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
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
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
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"
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
Elijah, oratorio, Op. 70: "And then Shall Your Light Break Forth"
Felix Mendelssohn - Elijah, op. 70: Chorus - "And then shall your light break forth"
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)
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
Chichester Psalms, for boy soloist, chorus & orchestra: I. Maestoso ma energico (Allegro molto)
Agnus Dei, for chorus & organ/piano, Op. 11: arrangement from the 2nd movement of the String Quartet
Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Opening. "Dies irae"
Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)