Essential Choral Classics

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir of Cambridge and the Choir of St. John's College Cambridge. Included are many of the most popular choral works such as the austere 'O Fortuna' from Carmina Burana, the majestic 'Hallelujah Chorus', the sublime 'Panis Angelicus', and the plaintive American anthem 'Simple Gifts'.

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Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

Conductor: David Willcocks
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1727

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: Excerpt

Performer: Roy Goodman (Treble)
Conductor: David Willcocks
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 16th Century

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hear my prayer

Performer: Alastair Hussain (Treble)
Conductor: David Willcocks
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 6 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 01/25/1844

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

Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 08/11/1846

Franck, César : Panis angelicus

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1872

Rossini, Gioachino : Petite Messe solennelle :: Kyrie

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Conductor: Romano Gandolfi
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Running Time: 7 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1863

Tallis, Thomas : Spem in alium

Conductor: David Willcocks
Ensemble: Cambridge University Music Society
Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: circa 1567

Traditional, Shaker : Simple Gifts

Conductor: Jerold Ottley
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 18th Century

Traditional, American : Shenandoah, folk song

Conductor: Jerold Ottley
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 18th Century

Traditional Spiritual : Deep River

Conductor: Jerold Ottley
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Written: by 1875

Tavener, John : Song for Athene

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Choral
Written: 1993

Elgar, Edward : The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 :: Softly and gently

Performer: Yvonne Minton
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1900.
Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1900

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" :: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!

Performers: Robert Schunk (Tenor); Hans Sotin (Bass); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 7 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1824

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

Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1715

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

Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1715

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

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1748-1749

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Osanna in excelsis

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 1748-1749

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu, joy of man's desiring

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 07/02/1723

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: For unto us a Child is born

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2 :: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

Performers: Norma Burrowes (Soprano); James Morris (Bass Baritone); Rudiger Wohlers (Voice)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1798.
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1798

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse" :: Kyrie

Performers: Sylvia Stahlman (Soprano); Wilfred Brown (Tenor); Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: David Willcocks
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Notes: Composition written: 1798.
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1798

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Laudate Dominum :: Laudate Dominum

Conductor: George Guest
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1780

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

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1791

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

Conductor: George Guest
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1887-1900

Fauré, Gabriel : Requiem, Op. 48 :: In paradisum

Conductor: George Guest
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1887-1900

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

Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus
Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1857-1868

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

Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 8 in E flat major :: Alles Vergängliche (conclusion)

Performers: René Kollo; John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano); Lucia Popp (Soprano); Martti Talvela (Bass); Yvonne Minton
Conductor: Sir Solti
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1906-1907

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