The Legend of Sacred Music - From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei

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Album Summary

Performers

• Barbara Hendricks
• Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass)
• Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor)
• Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Magali Dami (Soprano)
• Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
• Laurence Dale (Tenor)
• Catherine Dubosc (Soprano)
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Jérôme Hantaï (Piano)

Conductors

• Conlon, James
• Corboz, Michel
• Ericson, Eric
• Herreweghe, Philippe
• Hickox, Richard
• Hill, David
• Kaljuste, Tönu
• Ledger, Philip, Sir
• Leppard, Raymond
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Muti, Riccardo
• Nelson, John
• Norrington, Roger
• Parrott, Andrew
• Pitz, Wilhelm
• Plasson, Michel
• Prêtre, Georges
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Willcocks, David

Ensembles

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• Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Il Seminario Musicale
• Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Composers

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Antonio Lotti (Composer) (1667 - 1740)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Notes & Reviews:

From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great sacred works. With benchmark performances from the Virgin Classics and EMI Classics catalog, including artists such as Stephanie Blythe, Barbara Bonney, Veronique Gens, Barbara Hendricks, Gerard Lesne, Philippe Herreweghe, Richard Hickox, Riccardo Muti, Roger Norrington, Andrew Parrott, David Willcocks, and more!

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae

• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei

• Conductor: David Hill
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967

Handel, George Frideric : Dixit Dominus :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Notes: Composition written: 1707.
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1707

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 6 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Choral. Jesus bleibet meine F

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Laudate Dominum :: Laudate Dominum

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1780

Lotti, Antonio [Composer] : Crucifixus, Motet a10

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Gloria

• Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
• Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748-1749

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

• Conductor: David Hill
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1865

Puccini, Giacomo : Messa di Gloria :: Kyrie

• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1880

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Kyrie

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Haydn, Franz Joseph : The Creation, H 21 no 2 :: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

• Performers: Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass); Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Tenor); Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Notes: Composition written: 1798.
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1798

Schubert, Franz : Deutsche Messe, D 872 :: Heilig? Heilig, heili

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1826-1827

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4

• Conductor: Wilhelm Pitz
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah, Op. 70 :: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen

• Conductor: James Conlon
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 08/11/1846

Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10

• Conductor: David Hill
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1960

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Pie Jesu

• Performer: Magali Dami (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: In paradisum

• Performer: Magali Dami (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat Mater :: Stabat Mater

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1736

Vivaldi, Antonio : "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1715

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"

• Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Raymond Leppard
• Notes: Composition written: 1783.
• Running Time: 8 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Inflammatus et accensus

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Eric Ericson
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841

Gounod, Charles : Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile :: Sanctus

• Performer: Laurence Dale (Tenor)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Poulenc, Francis : Gloria in G major :: Laudamus te

• Performer: Catherine Dubosc (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1959-1960

Verdi, Giuseppe : Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra :: Ave Maria

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1889-1897

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint John Passion, BWV 245 :: Es ist vollbracht

• Performer: Jérôme Hantaï (Piano)
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 04/07/1724

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint John Passion, BWV 245 :: Ruht wohl, ihr heilige Gebeine

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 8 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 04/07/1724

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1727

Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lie

• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1857-1868

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Ave Maria

• Conductor: Tönu Kaljuste
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Magnificat

• Conductor: David Hill
• Running Time: 7 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1989

Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Notre Père, Op. 14

• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1976