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Mozart: Requiem; Ave verum corpus; Masonic Funeral Music / Argenta, Robbin, Ainsley, Miles

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Schutz Choir of London

The Mozart Requiem is one of the best-known sacred works in the classical repertoire. It was the composer's last work, and he left it unfinished...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (09/1991)....continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Fauré: Requiem / David Hill, Simon Keenlyside, Nancy Argenta, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pierre Villette: O salutaris hostia, for chorus, Op. 21; O magnum mysterium, Op 53; Jean Roger-Ducasse: Regina coeli laetare
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Burrows, Kenan; Farr, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon; Studt, Richard
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Bär, Olaf; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Wedding Classics

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Rees, Jonathan; Rogg, Lionel
Conductors: Christie, William; ; van Beek, Arie; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hill, David; Paavo, Järvi; Ericson, Eric
Ensemble: ; Les Arts Florissants; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

Bach / Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Various [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2005-04-19

Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Laurens, Guillemette
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

This performance, shot in the great acoustics of the Zuccarelli Hall in Italy, features J.S. Bach's arrangement of the 'Stabat Mater' by G.B. Pergolesi. The...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: ...continue...

Bach: St Matthew Passion (excerpts) / Suzuki, Turk, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Blaze, Robin; Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto; Turk, Gerd; Urano, Chiyuki
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

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Fauré: Requiem / Hill, Argenta, Keenlyside, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pierre Villette: O salutaris hostia; O magnum mysterium, Op 53; Jean Roger-Ducasse: Regina coeli laetare
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Burrows, Kenan; Farr, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Collectors Edition - Bach: Christmas Oratorio, etc

9 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Archer, Neill; Argenta, Nancy; Bär, Olaf; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; C...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

Purcell: Songs and Airs / Nancy Argenta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-06-05

Works: Henry Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Tell me, some pitying a...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Fiona; Jones, Trevor [Viol]; McKenna, Sophia; Nicholson, Paul [H...

Veritas - Vivaldi: Gloria, Magnificat / Taverner Players

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Gregorian Chant: Cum Jubilo, kyrie; Ave Maris stella, hymn for the Assumption of Mary in mode 1 (Liber Cantualis no 73); Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, antiphon; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" fr...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; King, Catherine; Place, Alison; van Evera, Emily
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Taverner Players

Various: Live Concert From The Church [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Felix Mendels...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Mullova, Viktoria
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: French, En...continue...

Bach: Lutheran Masses Vol 2 / Argenta, Chance, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-03-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 5 in C major, BWV 529; Mass for 4 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G major, BWV 236 (BC E4); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & conti...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Halstead, Anthony; Latham, Catherine; Montgomery, Roger; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Robson, Anthony; Rogers, Jane
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"Here the performances are one-on-a-part for both instruments and voices. The singers seem entirely at home in this daunting idiom, and each presents a clear...continue...

Haydn: Paukenmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-01-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, H. 23c/1; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Alfred,...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Take warning: this disc uses period instruments. If you can't abide them, you will not like this. Yet it is one of the most significant...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Tucker, Mark [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai, Theresienmesse / Pinnock

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1993-09-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa Sancti Nicolai, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in G major ("Nikolaimesse"...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert Choir

BBC Music Magazine
Although the chorus has less presence than on Hickox's recordings, Trevor Pinnock brings a sense of awe to the Kyrie and Agnus Dei....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (09/1992)....continue...

Bach: Magnificat, etc / Gardiner, Kirkby, et al

1 CD / Philips / 1985-04-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Kirkby, Emma; Kwella, Patrizia; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists