For me, it has to be Mozart's Requiem and Handel's Messiah.
I love Karl Jenkins The Armed Man, as well as Benjamin Britten's War Requiem...
I know they're all very popular pieces, but I love them!
Does anyone agree or disagree with me? Give me your comments!
I love Ode to Joy by Beethoven and any version of Psalms 121. I lift up mine eyes
to the hills. That one is very beautiful when a choir sings it.
judy tooley
I watched some Highlights of Messiah on Christmas at Belmont University and it was pretty good. I love Verdi's Requiem and Mozart's Requiem (especially Dies Irae) and I've heard that Faure's Requiem was good, but haven't actually listened to it.
The 5th movement of Mahler's 2nd tops the list though for me.
Has to be a toss-up between Mozarts Reqiem and Handels Messiah...But I also like Thomas Tallis and Palestrina at times....Also hear Bruckners "Helgoland"... Oh mustn't forget Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, that's and awesome piece!..
We are doing that in Chorale at uni. Saccharine rubbish.
Mine would be (in no particular order)
Verdi's Requiem.
Mahler 2,
Any Mozart,
Bruckner Motets
A few Weelkes pieces,
Arcadelt's pieces (especially Il bianco e dolce cigno)
Mozart wrote so much music, some pretty repetitive (feel free to shoot me down) but there are a few little pieces such as his Ave Maria that are simply divine.
Honegger -Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Handel - Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Brian - Symphony no. 1 'The Gothic'
Messiaen - Trois Petites Liturgies
Mahler - Symphony no. 8
Schmidt - Psalm 47
Has anyone heard of Harry Christophers and the Sixteen? They have several albums that I have been enjoying. I really love Vivladi and been enjoying new albums under the Naive label. Also Kozena came out with an excellent album.
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
Dufay's "L'Homme Armé" mass
Bach's St. Matthew Passion (not totally a "choral" piece, but it certainly qualifies).
Feldman's Rothko Chapel
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