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Best Choral Album In The World...Ever!
2 CD Set
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Two remarkable CDs featuring
choral music favourites preformed by the Elmer Iseler Singers and other
choral groups.
Disc 1
1 Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin
(ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major
2 Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV
147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
3 Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus &
orchestra, HWV 258
4 Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus: vv 1-4,
17-20
5 Veni creator spiritus, hymn in mode 8
6 Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626:
Lacrimosa
7 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born
8 Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: The
Heavens Are Telling
9 Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass
10 Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37: Ave
Maria
11 Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: Ode To Joy
12 Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Va, pensiero
13 Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Chorus
of Slave Girls
14 Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts: Coro de románticos (Chorus of
Lovers)
15 Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In
Paradisum
16 Totus Tuus, for chorus, Op. 60: Opening
17 Song for Athene, for chorus
18 Standing Stone, for orchestra & chorus: (Conclusion) Celebration
19 Jerusalem ('And did those feet in ancient time'), for chorus & organ
(or orchestra)
Disc 2
1 Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,' BWV
140
2 Te Deum, motet for 8 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 146:
Pleni sunt coeli et terra
3 Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
4 Funeral Sentences (for the funeral of Queen Mary), Z. 27:
Thou knowest, Lord
5 Veni sancte spiritus, sequence in mode 1
6 Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Awake the
harp
7 Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: And then Shall Your
Light Break Forth
8 L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors,
baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchestra ('trilogie sacrée') H. 130 (Op.
25)
9 Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ &
chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op. 9: Agnus Dei
10 Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra),
Op. 11 8
11 Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
12 Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat
(Pilgrim's Chorus)
13 Il Trovatore, opera: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus)
14 Gloria, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 177: Laudamus te
15 Chichester Psalms, for boy soloist, chorus & orchestra: I. Maestoso
ma energico (Allegro molto)
16 Lamb, for chorus
17 Agnus Dei, for chorus (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11
18 Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Requiem Aeternam
19 Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem):
(Opening) Dies irae 20 Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists,
choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna
21 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1
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