Tears from Heaven

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Giovanni Pergolesi (Composer), Harriet Ware (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Heinrich Schutz (Composer), Randall Thompson (Composer), William [Composer] Byrd (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Josquin Desprez (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giovanni Pergolesi, Harriet Ware, et al.
• Audio CD (February 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003G5Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Introitus

2. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit

3. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Erbarme Dich

4. Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major

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

6. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu

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

8. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Recordare

9. Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Intermezzo from L'arlésienne Suite No. 2/6, arranged by Ernest Guirard)

10. Requiem, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 148: Requiem aeternam

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Disc: 2

1. Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum

2. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass

3. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: Stimmt an die Saiten

4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Comfort Ye / Ev'ry Valley

5. Cantata No. 202, 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (BC G41): Und dieses ist das Glücke - Sich üben im Lie

6. O virgo virginum, motet for 6 parts

7. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

8. Ruf zur Maria ('Dich, Mutter Gottes, ruf' wir an'), for mixed chorus (Marienlieder), Op. 22/5

9. Mass No. 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ('Coronation'), K. 317: Agnus Dei / Dona Nobis Pacem

10. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If This is What Heaven Sounds Like ..., April 14, 2000

By 

Geoffrey Harvey (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tears from Heaven (Audio CD)

then I can't wait to get there ! Out of my extensive music collection this is the album that gets played on a daily basis. It is not often one can say that every track is pure pleasure to listen to; but it is the case with Tears from Heaven (and the second CD in the album - Voices from Heaven). This album has to be heard to be believed. For variety, musicality and recording clarity this is is truely a divine collection. I highly recommend it !

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation of some of the best choral music!, October 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Tears from Heaven (Audio CD)

As a vocalist in a classical chorale, I was thrilled to find such a recording. So many of the works were so familiar. And, with the world's greatest musicians performing, what could be better!

I am purchasing copies for each of my musical friends as Christmas gifts.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GORGEOUS, December 21, 1999

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"lily-j" (UPSTATE NEW YORK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tears from Heaven (Audio CD)

THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHORAL MUSIC I HAVE EVER HEARD. IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. HOPE THERE IS A SEQUEL TO THIS.