VOICES - The Most Beautiful Vocal Classics (5CD)

CD 1
1 FAURÉ Pie Jesu(Requiem) 4’00
Maja Roodveldt soprano · Hungarian Chamber Orchestra / Pieter-Jan Leusink
2 MAHLER Urlicht (Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’) 5’50
Doris Soffel contralto · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal
3 PURCELL Hear my Prayer, o Lord 2’01
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown
4 TCHAIKOVSKY Hymn of the Cherubim 7’48
National Choir of Ukraine ‘Dumka’ / Yevhen Savchuk
5 PERGOLESI Sancta Mater (Stabat Mater) 5’22
Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano · Lawrence Zazzo countertenor
Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
6 BRAHMS Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein deutsches Requiem) 5’49
Rundfunkchor und -Orchester Berlin / Helmut Koch
7 HAYDN Es ist vollbracht (Sieben letzte Worte) 5’17
Chamber Choir of Europe · Kammerorchester Mannheim / Nicol Matt
8 PALESTRINA Stabat Mater 11’16
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown
9 J.S. BACH Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion) 5’59
Michael Chance alto · Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury
10 J.S. BACH O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (St Matthew Passion) 1’56
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge · Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury
11 HANDEL I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah) 5’45
Lynn Dawson soprano · Brandenburg Consort/ Stephen Cleobury
12 PERGOLESI Salve Regina in C minor 3’25
Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano · Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
13 DURUFLÉ Pie Jesu(Requiem) 3’20
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown
14 PERGOLESI Stabat Mater Dolorosa 3’46
Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano · Lawrence Zazzo countertenor
Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
 
 
CD 2
1 MOZART Requiem aeternam (Requiem) 4’48
Chamber Choir of Europe · Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Nicol Matt
2 J.S. BACH Ich habe genug (Cantata BWV82) 7’44
Bas Ramselaar bass · Netherlands Bach Collegium / Pieter Jan Leusink
3 MOZART Et incarnatus est (‘Great’ Mass in C minor K427) 9’07
4 MOZART Lux aeterna (Requiem) 5’41
Valentina Farcas soprano · Camerata Würzburg / Nicol Matt
5 HANDEL Hallelujah (Messiah) 3’53
Holland Boys’ Choir / Pieter Jan Leusink
6 J.S. BACH Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben 4’42
(St Matthew Passion)
Emma Kirkby soprano · Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury
7 MENDELSSOHN Psalm 42:Wie der Hirsch schreit 5’18
Chamber Choir of Europe · Würrtembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
8 BYRD Ave verum 4’17
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
9 SCHUBERT Zum Sanctus 3’04
Martinus Leusink tenor · Bas Ramselaar bass
Jan Lenselink piano · Martin Mans organ
Holland Boys’ Choir · Netherlands Bach Collegium / Pieter Jan Leusink
10 FAURÉ Sanctus (Requiem) 3’14
Holland Boys’ Choir · Hungarian Chamber Orchestra / Pieter Jan Leusink
11 SCHÜTZ Op. 6 (1629): XI. Benedicam Dominum 3’41
in omni tempore
Cappella Augustana / Matteo Messori
12 J.S. BACH Jesu bleibet meine Freude BWV147 3’04
Holland Boys’ Choir · Netherlands Bach Collegium / Pieter Jan Leusink
13 BRAHMS How lovely are Thy dwellings (German Requiem) 5’30
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
14 TALLIS Lamentations of Jeremiah 7’30
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown
 
CD 3
1 FAURÉ In Paradisum(Requiem) 3’13
Holland Boys’ Choir / Pieter Jan Leusink
2 MOZART Ave verum corpus 3’33
3 FRANCK Panis angelicus 3’27
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
4 PERGOLESI Stabat Mater dolorosa 3’45
Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano · Lawrence Zazzo countertenor
Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
5 MOZART Laudate Dominum (Vespers K339) 5’05
Pamela Heuvelmans soprano · Kammerorchester Mannheim / Nicol Matt
6 BRUCKNER Locus iste 2’33
7 MENDELSSOHN Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Elias) 2’59
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
8 HASSLER Ave maris stella 5’40
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
9 FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine 5’22
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
10 ALLEGRI Miserere 12’36
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Timothy Brown
11 MAHLER Wir genießen den himmlischen Leben 9’03
(Symphony No.4)
Helen Donath soprano · Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal
12 PALESTRINA Sanctus (Missa Papae Marcelli) 4’00
Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown
 
CD 4
1 TRADITIONAL Tiritomba 2’32
2 BUZZI/PECCIA Lolita 2’51
3 GIORDANI Caro mio ben 2’56
4 SCHUBERT An Sylvia 3’01
5 BELLINI Prendi l’anel ti dono (La sonnambula) 3’11
6 PUCCINI Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (La bohème) 5’05
7 TRADITIONAL Santa Lucia 2’37
8 PUCCINI Vissi d’arte (Tosca) 3’34
9 GOUNOD Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust) 4’53
10 ROSSINI La Danza 3’04
11 VERDI Celeste Aida (Aida) 4’26
12 TRADITIONAL O sole mio 2’28
13 TRADITIONAL Addio a Napoli 3’10
14 BIZET Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen) 3’59
15 PUCCINI Nessun dorma (Turandot) 3’19
16 GLUCK Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice) 5’59
17 BIZET Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles) 3’33
18 FLOTOW M’appari (Martha) 3’13
Joseph Schmidt tenor (1) · Enrico Caruso tenor (2, 10, 13)
Richard Tauber tenor (3) · Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano (4)
Tito Schipa tenor (5, 12) · Renata Tebaldi soprano (6) · Mario Lanza tenor (7)
Maria Callas soprano (8, 14) · Jussi Björling tenor (9, 15, 17)
Beniamino Gigli tenor (11, 18) · Kathleen Ferrier contralto (16)
 
CD 5
1 TRADITIONAL Vieni sul mar 3’25
2 VERDI Addio del passato (La traviata) 3’23
3 JOHANN STRAUSS II Wiener Bonbons 2’10
4 MOZART Il mio tesore (Don Giovanni) 4’07
5 MOZART Porgi, amor (Le nozze di Figaro) 3’39
6 DONIZETTI Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore) 4’17
7 HANDEL Ombra mai fu (Serse) 3’13
8 JOHANN STRAUSS II I’m in love with Vienna 2’24
9 PUCCINI Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly) 4’52
10 PUCCINI Che gelida manina (La bohème) 4’17
11 VERDI Di quella pira (Il trovatore) 2’07
12 VERDI Bella figlia dell’amore(Rigoletto) 3’51
13 VERDI Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (La traviata) 2’44
14 BIZET Il fior che avevia me (Carmen) 3’55
15 DONIZETTI Tornami a dir (Don Pasquale) 2’43
16 DONIZETTI Chi mi frena in tal momento? 4’01
(Lucia di Lammermoor)
17 PUCCINI O soave fanciulla (La bohème) 3’06
Enrico Caruso tenor (1, 12, 16) · Maria Callas soprano (2, 13)
Joseph Schmidt tenor (3) · Richard Tauber tenor (4, 8)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano (5) · Beniamino Gigli tenor (6, 10, 14, 17)
Tito Schipa tenor (7, 15) · Renata Tebaldi soprano (9) · Jussi Björling tenor (11)