25 Sacred Choral Favorites

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Louis Lewandowski (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Composer), Giovanni Pergolesi (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Jewish Traditional (Composer), Tomas Luis de Victoria (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Don Jackson (Conductor), Gary Cole (Conductor), Gunter Kehr (Conductor), Helmuth Rilling (Conductor), Jascha Horenstein (Conductor), Louis Martini (Conductor), Marcel Couraud (Conductor)

Product Details

• Conductor: Don Jackson, Gary Cole, Gunter Kehr, Helmuth Rilling, Jascha Horenstein, et al.
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Faure, George Frederick Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Louis Lewandowski, et al.
• Audio CD (July 1, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B0000058IM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  #72 in	Music > Classical > Featured Composers, A-Z > ( M ) > Monteverdi, Claudio
  #77 in	Music > Classical > Featured Performers, A-Z > ( A ) > Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Track Listings

1. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For Unto us a Child is Born

3. Work(s): [Unspecified] Laudate Dominum

4. Work(s): [Unspecified] Magnificat: Esurientes

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

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

7. Avinu Malkeynu

8. Work(s): O Magnum Mysterium

9. Estote fortes in bello, motet for 4 voices

10. Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major: Opening Movement

11. Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major: Quae Moerebat

12. Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major: Fac ut Ardeat

13. Work(s): [Unspecified] Gloria: Opening Movement

14. Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621: Eja Mater

15. Work(s): [Unspecified] Magnificat: Quia Fecit

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

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

18. Tzadik Katamar

19. Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in A flat major (Missa Solemnis), D. 678: Sanctus

20. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Libera Me Domine

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very uplifting, May 20, 2000

By A Customer

This is a great bargain CD with excerpts from some familiar classics and some lesser known treasures. Many listeners, including myself, will want to own the complete performance of most of these works, but this CD is a good way to hear composers such as Lewandowski and Pergolesi, whose works may not already be a part of your music library. The opening movement of Vivaldi's Gloria as performed by the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw is terrific. True to his reputation as one of the greatest choral conductors of all time, everything sounds just right under his baton. The other performances were not as highly distinguished in my humble opinion, but overall most of them were good, and many were excellent. For Handel's Messiah though, I highly recommend Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony and Chorus, starring Kiri Te Kanawa (once you hear the Solti version, most other Messiah performances don't feel as moving). And if you enjoyed this CD, you'll really love Kiri Te Kanawa's Ave Maria album.

Overall, this compilation is a really great selection of powerful, serene, and uplifting music. Some of the other CD's in the 25 Favorites series are not very satisfying, but this one is a real winner!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Religious Hit Parade, April 7, 2002

By	Christopher A. Lanter "music lover" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was torn between four and five stars for this album. In the end, it got five because of the inclusion of the two wonderful traditional Jewish songs - "Alvinu Malkeinu" and "Tzadik Katamar". They are the highlights of the disc for me (no, I'm not Jewish, but that doesn't matter) - and really, where else are you going to find this kind of music?

This CD serves the same purpose as a sampler disc - enticing the listener to buy the full works - Handel's "Messiah", Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater", Faurè's Requiem Mass, and what have you. Believe it or not, I had never heard any of "Messiah" - not even the Hallelujah Chorus in its entirety - before I purchased this CD. Now I realize what I've been missing and checked it out from the local library. Ditto for the unearthly beauty of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" - check out the samples of "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" and "Quae Moerebat" if you don't believe me.

The quality of the performers is excellent, and how can ANYONE pass up that price???? That is what ultimately clinched it at a solid five stars. I consider this CD one of my greatest finds - you will too.

5.0 out of 5 stars 25 Choral Favorites, October 1, 2009

By	Elizabeth Monico "colliesmooth" (MI USA) - See all my reviews

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Excellent CD quality of the music, instrumental and vocal.
Choice composers and music selections are awesome.