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The Best Choral Album In The World ... Ever!

Stephen Cleobury · Andrew Davis · Bernard Haitink · Franz Welser-Möst · Neville Marriner · Adrian Boult · Charles Mackerras · David Hill · David Willcocks · Georges Prêtre

EMI Music Canada1999Cat. 4AVB 67223-41h 50m31 tracks

The Best Choral Album In The World ... Ever! (1999), CD, on EMI Music Canada. Music by Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel, Healey Willan, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Stephen Cleobury, Andrew Davis, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Möst; 31 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:24

02

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

3:31

03

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

Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Choir

2:59

04

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

4:21

05

Panis Angelicus

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

Maurice Handford, The Hallé

4:57

07

Miserere Mei, Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury, Gerald Finley

5:46

08

Sing To The Lord Of Harvest

Healey Willan - Sing to the Lord of Harvest

Vancouver Chamber Choir

2:43

10

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

Adrian Boult, Joseph Flummerfelt, Riccardo Muti

3:22

11

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

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

2:16

12

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

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

5:30

13

Chorus Of Slave Girls

Alexander Glazunov - Prince Igor

Maria Rosa Calvo

3:02

14

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Bournemouth Sinfonietta

6:02

15

Henryk Górecki - Totus Tuus, op. 60

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

4:12

16

Song For Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

6:13

18

Rede, Madchen, Allzu Liebes

Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder-Walzer, op. 52: Nr. 1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes

Vancouver Chamber Choir

1:12

19

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

Andrew Davis, Royal Choral Society

2:29

Disc 2

01

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, Royal Choral Society

2:37

02

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

2:23

03

Zion Hört Die Wächter

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

Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Theo Altmeyer

4:49

05

Ave Verum Corpus K618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

2:42

06

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:57

08

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

2:11

10

Beglückt Darf Nun Dich, O Heimat (Pilgrams' 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

4:24

11

Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie

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

Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

2:48

12

Tanzen Und Sprigen

Hans Leo Hassler - Tanzen und Springen

Peter Maxwell Davies, Alison Crum, David Corkhill

1:44

13

Hallelujah Chorus

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

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

3:50

14

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

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National de France, Chœur de Radio France

3:02

15

Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, op. 9

Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

3:44

20

Requiem Aeternam

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury, City of London Sinfonia, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

5:42

21

Healey Willan - Magnificat

Vancouver Chamber Choir

4:47

22

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Choir

2:31