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1Hallelujah (Messiah)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
solo vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone) and Robert Tear (tenor)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
arranger:
Basil Lam (English producer, harpsichordist)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah” (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel4:00
2I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano) (from 1966-06-29 until 1966-08-09)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel6:42
3Pie Jesu (Requiem)
producer:
René Challan (French composer)
organ:
Henriette Puig-Roget (French pianist, organist and composer) (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
choir vocals:
Chœurs Élisabeth Brasseur
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (Spanish soprano) (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
conductor:
André Cluytens (Belgian-born French conductor) (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Music France (1994–2013) (in 1963) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963)
recorded at:
Église Saint-Roch de Paris in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1890, second version) (from 1962-02-14 until 1962-05-26)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
included in:
CHAPTER IV PIE JESU (REST)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:23
4In excelsis Deo (Gloria)
choir vocals:
New Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) and Lucia Valentini Terrani (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Antonio Vivaldi2:29
5Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Cantata no. 147)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
King’s College Choir, Cambridge
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1972)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:37
6Ave Maria
organ:
Philip Ledger
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1981)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod3:16
7Zadok the Priest: Coronation Anthem
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
vocals:
Michael Chance (British countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) and Paul Smy (treble / tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Philip Ledger
performer:
John Butt (conductor and organist) and John Langdon (organist)
recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel6:13
8Wie lieblich ding deine Wohnrungen (Ein deutsches Requiem)
choir vocals:
Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Otto Klemperer (German-born conductor and composer)
recording of:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45: IV. “Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen” (Chor)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Johannes Brahms5:49
9Sanctus fortis (The Dream of Gerontius)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Hallé Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38: Part I, IV. Sanctus fortis, sanctus Deus (cues 40–67)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1900)
part of:
The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38
Edward Elgar5:41
10Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor)
solo alto vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-20)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-20)
conductor:
Otto Klemperer (German-born conductor and composer) (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-20)
recording of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem: IV. Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVe. Aria "Agnus Dei") (from 1967-10-18 until 1967-10-20)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1747 until 1749)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232 (Mass in B minor, BWV 232, Mass in B minor)
Johann Sebastian Bach6:38
11Cujus animam gementem (Stabat Mater)
choir vocals:
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
tenor vocals:
Robert Gambill (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Stabat Mater: II. Aria - Cuius animam gementem (tenore)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (from 1832 until 1839)
part of:
Stabat Mater
Gioachino Rossini7:02
12Lacrimosa (Requiem, K. 626)
choir vocals:
New Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: f. Lacrimosa dies illa (catch-all for unknown editions)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (catch-all for unknown editions)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:26
13Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang)
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) and Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert6:46
14Ingemisco - Confutatis - Dies Irae (Messa da Requiem)
choir vocals:
New Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi9:30
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