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The Best Choral Album in the World…Ever! Various Artists

Release: 1999 Europe, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 40, Length: 2:34:36, Barcode: 724384722524
Release type: Other

Contents

CD #1
1 Gloria RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo 2:26
2 Cantata no. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring 3:35
3 Zadok the Priest 5:46
4 Miserere mei, Deus (vv 1-4, 17-20) 5:50
5 Hymn (mode VIII): Veni creator spiritus 2:42
6 Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrimosa 3:01
7 Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born 4:22
8 The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling 4:51
9 Panis angelicus 5:00
10 Vespers, op. 37: Ave Maria 2:41
11 Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: Ode to Joy 3:25
12 Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) 5:31
13 Prince Igor: Chorus of Slave Girls 3:02
14 Dona Francisquita: Coro de románticos (Chorus of Lovers) 5:12
15 Requiem, op. 48: In paradisum 3:31
16 Totus tuus (opening) 4:12
17 Song for Athene 6:12
18 Standing Stone: Celebration (conclusion) 4:10
19 Jerusalem 2:29
CD #2
1 Cantata no. 140: Zion hört die Wächter 4:49
2 Te Deum in D: Pleni sunt coeli et terra 2:26
3 Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus 4:04
4 Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou Knowest, Lord 2:24
5 Sequence (mode 1): Veni sancte spiritus 2:51
6 The Creation: Awake the Harp 2:14
7 Elijah: And then Shall Your Light Break Forth 3:21
8 L’Enfance du Christ: L’Adieu des bergers (Shepherd’s Farewell) 3:53
9 Requiem, op. 9: Agnus Dei (reduced orchestration version) 3:44
10 Cantique de Jean Racine 5:15
11 Ave verum corpus, K. 618 2:44
12 Tannhäuser: Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Pilgrim’s Chorus) 4:28
13 Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) 2:52
14 Gloria: Laudamus te 3:02
15 Chichester Psalms: I. Maestoso ma energico—Allegro molto (reduced scoring with organ, harp and percussion) 3:56
16 The Lamb 3:17
17 Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings) 7:51
18 Requiem: Requiem aeternam 5:43
19 Messa da Requiem: Dies irae (opening) 2:23
20 Carmina Burana: O Fortuna 2:32
21 Land of Hope and Glory (conclusion) 2:43

Other Releases in Group (2)

Official

  1. The Best Ever Choral Album, Australia (1999), CD + CD (English)
  2. The Best Choral Album in the World... Ever!, United States (07 Jun 2005), CD + CD (English)

Links (2)

ASIN

  1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000026MG0

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/release/16235233

Label (4)

Copyrighted (©) By

  1. Circa Records Ltd. (1999)
  2. Virgin Records Ltd. (1999)

Phonographic Copyright (?) By

  1. Circa Records Ltd. (1999)

Glass Mastered By

  1. EMI Swindon