The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

Robert Shaw Festival Singers (Artist), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003D10
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,628 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #49 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Early Music > Forms & Genres > Requiems
  • #60 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Early Music > Sacred & Religious
  • #67 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Requiems, Elegies & Tombeau > Requiems

Track Listings

1. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Dies irae

2. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Tuba mirum

3. Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ & chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op. 9 (3 versions): Pie Jesu

4. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: O Fortuna

5. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Dies irae

6. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Rex tremendae

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

8. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Lacrimosa

9. Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances

10. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Missa: Kyrie eleison

11. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

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

13. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Sanctus

14. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: The Heavens are Telling

15. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

16. Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37: Nyne Otpushchayeshi (Now Let Thy Servant Depart)

17. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Dies Irae

Customer Reviews

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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good album, but--, December 27, 2001

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albertatamazon (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

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The three stars I have given this album are not for the performances, which are all tremendous and deserve five stars or more, but for the idea of releasing this sort of compilation. Every single one of these selections is part of a larger Shaw-recorded work already released by Telarc, and you are far better off seeking the complete recordings that all these pieces are from, than just buying a mere "sampler". (Shaw, however, never did get around to recording the complete " L' Enfance du Christ".) Of course, that can be very expensive for some people, and if one cannot afford all those recordings, I suppose this is the next best thing. One can't shake off the feeling, however, that because Shaw is no longer with us, Telarc is desperately trying to give the impression that "new" Shaw recordings are constantly being released by them, when the truth is that nearly all the new ones are mere recyclings. (The last complete Robert Shaw album released by Telarc was Dvorak's "Stabat Mater", a CD well worth buying.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I made my son listen to it !!!, July 27, 2007

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From_Plano_TX "a_customer_from_plano" (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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A wonderful album. I have several copies of Handel's Messiah, but the performance of the Hallelujah Chorus by Robert Shaw's singers is exceptional, outstanding. I was inspired to have my young son listen to this album: Verdi's "Dies Irae", Orff's "O Fortuna", and Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus".

Notice that there are 3 versions of "Dies Irae" on this album. It's nice to hear others. I am not normally a fan of Requiems. I will say that I do like Bach's Mass in B Minor and the Kyrie Eleison excerpted here is beautiful.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice review, October 5, 2011

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ClassicalEduMom (Midwest, US) - See all my reviews

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This was purchased to give my daughters an opportunity to hear a variety of choral compositions since she is thinking about a serious pursuit of vocal music. We appreciated the variety of the pieces and will probably purchase additional CD's based on our favorites from this one. The girls demanded to hear more from certain pieces!

I found the music to be tastefully done and a welcomed break from the pop the childen listen to on the radio. (Granted, my children have been exposed to classical music since they were babies so don't think this will work for every child!)