The Best Choral Album in the World…Ever!
Stephen Cleobury · Neville Marriner · Andrew Davis · Bernard Haitink · Charles Mackerras · David Hill · David Willcocks · Franz Welser-Möst · Philip Ledger · Robert Tear
The Best Choral Album in the World…Ever! (1999), CD, on Virgin EMI. Music by George Frideric Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, performed by Stephen Cleobury, Neville Marriner, Andrew Davis, Bernard Haitink; 36 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Gloria RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589
László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Cantata no. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“
David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Miserere mei, Deus (vv 1-4, 17-20)
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley
Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrimosa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”
Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
Joseph Haydn - Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part II: XXVIa. Chor: Vollendet ist das große Werk
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: Ode to Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Dona Francisquita: Coro de románticos (Chorus of Lovers)
Amadeu Vives i Roig - Doña Francisquita: Acto III. Coro de románticos "¿Dónde va?, ¿dónde va la alegría?"
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48
José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra
Disc 2
Cantata no. 140: Zion hört die Wächter
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Te Deum in D: Pleni sunt coeli et terra
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum, H. 146: Pleni sunt coeli et terra
Philip Ledger, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou Knowest, Lord
Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary
Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Joseph Haydn - Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part II: XXVIa. Chor: Vollendet ist das große Werk
Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus
Elijah: And then Shall Your Light Break Forth
Felix Mendelssohn - Elijah, op. 70: Chorus - "And then shall your light break forth"
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
L’Enfance du Christ: L’Adieu des bergers (Shepherd’s Farewell)
Hector Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers)
André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Requiem, op. 9: Agnus Dei (reduced orchestration version)
Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, op. 9
Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Tannhäuser: Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Pilgrim’s Chorus)
Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene I. “Wohl wusst’ ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden”
Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus)
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Francis Poulenc - Gloria, for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra, FP 177
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Chœur de Radio France
Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Corkhill
Messa da Requiem: Dies irae (opening)
Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus