Disc 2
1. Te Deum for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major, HWV 283, "Dettingen": Vouchsafe, O Lord, in thee have I trusted (3:56) Common Name Te Deum Dettingen For For Chorus & Orchestra Catalog No. HWV 283 Composer George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Lyricist Anonymous Conductor Wolfgang Helbich Performer Chris Dixon (bass) Dorothee Mields (soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) Ulrike Andersen (alto) Choir Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble Ensemble Concerto Polacco Genre Baroque Period / Sacred Music / Te Deum Date Written 1743; London, England Period Baroque
2. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57: Act Ⅲ Scene 2: Air: How willing my paternal love (Sung in German)/Act Ⅲ Scene 3: Aria and Chorus: Let the bright seraphim in burning row (6:24) Common Name Samson Oratorio Catalog No. HWV 57 Composer George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759) Lyricist Newburgh Hamilton Conductor Harry Christophers Performer Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto: mezzo-soprano) Jonathan Best (bass) Lynda Russell (soprano) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Matthew Vine (tenor) Michael George (bass) Thomas Randle (tenor) Choir The Sixteen Orchestra Symphony of Harmony & Invention Genre Baroque Period / Oratorio Date Written 1741-1743; London, England Period Baroque Notes Composition written: 1741. Composition revised: Germany.
3. Mass No. 18 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, "Great Mass"), K. 427 (K. 417a): Gloria: Gloria in excelsis (2:33) Common Name Mass 17 For For Chorus & Orchestra Catalog No. K 417A / K 427 Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Lyricist Mass Text Conductor Michael Halász Performer Herbert Lippert (tenor) Kalman Strausz (choirmaster) Norine Burgess (soprano) Robert Holzer (bass-baritone) Viktoria Loukianetz (soprano) Choir Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus Orchestra Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia Genre Classical Period / Mass Date Written 1782-1783; Vienna, Austria Period Classical Notes Composition written: 1783. Composition revised: Germany.
4-5. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor ("Lord Nelson"), Hob.XXII:11 "Nelsonmesse", "Imperial Mass", "Coronation Mass": Benedictus (exceprts) (6:19) Common Name Lord Nelson Mass, Mass For For Chorus Organ & Orchestra Catalog No. H 22 Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Lyricist Mass Text Conductor Béla Drahos Performer Gabriele Sima (contralto) Kurt Azesberger (tenor) Robert Holzer (bass-baritone) Viktoria Loukianetz (soprano) Choir Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus Orchestra Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia Genre Classical Period / Mass Date Written 1798; Vienna, Austria Period Classical Notes Composition written: 1798. Composition revised: England.
4. Benedictus: Benedictus qui venit 5:34 5. Benedictus: Hosanna in excelsis 0:45
6. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, Hob.XXI:2: Part I, No.2: Aria and Chorus: Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle (Now vanish before the holy beams) (3:43) Common Name Die Schopfung The Creation Oratorio Catalog No. H 21 Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Lyricist Gottfried van Swieten Conductor Andreas Spering Performer Christine Wehler (alto) Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) Jan Kobow (tenor) Max Ciolek (choirmaster) Sunhae Im (soprano) Ensemble Cologne Vocal Ensemble (VokalEnsemble Köln) Orchestra Capella Augustina Genre Classical Period / Oratorio Date Written 1796-1798; Vienna, Austria Period Classical Notes Composition written: 1798. Composition revised: England.
7. Psalm 42 ("As pants the hart"), for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major, Op. 42 "Wie der Hirsch schreit": Finale: Warum betrübst du dich (Chorus) (4:43) Common Name As Pants The Hart Psalm, Psalm 42 For Chorus & Orchestra Composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Lyricist Bible - Old Testament Conductor Helmuth Rilling Performer Christoph Genz (tenor) Matthias Goerne (baritone) Scot Weir (tenor) Sibylla Rubens (soprano) Thomas Mehnert (bass) Choir Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Genre Psalm / Romantic Period / Sacred Music Date Written 07/1837; Germany Period Romantic Country Germany
8. Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, gradual for chorus in Lydian mode, WAB 30 (5:07) Composer Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Lyricist Bible - Old Testament Conductor Robert Jones Performer Matthew Morley (organ) Choir St. Bride's Church Choir, Fleet Street Genre Gradual / Motet / Romantic Period Date Written circa 1879; Linz, Austria Period Romantic
9. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In Paradisum (3:23) Common Name In Paradisum, Requiem For 2 Solo Voices Chorus Organ & Orchestra Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Lyricist Mass Text Conducter Jeremy Summerly Performer Colm Carey (organ) Lisa Beckley (soprano) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) Choir Oxford Schola Cantorum Ensemble Oxford Camerata Genre Requiem / Romantic Period Date Written 1887-1890; France Period Romantic Country France Notes Composition written: France (1877 - 1890).
10. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45: 4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (4:47) Common Name Ein Deutsches Requiem A German Requiem For Soprano Baritone Chorus & Orchestra Composer Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Lyricist Bible Conductor Alexander Rahbari Performer Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Miriam Gauci (soprano) Choir Slovak Philharmonic Choir Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Genre Requiem / Romantic Period Date Written 1854-1868; Austria Period Romantic Country Germany
11. Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ("symphonie dramatique"), H.79 (Op. 17): Prologue: Latent Ancient Hatreds (2:54) Composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Conductor Yoav Talmi Performer Frank Almond (choirmaster) Choir San Diego Master Chorale Orchestra San Diego Symphony Orchestra Genre Oratorio / Romantic Period / Symphony Date Written 09/1839; France Period Romantic Country France
12-13. Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand") (excerpts) (1:23) Common Name Symphony Of A Thousand Symphony, Symphony 8 Composer Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) Lyricist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anonymous Conductor Antoni Wit Performer Barbara Kubiak (soprano) Ewa Marciniec (alto) Izabela Klosinska (soprano) Jadwiga Rappe (mezzo-soprano) Marta Boberska (soprano) Piotr Nowacki (bass) Timothy Bentch (tenor) Wojtek Drabowicz (baritone) Choir Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Choir Polish Radio Choir Warsaw Boys Choir Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Orchestra Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Genre Romantic Period / Symphony Date Written 1906-1907; Austria Period Romantic Country Austria
12. Part 1. Hymnus: Veni, Creator Spiritus. I. Veni, creator spiritus - (1:23) 13. Part 1. Hymnus: Veni, Creator Spiritus. V. Imple superna gratia (4:09)
14. 8 Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3: The Blue Bird (3:47) Composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) Lyricist Mary Coleridge Conductor Jeremy Summerly Performer Carys-Anne Lane (soprano) Choir Oxford Camerata Genre Chorus / Romantic Period Period Romantic Country United Kingdom
15. Gloria, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 177: Gloria: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (5:42) Common Name Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris, Gloria For Soprano Chorus & Orchestra Catalog No. FP 177 Composer Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) Lyricist Mass Text Conductor Michel Piquemal [Writer] Performer Danielle Borst (soprano) Choir Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir Orchestra Orchestre de la Cite Genre Gloria Date Written 1959-1960 Period Modern Country France
16. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Sanctus - Osanna I (2:38) Common Name Mass For Soloists & Chorus Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Lyricist Mass Text Conductor Noel Edison Performer Thomas Fitches (organ) Choir Elora Festival Singers Genre Mass / Sacred Music Date Written 1920-1921; England Period Post-Romantic; 20th Century Country United Kingdom
17. Saint Nicholas, cantata for tenor, treble, choruses & orchestra, Op. 42: He Journeys to Palestine (7:33) Common Name Saint Nicholas Cantata For Tenor Treble Composer Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Lyricist Eric Crozier Conductor Steuart Bedford Performer Philip Langridge (tenor) Choir Thomas Tallis Chamber Choir Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Genre Cantata Date Written 1948; England Period Modern; 20th Century Country England
18. Antiphon, for chorus & organ, Op. 56b (5:11) Common Name Antiphon For Chorus & Organ Composer Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Lyricist George Herbert Conducter Christopher Robinson Performer Benedict Giles (treble) Iain Farrington (organ) Joseph Helps (treble) Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble) Choir St. John's College Choir, Cambridge Genre Antiphon / Sacred Music Date Written 1956; England Period Modern; 20th Century Country United Kingdom
19. Cantate Domino canticum novum, for SATB chorus or soloists & organ (3:25) Composer Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) Lyricist Bible - Old Testament Conducter Noel Edison Performer Jurgen Petrenko (organ) Choir Elora Festival Singers Genre Cantata Date Written 1977-1996 Period Contemporary / Baroque |