IN PARADISUM Spiritual Classical Melodies (2CD)

CD1

Pie Jesu - Hear My Prayer - Ave Verum - Erbarme dich

1. GABRIEL FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem 3:58

2. GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater 12:01

3. GUSTAV MAHLER: Urlicht, from Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” 5:49

4. HENRY PURCELL: Hear my Prayer, o Lord 2:06

5. PYOTR ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY: Hymn of the Cherubim 7:51

6. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI: Sancta Mater, from Stabat Mater 5:23

7. FRANZ SCHUBERT: Kyrie, from Mass No. 5 in A flat major 7:26

8. JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Déploration sur le mort de Johannes Ockeghem 4:47

9. JOHANNES BRAHMS: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, from Ein deutsches Requiem 5:51

10. ANTONIO LOTTI: Crucifixus 3:25

11. JOSEPH HAYDN: Es ist vollbracht, from Sieben Letzte Worte 5:18

12. LEOS JANACEK: The Madonna of Frydeck 3:25

 Total: 66:32

Maja Roodveldt, soprano; Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, Pieter-Jan Leusink (1)

The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown (2,4,8,10)

Doris Soffel, alto; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal (3)

National Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”, Yevhen Savchuk (5)

Angharad Gruffydd Jones, soprano; Lawrence Zazzo, counter tenor; Cambridge Ensemble, Timothy Brown (6)

Oregon Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (7)

Rundfunkchor und –Orchester Berlin, Helmut Koch (9)

Chamber Choir of Europe, Kammerorchester Mannheim, Nicol Matt (11)

Hakon Austbö, piano (12)

CD2

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: From Matthäus Passion:

1. Aria (alto) Erbarme Dich 6:11

2. Choral O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden 1:57

3. Choir Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder 5:32

4. EDWARD ELGAR: Ave Verum 2:45

5. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Recordare, from Requiem 4:24

6. CHARLES STANFORD: Hymn 3:39

7. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah 5:47

8. EDVARD GRIEG: Ave Maris Stella 2:55

9. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI: Salve Regina, in C minor 3:26

10. MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem 3:24

11. FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener, Motet Op. 69 5:03

12. GABRIEL FAURÉ: Sanctus, from Requiem 3:06

13. HRISTOV: Song of the Cherubim, Russian-Orthodox Chant 6:23

14. GUSTAV MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5 11:34

 Total: 65:51

Michael Chance, alto; The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury (1-2-3)

The Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown (4,6,8,10)

Soloists, Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Nicol Matt (5)

Lynn Dawson, soprano; Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury (7)

Angharad Gruffydd Jones, soprano; Cambridge Ensemble, Timothy Brown (9)

Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt (11)

Holland Boys Choir, Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, Pieter-Jan Leusink (12)

Bulgarian Mixed Choir, Vivian Klochkov (13)

Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal (14)