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another beautiful production from The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, well worth including to your listening pleasure.
 
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Verdi: Requiem

Leontyne Price (soprano), Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Giorgio Tozzi (bass)

Fritz Reiner conducting :tiphat:

Wiener Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellscaft der Musikfreunde, Wien, Fritz Reiner
Reiner's opening of the Requiem is very slow and atmospheric...Yet as the work proceeds the performance soon sparks into life, and there is some superb and memorable singing from a distinguished team of soloists. THe recording has a spectacularly wide dynamic range" Penguin Guide, 2010 **/*
 
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Found this box, original EMI for only €9,90

Schubert:Sacred & Secular Choral Works

Kyrie in B flat major, D45

Kyrie in D minor, D49

Mass No. 1 in F Major, D105

Mass No. 3 in B flat Major, D324

Deutsches Salve Regina in F, D379

Stabat mater, D383

Mass No. 5 in A flat major, D678

Mass No. 4 in C Major, D452

Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950

Tantum ergo in E flat major D962

Offertorium 'Intende voci', D963

Kyrie in D minor, D31

Kyrie in F major, D66

Salve Regina in B flat major, D106

Offertorium 'Totus in corde langueo' in C major, D136

Stabat Mater in G minor, D 175

Offertorium 'Tres sunt' in A minor, D181

Gradual in C major, D184

Offertorium 'Salve Regina' in F major, D223

Tantum ergo in C major, D461

Tantum ergo in C major, D460

Magnificat in C major, D486

Auguste jam coelestium in G major, D488

Salve Regina in A major, D676

Six Antiphons for the Blessings of Branches on Palm Sunday, D696

Psalm 23 'Gott ist mein Hirt', D706

Tantum ergo in C major, D739

Tantum ergo in D major, D750

Salve Regina in C major, D811

Deutsche Messe, D872

Psalm 92 D953

Hymne, D964

second version

Helen Donath, Lucia Popp (sopranos), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
 
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Haydn: The Creation
(sung in German)

Lucia Popp, Werner Hollweg, Kurt Moll, Helena Dose & Benjamin Luxon

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati:tiphat:

"The soloists might be 'heavyweight' in more senses than one (some of the recits are 'Old Testament' in their portentousness), but Dorati's joy in Haydn's inventiveness is contagious, and the operatic immediacy secures some minor miracles from the RPO." BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 ****
 
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Someone mention this work yesterday I believe, (sorry forgot the name)
Found this recording in my second hand shop €4.00



Berlioz: Requiem Berloz
Luciano Pavarotti (Artist), Hector Berlioz (Composer), James Levine (Conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
 
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Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22

John Aler (tenor), Mark Kruczek (organ)

Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra, Young Singers of Pennnsylvania, Dennis Keene

For this performance, which was captured live in this recording, the Voices of Ascension were augmented up to a total of 140 of New York's finest professional singers, probably the largest all-professional chorus that has ever sung this work. Another 140 members of The Young Voices of Pennsylvania sang the children's chorus part. There was an orchestra of over 100 players, including a double number of winds and brass, and four pairs of cymbals and military field drums. Tenor John Aler was the vocal soloist, and Mark Kruczek was at the great Aeolian-Skinner organ at St. John the Divine. Berlioz's requirement of a vast performing space was certainly met on this occasion. The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City is the largest Gothic space in the world. It is so vast, in fact, that a fortissimo orchestra or organ chord will reverberate in the cathedral for several seconds, even when the cathedral is packed with thousands and thousands of people, as it was the night of the concert.
 
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
(sung in English)

Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel

"Paul Daniel and Bryn Terfel ensure that this is one of the most dramatic performances of the oratorio on disc. The young conductor, with the advantage of an excellent period instrument orchestra, has looked anew at the score and as a reveals much of the rhythmic and dynamic detail not always present in other performances, at least those available in English. His accomplishment in terms of pacing and balance is also praiseworthy, and he earns further marks for using the trio, quartet and double quartet of soloists Mendelssohn asks for in specific pieces, so as to vary the texture of the music.
Bryn Terfel simply gives the most exciting and vivid account of the prophet's part yet heard. His range, in terms of vocal register and dynamics, is huge; his expression, mighty and immediate, befits a man of Elijah's temperament.
As the score demands, anguish, anger and sympathy are there in full measure, displayed in exceptional definition of words, and when this Elijah calls on the Lord for the saving rain, the Almighty could hardly resist such a commanding utterance. Yet there's always the inwardness part of the role demands. As far as the other soloists are concerned, for the concerted numbers Daniel has chosen voices that nicely match each other in timbre. The chorus is alert and unanimous in both attack and well thought-through phrasing, but its actual sound can be a little soft-centred, partly because allimportant consonants are ignored. The orchestral playing is exemplary." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
 
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Verdi: Requiem

Anja Harteros (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass)

Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim

The Times

13th September 2013

****

"The magnificent full-throated chorus project in a manner liable to rip off the La Scala roof. And the soloists too trail opera glory...Barenboim, meanwhile, does everything to encourage bold attack from players and singers; even his pauses tremble. All told, it's a thrilling account."
 
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Bach; J S:St John Passion, BWV245

Peter Schreier (Tenor), Robert Holl (Bass), Roberta Alexander (Soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (Mezzo-Soprano), Olaf Bär (Baritone), Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Chorus), Marjana Lipovsek (Contralto), Andrea Ihle (Soprano), Egbert Junghanns (Bass), Ekkehard Wagner (Tenor), Andreas Scheibner (Baritone)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Peter Schreier
 
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