Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics - EMI Classics - EMI 234422B

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with the uplifting opening of Vivaldi's famous 'Gloria'. Other Baroque masterpieces heard throughout the set include the stirring 'Hallelujan Chorus' from Handel's Messiah and Purcell's very moving: 'Thou knowest, Lord' played during the funeral service of the late Princess Diana. Composers from the Romantic era include Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Brahms, Parry and Verdi, and there is a strong representation of later composers such as Poulenc, Rahcmaninov, Faure Durufle and Bernstein. Also included are some more modern works that have attained greater popularity in recent times such as Barber's 'Agnus Dei' (a choral version of his famous 'Adagio for Strings'), 'The lamb' by John Tavener and the Agnus Dei from 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' by Karl Jenkins.

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world's leading artist. The series provides a good introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

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Vivaldi, Antonio : Gloria in D, RV 589 :: Gloria in excelsis Deo

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1715

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Conductor: David Willcocks
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 07/02/1723

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Hallelujah Chorus

Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

Performer: Gerald Finley (Cantor)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 16th Century

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat in D, BWV 243 :: Magnificat anima mea

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 06/1733

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem in D minor, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa

Performer: David Bell (Organ)
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Regina coeli, K. 127 :: Regina coeli

Conductor: Peter Neumann
Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1772

Haydn, Franz Joseph : The Creation :: The heavens are telling

Performers: John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Robert Tear (Tenor); Heather Harper (Soprano)
Conductor: David Willcocks
Notes: Composition written: 1798.
Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1798

Schubert, Franz : Deutsche Messe, D. 872 :: Heilig, heilig, heilig

Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1826-1827

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" :: Ode to Joy

Performer: James Morris (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1824

Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1857-1868

Puccini, Giacomo : Messa di Gloria :: Gloria in excelsis Deo - In terra pax - Laudamus te

Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1880

Berlioz, Hector : Te Deum :: 4. Tu, Christe, Rex Gloriae - Prière

Conductor: John Nelson
Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1849

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

Conductor: Maurice Handford
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1872

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

Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1865

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Vespers, Op. 37 :: Ave Maria

Conductor: John Poole
Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1915

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

Performers: Peter Barley (Organ); José Garcia (Violin)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1887-1900

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010) : Totus tuus, for chorus, Op. 60

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1987

Parry, Charles Hubert : Jerusalem

Conductor: Andrew Davis
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1916

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Te Deum in D :: Pleni sunt coeli et terra

Performers: Ian Partridge; Stephen Roberts (Horn); Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano); Felicity Lott
Conductor: Philip Ledger
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: ?1692

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 140 :: Zion hört die Wächter

Conductor: Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 11/25/1731

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1727

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor :: Cum sancto spiritu

Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1748-1749

Purcell, Henry : Funeral Music for Queen Mary :: Thou knowest, Lord

Conductor: Philip Ledger
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: For unto us a child is born

Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Hassler, Hans Leo : Passion Chorale :: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Conductor: David Willcocks
Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1791

Haydn, Franz Joseph : The Creation :: Awake the Harp

Conductor: Simon Rattle
Notes: Composition written: 1798.
Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, Op. 48 no 4 :: Die Himmel rühmen

Conductor: Wilhelm Pitz
Notes: Composition written: 1798-1800.
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1798-1800

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah :: And then shall your light break forth

Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 08/11/1846

Berlioz, Hector : L'Enfance du Christ :: L'Adieu des bergers (Shepherds' Farewell)

Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 10/1850-07/1854

Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986) : Requiem, Op. 9 (Reduced-Orchestration version) :: Agnus Dei

Performer: Peter Barley (Organ)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1947

Poulenc, Francis : Gloria :: Laudamus te

Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral
Written: 1959-1960

Bernstein, Leonard : Chichester Psalms :: 1. Maestoso ma energico - Allegro molto

Performers: Daniel Sladden (Bass); David Corkhill (Percussion); John Bowley (Tenor); Rachel Masters (Harp); Peter Barley (Organ)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1965

Tavener, John : The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"

Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Choral
Written: 1982

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings :: Agnus Dei

Conductor: David Hill
Running Time: 7 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1936

Rutter, John : Requiem :: aeternam

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Choral
Written: 1985

Jenkins, Karl [Composer] : The Armed Man :: A Mass for Peace

Performer: Paul Beniston (Trumpet)
Conductor: Karl Jenkins
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Written: 1999

Verdi, Giuseppe : Messa da Requiem (Excerpt) :: Dies irae

Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: O Fortuna

Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

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