Greatest Choral Show on Earth

Greatest Choral Show on Earth (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000JNPO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,346 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

2. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Humming Chorus

3. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Treulich gefuhrt ziehet dahin 'Bridal Chorus'

4. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus

5. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu bleibet meine Freunde (Jesu, Joy of Man's Dressing)

6. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618

7. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11

8. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ('trilogie sacrée') H. 130 (Op. 25): She

9. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50

10. Totus Tuus, for chorus, Op. 60: excerpt

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Dies irae, Responsory (from the Messa per Rossini)

2. Il Trovatore, opera: Anvil Chorus

3. Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, HWV 63: See the conquering hero comes

4. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Sanctus

5. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258

6. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125

7. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Dies Irae

8. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Die Himmel erzahlen

9. Carmen, opera: Toreador Chorus

10. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: Thanks be to God

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very powerful and moving, April 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Greatest Choral Show on Earth (Audio CD)

These two CD's, one titled Music Sublime and the other Music All-Powerful, bring together some of the greatest choral masterpieces ever composed. The All-Powerful CD, by the way, is not easy listening.

Many of the performances are simply the best available, however the performance of Mozart's Requiem, one of my favorite works, on this CD doesn't capture all the power and mystery of this glorious masterpiece. Also surprising is that the CD's don't include anything from Mozart's Great Mass in C, the powerful Finale of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, or Vivaldi's Gloria. No Schubert either, and Borodin's powerful choruses from Prince Igor are also left out. Well, you can only fit so much on two CD's, but the above mentioned works are, in my humble opinion, more important than some of the music selections on these discs. If you love choral music, however, get ready for music paradise. And if you don't love choral music already, what better way to get started.