Choral Spectacular: The World's Greatest Choral Music

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1Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord
choir vocals:
Cantillation
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:26
2German Mass, D 872: Sanctus
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Deutsche Messe, D. 872: V. Zum Sanctus: Heilig, Heilig
lyricist:
Johann Philipp Neumann (poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
Deutsche Messe, D. 872
Franz Schubert3:01
3Agnus dei, op. 11
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Agnus Dei (arr. Samuel Barber for chorus)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
arranger:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1967)
part of:
Works of Samuel Barber by opus number (number: op. 11)
arrangement of:
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber7:45
4St Matthew passion, BWV 244: O sacred head sore wounded
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
O sacred head, sore wounded (Hymn)
lyricist:
Bernard of Clairvaux (hymn writer) and Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Hans Leo Hassler (latter 16th c. German composer and organist)
arranger:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 90)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:47
5Requiem, op. 48: In paradisum
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers) and Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia and Sydney Philharmonia Motet Orchestra
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
included in:
28 Days Later
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
live recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
included in:
28 Days Later
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:32
6O magnum mysterium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
Morten Lauridsen6:28
7The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers) and Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia and Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part I: XIV. Chor und Terzett: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2: Part I (The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I)
Joseph Haydn3:59
8Ave maria
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria, WAB 6 (for choir a cappella)
composer:
Anton Bruckner (Austrian composer) (in 1861)
part of:
Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckners (number: WAB 6)
Anton Bruckner4:14
9Elijah, op. 70: Thanks be to God
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Elijah, op. 70: Chorus - "Thanks be to God!"
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
librettist:
Julius Schubring
translator:
William Bartholomew
part of:
Elijah, op. 70, Part I (with English libretto by William Bartholomew)
Felix Mendelssohn3:39
10Prince Igor: Polovtian Dance, op. 17
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers) and Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir
part of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
Alexander Borodin11:30
11Irish tune from County Derry
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Irish Tune from County Derry (for unaccompanied choir)
composer and arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
arrangement of:
Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger4:15
12Flower of Scotland
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Flower of Scotland
lyricist and composer:
Roy Williamson
publisher:
Variena Music Inc.
Roy Williamson1:46
13Lament for Jerusalem
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers) and Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Australian Youth Orchestra
conductor:
Thomas Woods (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lament for Jerusalem
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 2002)
John Tavener2:30
14Semele: Now Love That Everlasting Boy
instruments:
Sirius Ensemble
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 43. "Now Love that everlasting boy"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II
George Frideric Handel2:37
15In the Bleak Mid-winter
organ:
David Drury (organist)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Harold Edwin Darke5:03
16All People of the Earth Do Dwell
instruments:
Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (tune: Old Hundredth)
lyricist:
William Kethe
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:40