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The greatest choral show on earth

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The greatest choral show on earth

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CD 1: Music sublime. Nabucco. Chorus of the Hebrew slaves : va, pensiero / Verdi (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Margaret Hillis, chorus director ; Georg Solti, conductor) -- Madama Butterfly. Humming chorus / Puccini (Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Norbert Balatsch, chorus master ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Lohengrin. Bridal chorus : treulich geführt ziehet dahin / Wagner (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Walter Hagen-Groll, chorus master ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Miserere (abridged) / Allegri ; arr. Willcocks (Roy Goodman, treble ; The Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; David Willcocks, director) -- Cantata no. 147. Jesu bleibet meine Freunde / J.S. Bach (Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt ; Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum ; Kurt Thomas, conductor)Ave verum corpus, K. 618 / Mozart (The Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; James Vivian, organ ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor) -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré (The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge ; S. Cleobury, organ ; George Guest, conductor) -- L'Enfance du Christ. Shepherds' farewell : Il s'en va loin de la terre / Berlioz (St. Anthony Singers ; The Goldsbrough Orchestra ; Colin Davis, conductor) -- Pavane / Fauré (Choeur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Iwan Edwards, chorus master ; Charles Dutoit, conductor) -- Totus tuus (excerpt) / Górecki (Prague Philharmonic Choir ; John Nelson, conductor) -- Ein deutsches Requiem. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen / Brahms (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor)Tannhäuser. Pilgrims' chorus : beglückt darf nun dich / Wagner (Victor Braun ; Helga Dernesch ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wilhelm Pitz, Norbert Balatsch, chorus masters ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Requiem. Sanctus / Fauré (Choeur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; I. Edwards, chorus master ; C. Dutoit, conductor) -- Requiem. Lacrimosa / Mozart ; ed. H.C. Robbins Landon (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Peter Burian, chorus director ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; G. Solti, conductor -- Song for Athene / Taverner (Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; S. Cleobury, conductor) -- La Damnation de Faust. Laus! Laus! Hosanna! Hosanna! / Berlioz (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus ; Doreen Rao, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor)CD 2: Music all-powerful. Requiem. Dies irae ... Tuba mirum / Verdi (Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker / G. Solti, conductor) -- Il trovatore. Anvil chorus : Vedi! le fosche / Verdi (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Judas Maccabaeus. See the conquering hero comes / Handel (Handel Opera Society Chorus & Orchestra ; Charles Farncombe, conductor) -- Mass in B minor. Sanctus / J.S. Bach (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Zadok the priest / Handel (Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; English Chamber Orchestra ; D. Willcocks, conductor) -- Symphony no. 9 "Choral" fourth movement excerpt / Beethoven (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Reinhild Runkel, contralto ; Robert Schunk, tenor ; Hans Sotin, bass ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor)Requiem. Dies irae / Mozart ; ed. Landon (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; P. Burian, chorus director ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Die Schöpfung = The Creation. Die Himmel erzählen / Haydn (Norma Burrowes, soprano ; Rüdiger Wohlers, tenor ; James Morris, bass ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Carmen. Toreador chorus : Les voici, les voici / Bizet (Boys' Chorus from Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree ; Alan Taylor, chorus master ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Elijah. Thanks be to God / Mendelssohn (Bryn Terfel ; Edinburgh Festival Chorus ; David Jones, chorus master ; Stephen Doughty, organ ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Paul Daniel, conductor)Weihnachtsoratorium = Christmas oratorio. Jauchzet, frohlocket! / J.S. Bach (Lübecker Kantorei ; Hans Jürgen Wille, chorus master ; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester ; Karl Münchinger, conductor) -- Mattäus-Passion. Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder / J.S. Bach (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Mefistofele. Ave, Signor degli angeli e dei santi! / Boito (London Opera Chorus ; Terry Edwards, chorus master ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) -- Messiah. Hallelujah / Handel (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; M. Hillis, chorus director ; G. Solti, conductor) -- Rule Britannia / Arne ; arr. Sargent (Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano ; London Philharmonic Choir ; Neville Creed, chorus master ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Roger Norrington, conductorJerusalem / Parry ; arr. Elgar (London Philharmonic Choir ; N. Creed, chorus master ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; R. Norrington, conductor) -- Carmina Burana. O Fortuna / Orff (Choeur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; I. Edwards, chorus master ; C. Dutoit, conductor) -- Faust. Soldiers' chorus : Gloire immortelle / Gounod (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; John McCarthy, chorus master ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Faust. Apothéosis / Gounod (Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; J. McCarthy, chorus master ; London Symphony Orchestra ; R. Bonynge, conductor)