The #1 Choral Album - Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Bizet, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Roy Goodman (Treble)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Victor Braun (Baritone)
• Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Robert Schunk (Tenor)
• Hans Sotin (Bass)
• Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Rudiger Wohlers (Voice)
• Norma Burrowes (Soprano)
• James Morris (Bass Baritone)
• Stephen Doughty (Organ)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Sarah Walker (Mezzo-soprano)

Conductors

• Bonynge, Richard
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Daniel, Paul
• Davis, Colin
• de Fabritiis, Oliviero
• Dutoit, Charles
• Farncombe, Charles
• Guest, George
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Munchinger, Karl
• Nelson, John
• Norrington, Roger
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Thomas, Kurt
• Willcocks, David

Ensemble

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Composers

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming Chorus

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Bridal Chorus

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: Abridged

• Performer: Roy Goodman (Treble)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu bleibet meine Freunde (J

• Conductor: Kurt Thomas
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Fauré, Gabriel : Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

• Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Conductor: George Guest
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1865

Berlioz, Hector : L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 10/1850-07/1854

Fauré, Gabriel : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Gorecki, Henryk M. : Totus tuus, for chorus, Op. 60

• Conductor: John Nelson
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1987

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

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1857-1868

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Pilgrim's Chorus

• Performers: Victor Braun (Baritone); Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Fauré, Gabriel : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Sanctus

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

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

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Tavener, John : Song for Athene

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1993

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae... Tuba mirum

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Anvil Chorus

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Handel, George Frideric : Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 :: See the Conquering Hero Comes

• Conductor: Charles Farncombe
• Notes: Composition written: 1746.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1746

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

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748-1749

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1727

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

• Performers: Robert Schunk (Tenor); Hans Sotin (Bass); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

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

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2 :: Die Himmel erzählen (The Heavens Are Telling)

• Performers: Rudiger Wohlers (Voice); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); James Morris (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1798.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1798

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Toreador Chorus

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah, Op. 70 :: Thanks be to God

• Performers: Stephen Doughty (Organ); Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Paul Daniel
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 08/11/1846

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Jauchzet, frohlocket! (Open

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Ave, Signor degli angeli e dei santi! (prologue)

• Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Arne, Thomas Augustine : Rule Britannia

• Performer: Sarah Walker (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1740

Parry, Charles Hubert : Jerusalem

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1916

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Soldier's Chorus

• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Apothéosis

• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859