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Includes work(s) by various composers. Ensembles: King's College Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Soloists: Bryn Terfel, Jessye Norman.
Includes work(s) by various composers. Ensembles: King's College Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Soloists: Bryn Terfel, Jessye Norman. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Carmina burana: no 1, O fortuna by Carl Orff
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra,
Montreal Symphony Chamber Choir,
FACE Treble Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Latin
2.
Coronation Anthems (4): no 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the priest" by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra,
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1727; London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: English
3.
Miserere mei Deus: Miserere mei by Gregorio Allegri
Performer:
Roy Goodman (Boy Soprano)
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
4.
Hear my prayer: O, for the wings of a dove by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Alastair Hussain (Boy Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 56 Secs.
Language: English
5.
Elijah, Op. 70: Thanks be to God by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
6.
Panis angelicus by César Franck
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: Latin
7.
Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge University Music Society,
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Length: 11 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Latin
8.
Shenandoah by Traditional
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: USA
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: James Erb.
9.
Deep river by Traditional
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: USA
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Norman Luboff.
10.
Song for Athene by John Tavener
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1993; England
Length: 6 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: English
11.
Gloria in D major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Simon Preston
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of Ancient Music,
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: Latin
12.
Gloria in D major, RV 589: Et in terra pax by Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor:
Simon Preston
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of Ancient Music,
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: Latin
13.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: Latin
14.
Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Osanna by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1747-1749; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: Latin
15.
Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244: no 78, Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: ?1727; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: German
16.
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1723; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: English
17.
Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
18.
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: English
19.
The Creation, H 21 no 2: The heavens are telling by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Norma Burrowes (Soprano),
Rüdiger Wohlers (Tenor),
James Morris (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: 1796-1798; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: German
20.
Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse": Kyrie by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Tom Krause (Baritone),
Wilfred Brown (Tenor),
Helen Watts (Alto),
Sylvia Stahlman (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1798; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Greek
21.
Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Latin
22.
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339: Laudate Dominum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Felicity Palmer (Soprano)
Conductor:
George Guest
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Wren Orchestra,
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1780; Salzburg, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Latin
23.
Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Latin
24.
Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:
George Guest
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887-1890; France
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Composition written: France (1877 - 1890).
25.
German Requiem, Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1868; Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: German
26.
Requiem Mass: Dies irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: Latin
27.
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Softly and Gently "Angel's Farewell" by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:
Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra,
London Symphony Chorus,
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899-1900; England
Length: 6 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: English
28.
Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4th movement, Finale - Excerpt(s) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Hans Sotin (Bass),
Jessye Norman (Soprano),
Reinhild Runkel (Alto),
Robert Schunk (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Length: 6 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: German
29.
Requiem, Op. 48: Sanctus by Gabriel Fauré
Conductor:
George Guest
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1890; France
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Latin
30.
Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand": Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis by Gustav Mahler
Performer:
Lucia Popp (Soprano),
Heather Harper (Soprano),
René Kollo (Tenor),
Helen Watts (Alto),
John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone),
Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano),
Martti Talvela (Bass)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Singverein
...
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: German
31.
Petite Messe solennelle: Kyrie by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor),
Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Alto),
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Conductor:
Romano Gandolfi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Latin
32.
Simple gifts by Joseph Brackett
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: USA
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: A. Laurence Lyon.
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