The Best Ever Choral Album

Gloria RV589: 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

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

Yehudi Menuhin

Miserere Mei, Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury

Requiem in D minor, K626: Lacrimosa

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz: “Lacrimosa”

Franz Welser-Möst

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”

Charles Mackerras, John McCarthy, English Chamber Orchestra

The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling

Joseph Haydn - Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part II: XXVIa. Chor: Vollendet ist das große Werk

David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Robert Tear

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

Vespers, op. 37: Ave Maria

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Всенощное бдение, op. 37: 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся

John Poole

Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": Ode to Joy

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Adrian Boult, Joseph Flummerfelt, Riccardo Muti

Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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?"

Pablo Sorozábal

Requiem, op. 48: In Paradisum

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

José Luis García Asensio, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra

Totus Tuus (Opening)

Henryk Górecki - Totus Tuus, op. 60

Stephen Cleobury

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

David Hill

Standing Stone: Celebration (conclusion)

Paul McCartney - Standing Stone: IVe. Strings Pluck, Horns Blow, Drums Beat: Celebration (Andante)

Lawrence Foster, London Symphony Orchestra

Jerusalem

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

Andrew Davis

Cantata No. 140: Zion hört die Wächter

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

Te Deum: 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

Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Charles Mackerras, Paul Esswood, Robert Tear

Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary: Thou knowest, Lord

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary

Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

The Creation: Awake the Harp

Joseph Haydn - Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part II: XXVIa. Chor: Vollendet ist das große Werk

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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

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

Ave verum, K. 618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

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”

Robert Heger, Bavarian State Orchestra

Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Gloria: Laudamus te

Francis Poulenc - Gloria, for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra, FP 177

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France

Chichester Psalms: I. Maestoso ma energico (Allegro molto)

Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms

Stephen Cleobury

Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings)

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei

David Hill

Requiem: Requiem aeternam

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury

Messa da Requiem: Dies irae (opening)

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)

Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Franz Welser-Möst

Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 (Land of Hope and Glory)

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Andrew Davis