Essential Choral Classics (2006)

Track Listing

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
2. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
3. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus: Excerpt
4. Hear My Prayer ("O for the wings of a dove"), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G major, MWV B49: O for the wings of a dove
5. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: Thanks be to God!

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
2. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
3. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus: Excerpt
4. Hear My Prayer ("O for the wings of a dove"), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G major, MWV B49: O for the wings of a dove
5. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: Thanks be to God!
6. Panis angelicus, for voice, organ, harp, cello & double bass
7. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, chorus, 2 pianos & harmonium: Kyrie
8. Spem in Alium (also set as "Sing and glorify"), motet for 40 voices, P. 299
9. Simple Gifts
10. Shenandoah, folk song
11. Deep River
12. Song for Athene, for chorus
13. The Dream of Gerontius, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 38: Softly and gently
14. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
15. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis
16. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Et in terra pax
17. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Sanctus
18. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Osanna in excelsis
19. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
20. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, joy of man's desiring
21. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a Child is born
22. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah
23. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
24. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ("Lord Nelson"), H. 22/11: Kyrie
25. Ave verum corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
26. Vesperae solennes de confessore, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
27. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 626: Lacrimosa
28. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Sanctus
29. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In paradisum
30. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
31. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra ("Manzoni Requiem"): Dies irae. Tuba mirum
32. Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand"): Alles Vergängliche (conclusion)