David Daniels (Countertenor), Craig Ogden (Guitar)
Period: Baroque 
Written: ?1692; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs. 
74.  Hor che'l ciel e la Terra by Claudio Monteverdi
Conductor:  Anthony Rooley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Consort of Musicke
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1638; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 53 Secs. 
75.  Du bist die Ruh', D.766 by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Lambert Orkis (Piano), Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs. 
76.  Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1860; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. 
77.  Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin, Op. 55 No. 3 by Robert Schumann
Conductor:  Laurence Equilbey
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs. 
78.  5 Gesänge, Op. 104: Letztes Glück by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Laurence Equilbey
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888; Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
79.  Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D.714 by Franz Schubert
Conductor:  Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Bavariae
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1821; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 11 Minutes 0 Secs. 
80.  Les Nuits d'été: Le Spectre de la rose by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840-1841; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 54 Secs. 
81.  Flickan knyter i Johannenatten by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performer:  Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Paavo Järvi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Sweden 
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs. 
82.  Chanson perpétuelle by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Felicity Lott (Soprano)
Conductor:  Armin Jordan
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 56 Secs. 
83.  Carmina Burana: In truttina by Carl Orff
Performer:  Janice Watson (Soprano)
Conductor:  David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. 
84.  Les Illuminations: Phrase by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Martyn Hill (Tenor)
Conductor:  Richard Hickox
Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1939; USA 
Length: 1 Minutes 8 Secs. 
85.  By a fountainside by Roger Quilter
Performer:  Thomas Allen (Baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
86.  Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 82: Andante by Reinhold Gliere
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michael Schonwandt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1943; USSR 
Length: 8 Minutes 43 Secs. 
87.  L'Air by Reynaldo Hahn
Performer:  Rachel Yakar (Soprano), Claude Lavoix (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1899; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
88.  Shéhérazade: no 3, L'indifférent by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor:  Libor Pesek
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1903; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. 
89.  Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Véronique Gens (Soprano), Roger Vignoles (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs. 
90.  Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans: Dieu qu'il a fait bon regarder by Claude Debussy
Conductor:  Jean Sourisse
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1898-1908; France 
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs. 
91.  Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:  David Hill
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; France 
Length: 5 Minutes 52 Secs. 
92.  La Nuit, Op. 11 No. 1 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Emanuel Strosser (Piano)
Conductor:  Jean Sourisse
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
93.  Réveil, Op. 11 No. 2 by Ernest Chausson
Performer:  Emanuel Strosser (Piano)
Conductor:  Jean Sourisse
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. 
94.  Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Delphine Collot (Soprano), Gérard Wieclaw (Baritone), Jean-Louis Bouillat (Tenor),
Brigitte Vinson (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Jean Sourisse
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1915; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs. 
95.  Calme des Nuits, Op. 68 No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor:  Jean Sourisse
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1882; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. 
96.  Chants d'Auvergne: Volume 1 - no 2, Baïlèro by Joseph Canteloube
Performer:  Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor:  Yan Pascal Tortelier
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923-1930; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 42 Secs. 
97.  Vocalise en forme de Habañera by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:  Michael Schonwandt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1907; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs. 
98.  L'invitation au voyage by Henri Duparc
Performer:  François Le Roux (Baritone)
Conductor:  John Nelson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1870; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs. 
99.  Quatre Poèmes hindous: Lahore by Maurice Delage
Performer:  Felicity Lott (Soprano)
Conductor:  Armin Jordan
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1913; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs. 
100.  Les Chansons de Bilitis: La Pluie au matin by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Delphine Seyrig (Voice)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Nash Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1897-1898; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs. 
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