Album Summary
Paul Boufil (Cello)
Emmanuel Strosser (Piano)
Isabelle Vernet (Soprano)
Delphine Collot (Soprano)
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Brigitte Vinson (Mezzo Soprano)
Camilla Tilling (Soprano)
Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
Jean-Louis Bouillat (Tenor)
Martyn Hill (Tenor)
Francois LeRoux (Baritone)
David Daniels (Countertenor)
Delphine Seyrig (Spoken Vocals)
Joseph Cornwell (Tenor)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Toby Spence (Tenor)
Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
Elisabete Matos (Soprano)
Carol Vaness (Soprano)
Luis Rodrigues (Bass)
Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano)
Aquiles Machado (Tenor)
Claudio Desderi (Baritone)
Magali Dami (Soprano)
Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
John Butt (Organ)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Brigitte Fournier (Soprano)
Barbara Hendricks
Solveig Kringelborn (Soprano)
Derek Ragin (Countertenor)
Danielle Millet (Mezzo Soprano)
Breda Mayock (Chant)
Mady Mesple (Voice)
Craig Ogden (Guitar)
Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
Lambert Orkis (Piano)
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Rolando Villaz?n
Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Felicity Lott
Maria Callas (Soprano)
Felicity Lott
Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo-Soprano)
Janice Watson (Soprano)
Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor)
Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Claude Lavoix (Piano)
Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
Rachel Vocals] (Soprano)
Lena Nordin (Soprano)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Julia Varády
Gérard Wieclaw (Bass)
Achiary, Benat
Barbirolli, John
Barenboim, Daniel
Bicket, Harry
Brunelle, Philip
Cambreling, Sylvain
Capolongo, Paul
Christophers, Harry
Cleobury, Stephen
Corboz, Michel
Equilbey, Laurence
Ferro, Gabriele
Gardelli, Lamberto
Giulini, Carlo Maria
Guadagno, Anton
Haim, Emmanuelle
Haitink, Bernard
Hickox, Richard
Hill, David
Hogan, Moses George
Jordan, Armin
Kaljuste, Tonu
Kantorow, Jean-Jacques
Keyrouz, Marie, Sister
Langree, Louis
Ledger, Philip, Sir
Litton, Andrew
Lombard, Alain
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Marriner, Sir Neville
Nelson, John
O'Keeffe, Dom Dustan
Paavo, Jarvi
Parrott, Andrew
Pesek, Libor
Pido, Evelino
Plasson, Michel
Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Rousset, Christophe
Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Schoenwandt, Michael
Serafin, Tullio
Soltesz, Stefan
Sourisse, Jean
Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Stamp, Richard
Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Wilcocks, Sir David

Capella Bavariae
Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris
Consort of Musicke
Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne
La Orfanelle della Pieta
Les Talens Lyriques
Matheus Ensemble
Nash Ensemble
Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Taverner Consort
Taverner Players
Ensemble instrumental de Geneve
Le Concert d'Astree
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Gregorian Chant
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Hugh de Courson / Youenn Le Berre
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871 - 1927)
Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
J. Domingos Bomtempo (1775 - 1842)
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Scottish Traditional
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Traditional Spiritual
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956)
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
Byzantine Melkite Chant
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Christmas Traditional
Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741 - 1801)
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Reynaldo Hahn (1875 - 1947)
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895)
Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Basque Traditional
Notes & Reviews:
This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This is a superb collection with performances by world renowned singers and each track represents a high level of artistry.
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Works Details
Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34 - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michael Schoenwandt
- Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1915
Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei - Conductor: David Hill
- Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1967
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50 - Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
- Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1887
Vivaldi, Antonio : Giustino, RV 717 :: Vedro con mio diletto - Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
- Ensemble: Matheus Ensemble
- Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1724
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Soave sia il vento - Performers: Carol Vaness (Soprano); Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano); Claudio Desderi (Baritone)
- Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1790
Handel, George Frideric : Saul :: Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless - Performer: Paul Esswood (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Philip Ledger
- Notes: Composition written: 1738.
- Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1738
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Porgi, Amor - Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
- Conductor: Carlo Giulini
- Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1786
Rossini, Gioachino : L'assedio di Corinto :: Giusto ciel! in tal periglio - Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
- Conductor: Gabriele Ferro
- Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1826
Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana - Performer: Barbara Hendricks
- Conductor: Järvi Paavo
- Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1892
Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: La vergine degli angeli - Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anton Guadagno
- Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1862
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Duo des fleurs - Performers: Danielle Millet (Mezzo Soprano); Mady Mesple (Voice)
- Conductor: Alain Lombard
- Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1883
Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle - Performers: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
- Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Je crois entendre encore - Performer: Rolando Villaz?n
- Conductor: Michel Plasson
- Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1863
Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro - Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
- Conductor: Charles Mackerras
- Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1918
Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Song to the Moon - Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
- Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
- Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming Chorus - Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Notes: Composition written: 1904.
- Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1904
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Tsar's Bride :: Lioubasha aria - Performer: Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
- Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
- Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1898
Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva - Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
- Conductor: Tullio Serafin
- Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1831
Handel, George Frideric : Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno :: Lascia la spina - Performer: Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo-Soprano)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Notes: Composition written: 1707.
- Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1707
Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aenaeas - Performer: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1689
Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Ombra mai fu - Conductor: John Nelson
- Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1738
Monteverdi, Claudio : Interrotte speranze, eterna fede - Performers: Rolando Villaz?n; Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1619
Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Hippolyte et Aricie :: Cruelle mère des amours - Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
- Conductor: Christophe Rousset
- Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
- Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1733
Handel, George Frideric : Il Delirio amoroso :: Lascia omai l - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1707
Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Ah! no credea mirarti - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Evelino Pidò
- Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1831
Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria - Performer: Gwyneth Jones (Soprano)
- Conductor: John Barbirolli
- Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1887
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb : Gustaf Wasa :: Aria Från tronen uti bojor - Performer: Lena Nordin (Soprano)
- Conductor: Philip Brunelle
- Ensemble: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1786.
- Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1786
Chausson, Ernest : La légende de Sainte-Cécile - Performers: Paul Boufil (Cello); Isabelle Vernet (Soprano)
- Conductor: Jean-Jacques Kantorow
- Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1891
Thomas, Ambroise : Hamlet :: Mort d'Ophélie. Le voilà, je crois l'entendre - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michel Plasson
- Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1868
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore ascolta! - Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
- Conductor: Alain Lombard
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926
Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Solveig's Song - Performer: Camilla Tilling (Soprano)
- Conductor: Järvi Paavo
- Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1874-1875
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Performer: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Andrew Litton
- Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: ?12/1883-?/1885
Strauss, Richard : Lieder (5), Op. 41 - Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Stamp
- Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1899
Strauss, Richard : Lieder (8), Op. 49 - Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Stamp
- Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Stravinsky, Igor : Pulcinella :: Serenata - Performer: Martyn Hill (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Hickox
- Notes: Composition written: 1920.
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Ballet
- Written: 1920
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 47, "Wer sich selbst erhöhet," BWV 47 (BC A141) :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Conductor: Sir Wilcocks
- Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 10/13/1726
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Performer: David Daniels (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Harry Bicket
- Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1736
Handel, George Frideric : Dixit Dominus :: De Torrente - Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Véronique Gens (Soprano)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Notes: Composition written: 1707.
- Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1707
Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat Mater :: [Excerpt] - Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1736-1736
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus - Conductor: David Hill
- Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1791
Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Comfort ye my people - Performer: Joseph Cornwell (Tenor)
- Conductor: Andrew Parrott
- Ensemble: Taverner Players
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1741
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Laudate Dominum :: Laudate Dominum - Performer: Barbara Hendricks
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1780
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat :: Et Miser - Performers: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor); Toby Spence (Tenor)
- Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 06/1733
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great" - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Louis Langrée
- Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
- Notes: Composition written: 1783.
- Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1783
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Dona nobis pacem - Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne
- Running Time: 3 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1748-1749
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa - Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Ensemble: Ensemble instrumental de Genève
- Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1791
Franz von Suppé (1819 - 1895) : Requiem :: Recordare - Performers: Elisabete Matos (Soprano); Luis Rodrigues (Bass); Aquiles Machado (Tenor)
- Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Choral
Bomtempo, J. Domingos : Messe de Requiem, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 23 :: Requiem aeternam - Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1819
Mendelssohn, Felix : Psaume 42 :: Chour - Conductor: Richard Hickox
- Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 07/1837
Bruckner, Anton : Missa Solemnis, WAB 30 :: Agnus Dei - Conductor: Karl Rickenbacher
- Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1854
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Pie Jesu - Performer: Magali Dami (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne
- Running Time: 3 min. 17 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
- Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne
- Running Time: 4 min. sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1887-1900
Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Requiem - Performer: John Butt (Organ)
- Conductor: Philip Ledger
- Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1947
Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: [Excerpt] - Conductor: Andrew Parrott
- Ensemble: Taverner Consort
- Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 16th Century
Purcell, Henry : Man that is born of a woman - Conductor: Andrew Parrott
- Ensemble: Taverner Consort
- Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1681
Monteverdi, Claudio : Selva morale e spirituale - Conductor: Andrew Parrott
- Ensemble: Taverner Players
- Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1640
Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Libera me - Requiem - Performer: Julia Varády
- Conductor: Michel Plasson
- Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1874
Poulenc, Francis : Gloria in G major :: Domine Deus - Performer: Brigitte Fournier (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1959-1960
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Ave Verum, Op. 65 - Conductor: Michel Corboz
- Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne
- Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1894
Poulenc, Francis : Motets pour le temps de Noël - Conductor: Harry Christophers
- Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1952
Rachmaninov, Sergei : Ave Maria - Conductor: Tönu Kaljuste
- Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Magnificat - Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
- Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1989
Tavener, John : Lament of the Mother of God :: [Excerpt] - Performer: Solveig Kringelborn (Soprano)
- Conductor: David Hill
- Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Written: 1989
Traditional, Basque : Maitea, nun zira? - Conductor: Beñat Achiary
- Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Traditional, Scottish : Loch Lomond - Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Written: by 1841
Chant, Byzantine Melkite : Al-yawma-l-batûl, Kondakion of the Nativity - Conductor: Marie Keyrouz
- Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
Chant, Gregorian : Veni creator spiritus, hymn in mode 8 - Conductor: Dom O'Keeffe
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Written: by 1000
Traditional Spiritual : Lord, I can't turn back - Performer: Derek Ragin (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Moses Hogan
- Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Chant, Gregorian : Salve Regina, antiphon in mode 1 - Conductor: Dom O'Keeffe
- Notes: Composition written: By 1135.
- Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1135
Traditional, Christmas : Away in a Manger - Performer: Derek Ragin (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Moses Hogan
- Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Christmas
- Written: circa 1885
Hugh de Courson / Youenn : Berceuse de Gràinne pour Diarmait (after Vivaldi) - Performer: Breda Mayock (Chant)
- Ensemble: La Orfanelle della Pieta
- Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos :: Cantilena - Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
- Conductor: Paul Capolongo
- Ensemble: Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris
- Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1938-1945
Purcell, Henry : Music for a while - Performers: Craig Ogden (Guitar); David Daniels (Countertenor)
- Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1692
Monteverdi, Claudio : Hor che'l ciel e la Terra - Conductor: Anthony Rooley
- Ensemble: Consort of Musicke
- Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1638
Schubert, Franz : Der Erlkönig, D 328 - Performers: Lambert Orkis (Piano); Arleen Augér (Soprano)
- Notes: Composition written: 1823.
- Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1823
Brahms, Johannes : Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang - Conductor: Richard Hickox
- Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1860
Schumann, Robert : Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin, Op. 55 no 3 - Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1846
Brahms, Johannes : Gesänge (5) for vocal sextet, Op. 104 :: Letztes Glüc, Op. 104/3 - Conductor: Laurence Equilbey
- Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1888
Schubert, Franz : Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714b/Op 167 - Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Ensemble: Capella Bavariae
- Running Time: 11 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 02/1821
Berlioz, Hector : Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle :: Le Spectre de la rose - Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Hickox
- Running Time: 6 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 09/1841
Stenhammar, Wilhelm : Flickan knyter I Johannenatten - Performer: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Järvi Paavo
- Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Chausson, Ernest : Chanson perpétuelle, for soprano & orchestra (or piano quintet), Op. 37 - Performers: Felicity Lott; Felicity Lott
- Conductor: Armin Jordan
- Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1898
Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: In truttina - Performer: Janice Watson (Soprano)
- Conductor: David Hill
- Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1935-1936
Britten, Benjamin : Les Illuminations :: Phrase - Performer: Martyn Hill (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Hickox
- Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1939
Quilter, Roger : By a fountainside - Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Thomas Allen (Baritone)
- Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956) : Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op. 82 :: Andante - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michael Schoenwandt
- Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1943
Hahn, Reynaldo : L'Air - Performers: Claude Lavoix (Piano); Rachel Vocals] (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Ravel, Maurice : Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano) :: L'Indifférent - Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
- Conductor: Libor Pesek
- Notes: Composition written: 1903.
- Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1903
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1 - Performers: Véronique Gens (Soprano); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1877
Debussy, Claude : Chansons (3) de Charles d'Orléans - Conductor: Jean Sourisse
- Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1898
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
Chausson, Ernest : Duos (2), for 2 voices & piano, Op. 11 - Performer: Emmanuel Strosser (Piano)
- Conductor: Jean Sourisse
- Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1883
Ravel, Maurice : Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis, for chorus (or voice & piano) (Trois Chansons no 2) - Performers: Delphine Collot (Soprano); Brigitte Vinson (Mezzo Soprano); Gérard Wieclaw (Bass); Jean-Louis Bouillat (Tenor)
- Conductor: Jean Sourisse
- Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1914-1915
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Choruses (2) for chorus with piano ad lib, Op. 68 :: 1. Calme des Nuits - Conductor: Jean Sourisse
- Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1882
Canteloube, Joseph : Baïlèro - Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
- Conductor: Yan Tortelier
- Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1923-1930
Ravel, Maurice : Pièce en forme de Habañera - Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
- Conductor: Michael Schoenwandt
- Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1907
Duparc, Henri : L'invitation au voyage - Performer: Francois LeRoux (Baritone)
- Conductor: John Nelson
- Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1870
Delage, Maurice : Quatre poèmes hindous (Four Hindu Poems), for soprano & ensemble :: Lahore - Performers: Felicity Lott; Felicity Lott
- Conductor: Armin Jordan
- Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1912
Debussy, Claude : Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music for narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96 :: La Pluie au - Performer: Delphine Seyrig (Spoken Vocals)
- Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
- Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1900-1901

























