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! (2005), CD, on Angel Records. 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 in Excelsis Deo (Gloria)
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589
László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Cantata #147, BWV 147, "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben" - 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
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley
For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
Ode to Joy (Symphony No.9 in D Minor)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Va, Pensiero (Nabucco, 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, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140 (BC A166): "Zion hört die Wächter"
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Te Deum, motet for 8 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 146: "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
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860: "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
Die Schöpfung, oratorio, H. 21: II. 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, CBSO Chorus
Elijah, oratorio, Op. 70: "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
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 for orchestra, organ & chorus, Op. 9: Agnus Dei (reduced orchestra version)
Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, op. 9
Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
Tannhäuser, Opera WWV 70: Pilgrim's Chorus "Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat"
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, Opera Vedi!: Anvil Chorus "le fosche notturne spoglie"
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Gloria, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 177: "Laudamus te"
Francis Poulenc - Gloria, for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra, FP 177
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Chœur de Radio France
Chichester Psalms, for boy soloist, chorus & orchestra: I. Maestoso ma energico (Allegro molto)
Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Corkhill
Agnus Dei, for chorus & organ/piano, Op. 11: arrangement from the 2nd movement of the String Quartet
Requiem for chorus & orchestra: "Requiem aeternam"
Stephen Cleobury, City of London Sinfonia, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Opening. "Dies irae"
Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus