Unforgettable Sacred Classics

John Shirley-Quirk (Performer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Edward Elgar (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), David Willcocks (Conductor), David Willocks (Conductor), Charles Mackerras (Conductor), Wolfgang Gonnenwein (Conductor), Riccardo Muti (Conductor), Stephen Cleobury (Conductor), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Conductor), Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: John Shirley-Quirk
• Conductor: David Willcocks, David Willocks, Charles Mackerras, Wolfgang Gonnenwein, Riccardo Muti, et al.
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cesar Franck, et al.
• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Classics for Pleasur
• ASIN: B00000J84H
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #779,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth

3. Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,' BWV 140 (BC A166): Zion hört die Wächter singen

4. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Cujus animam

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

6. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): O sacred head, sore wounded

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

8. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: The heavens are telling

9. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: O rest in the Lord

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

11. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir: Gloria in excelsis Deo

12. Otello, opera: Ave Maria

13. Ave verum, motet for chorus, Op. 2/1

14. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco

15. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major: Sanctus

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

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

18. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation of beautiful choral music, November 30, 2006

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Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unforgettable Sacred Classics (Audio CD)

This is a really good album as a taster for choral music for those who perhaps are new to the genre.

I will readily admit that I am no classical music expert and so was a little unsure what to choose. I was particularly aiming for an album with Mozart's "Laudate Dominum" on it - a piece that I love - and had already picked up two albums where the soprano on the song was far too warbly. "Sacred", however, seems to have chosen the less warbly/operatic and perhaps purer-sounding singers and it has worked really well for me.

Yes, it's got most of the 'famous' songs that one would expect - "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" by Handel, the Mozart, Franck's Panis Angelicus and other well-known songs (including the Lloyd's Bank advert song "Zion hört die Wächter singen" by J S Bach) - and there are no great surprises in terms of the way the songs are performed but it's not an album aiming to be different. It's a compilation pure and simple - no two singers are the same, there are choirboys and female and male soloists and others - and is a very good way to get hold of some enjoyable music by different composers to give you an idea where to look if you want to delve further into this genre of music.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good disc, March 19, 2003

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Andrea K. Toven (Laramie, WY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unforgettable Sacred Classics (Audio CD)

Nice to chill out to, and I've even fallen asleep to it a few times!