World's Greatest Choruses

Thomas Pyle (Performer), Carl Orff (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Alexander Borodin (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), William Steffe (Composer), Martin Luther (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Seiji Ozawa (Conductor), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Leopold Stokowski (Conductor), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor), Arturo Basile (Conductor), Richard Westenburg (Conductor), Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Thomas Pyle, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf, et al.
• Composer: Carl Orff, Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Johann Sebastian Bach, et al.
• Audio CD (September 8, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FAO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,123 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #10 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Price, Leontyne

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food for the Soul, May 20, 2002

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This review is from: World's Greatest Choruses (Audio CD)

I've had to order a 2nd copy of this CD because I've listened to my 1st one so often, it's worn out. It is wonderful! This music always puts me in a happy mood. It is truly 'food for the soul'.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding - gives you goose bumps, June 30, 2001

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K. Cole (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World's Greatest Choruses (Audio CD)

I love rousing choral music and this really filled the bill. Listening to the likes of Carmina Burana totally sweeps you away....gives you goose bumps....I HIGHLY recommend this CD. Great for people who are not very knowledgeable, because it has the BEST known choruses.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent compilation, indifferent sonics, July 4, 2009

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This review is from: World's Greatest Choruses (Audio CD)

Pros: This is a pretty good collection of some of the more famous choral works in the classical canon. It would make a decent introduction to classical choral works, and it's a decent value for the price.

Cons: I got this CD for two tracks recorded by Leopold Stokowski and the Norman Luboff Choir--Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and Wagner's 'Pilgrim's Chorus'. I have these on an LP, 'Stokowski's Greatest Hits' (RCA Red Seal VCS-7077). They're wonderful. Sadly, the analog-to-digital transfer for the CD wasn't the greatest. I cued up the tracks on the LP and started the CD track at the same time and switched back and forth, listening to the differences. The thirty-five year old LP had a much better imaged soundstage and presence.

That minor disappointment aside, the CD sounds okay. Worth the price.