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Essential Choral Classics

Roy Goodman (treble), James Vivian (organ), Alastair Hussain (treble), Stephen Doughty (organ), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Leone Magiera (piano), Vittoria Rosetta (harmonium), Mirella Freni (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (contralto), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), John Langdon...

  • Release Date: 10th Apr 2006
  • Catalogue No: 4757486
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Contents

Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Work length2:43
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  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1996-05-23
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

"O Fortuna"

Track length2:43
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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'

Work length5:52
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  • English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1963-07-30
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Zadok the Priest

Track length5:52
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Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus

Work length7:15
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  • Roy Goodman (treble)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1963-03
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Miserere

Track length7:15
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Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer

Work length5:57
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  • James Vivian (organ), Alastair Hussain (treble)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Recorded: 1996-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

O For The Wings Of A Dove

Track length5:57
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Mendelssohn: "Thanks be to God!" [Elijah, Op.70 - sung in English]

Work length4:00
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  • Stephen Doughty (organ), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edinburgh Festival Chorus
  • Paul Daniel
  • Recorded: 1996-09
  • Recording Venue: Caird Hall, Dundee

Franck, C: Panis Angelicus

Work length3:55
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  • James Vivian (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1996-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle

Work length7:40
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  • Leone Magiera (piano), Vittoria Rosetta (harmonium), Mirella Freni (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (contralto), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass)
  • Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala
  • Romano Gandolfi
  • Recorded: 1977
  • Recording Venue: Italy

Kyrie

Track length7:40
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Tallis: Spem in alium

Work length11:34
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  • John Langdon (organ)
  • Cambridge University Music Society, Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1965-03
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Joseph Brackett, Jr.: Simple Gifts

Work length3:11
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  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • Jerold Ottley
  • Recorded: 1990-04-18
  • Recording Venue: The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

trad.: Shenandoah

Work length3:49
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  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • Jerold Ottley
  • Recorded: 1990-04-18
  • Recording Venue: The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

trad.: Deep River

Work length3:00
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  • Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • Jerold Ottley
  • Recorded: 1990-04-18
  • Recording Venue: The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Tavener: Song for Athene

Work length5:57
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  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1997-09
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Excerpt, Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38

Work length6:17
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  • Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1971-07
  • Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape

"Softly and Gently"

Track length6:17
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Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length7:01
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  • Hans Sotin (bass), Robert Schunk (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Reinhild Runkel (contralto)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1986-10
  • Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago

"O Freunde nicht diese Töne" -

Track length7:01
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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589

Work length2:22
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  • Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1978-07
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

1. Gloria in excelsis

Track length2:22
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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589

Work length5:00
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  • Academy of Ancient Music, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1978-07
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

2. Et in terra pax

Track length5:00
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Work length8:03
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  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1990-01-25
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Sanctus

Track length5:14
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Osanna in excelsis

Track length2:49
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Work length6:28
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  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1987-03-23
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

"Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"

Track length6:28
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'

Work length5:58
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  • Robert Quinney (organ), James Vivian (organ), Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1996-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Track length5:58
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Excerpt, Handel: Messiah

Work length3:37
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1976-01-16
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

"For Unto Us A Child Is Born"

Track length3:37
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Excerpt, Handel: Messiah

Work length3:41
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  • Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1976-01-16
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

"Hallelujah"

Track length3:41
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Excerpt, Haydn: The Creation

Work length3:31
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  • Norma Burrowes (soprano), Rudiger Wohlers (tenor), James Morris (baritone)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1981-11-09
  • Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes

Track length3:31
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Excerpt, Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'

Work length5:01
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  • Sylvia Stahlman (soprano), Simon Preston (organ), Helen Watts (contralto), Tom Krause (baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1962-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Kyrie

Track length5:01
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Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618

Work length3:36
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  • James Vivian (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1996-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Excerpt, Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339

Work length4:49
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  • Felicity Palmer (soprano)
  • The Wren Orchestra, Choir of St John's College Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1979-08-01
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

Track length4:49
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Excerpt, Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626

Work length3:17
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1991-12-05
  • Recording Venue: Stephansdom, Vienna

Lacrimosa

Track length3:17
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Excerpt, Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

Work length7:20
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  • Stephen Cleobury (organ)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of St John's College Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1975
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

3. Sanctus

Track length3:37
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7. In paradisum

Track length3:43
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Excerpt, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Work length5:19
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1980-03-20
  • Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna

4. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!"

Track length5:19
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Excerpt, Verdi: Requiem

Work length4:13
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1967-09
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Dies Irae...Tuba Mirum

Track length4:13
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Excerpt, Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Work length6:42
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  • Heather Harper (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Helen Watts (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsoper
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1971-08-30
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Alles Vergängliche"

Track length6:42
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