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Your Favorite Te Deums

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#1 ·
Here is a list of possible choices. I took it from Wikipedia, I noticed that Haydn has two and only one is listed, so may be the same with other composers.

Te Deum by Hector Berlioz
Te Deum Laudamus, the second part of Symphony No. 1 in D minor ("Gothic") (1919-1927) by Havergal Brian
Two settings by Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C (1934) and Festival Te Deum (1944)
Te Deum by Anton Bruckner
Short Festival Te Deum by Gustav Holst
Te Deum by Andrew Carter
Te Deum by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1688-1698)
Te Deum by Antonín Dvorák
Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate (1713), Dettingen Te Deum (1743) by George Frideric Handel
Te Deum by Joseph Haydn
Te Deum by Herbert Howells
Te Deum by Zoltán Kodály
Te Deum by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1677)
Te Deum by James MacMillan
Te Deum by Piers Maxim
Te Deum by Felix Mendelssohn
Te Deum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Te Deum by Arvo Pärt
Te Deum by Krzysztof Penderecki
Te Deum by Ilia II of Georgia
Festival Te Deum and Te Deum Laudamus by Arthur Sullivan
Te Deum, the final part of Quattro pezzi sacri by Giuseppe Verdi
Te Deum in Giacomo Puccini's Opera Tosca
Te Deum by Karl Jenkins
Te Deum Laudamus by Manuel Arenzana
 
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#4 ·
Bruckner, Berlioz and Dvorak. I like them all so much that I find it hard to establish any order of preference. Bruckner is the most unearthly, spiritual, transcendent; Berlioz is the most monumental, stunning, domineering; Dvorak is the most earthly, honest, energetic, almost... lusty, as in sublimating-primal-animal-impulses-to-higher-ones-while-not-neglecting-or-suffocating-them!

One is like the Sun, the other like a grand Cathedral, the third like an Eucharist in an ancient rural chapel.
 
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#12 ·
I like the Charpentier and Pärt ones (and some others in between, but I don't know most of the OP's list well ).

Michel Delalande's Baroque Te Deum was recorded by Les Arts Florissants and is quite good, similar to Charpentier and Lully.

Going back further, Jacobus Vaet wrote a lovely Renaissance Te Deum.
 
#18 ·
Another reason: they are some of the most brisky and energizing sacred music you can find. There's often a military march-like, patriotic atmosphere as a side effect.
 
#30 ·
Have to advertise a bit here. The Te Deum by Walter Braunfels is something you guys really should hear. He makes it longer and journey-like, from darkness to light, so not just exaltation. Almost like there's some Mahlerian psycho-drama included. Expect parts with heavenly radiance and hellish despair.
 
#35 ·
Berlioz, Bruckner and Dvorak - in that order.

The list at the start of the thread could potentially be a lot longer. The Te Deum (usually accompanied by the Jubilate) is (was?) part of the Morning Service in the Anglican Church. Although retaining its Latin title it is sung in English. Purcell set it as part of his Service in B-flat major and I am sure there are plenty of other settings. There is an excellent recording of the Purcell from Simon Preston and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Much as I love the Purcell it doesn't disturb my choices above.
 
#40 ·
Favourite Te Deum compositions by order of preference:

1) Marc Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704). Te Deum (H. 146).
2) Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). Te Deum (LWV 55).
3) Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726). Te Deum (S.32).
4) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). The Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283). Borrowed from Urio.
5) Franscesco Antonio Urio (ca.1631-ca.1719). Te Deum.
6) André Campra (1660-1744). Te Deum.
7) Henry Madin (1698-1748). Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV.
8) Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702-1755). Te Deum (c.1750).
9) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Te Deum in D Major 'Queen Caroline', HWV 280.
10) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278).
11) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Te Deum in C major, K.141/66b.
12) Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707). Te Deum Laudamus BuxVW 218.
13) Esprit Antoine Blanchard (1696-1770). Te Deum "de Fontenoy".
14) Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749). Te Deum (c.1720).
15) Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1754). Te Deum.
16) Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783). Te Deum laudamus.
17) Carl Heinrich Graun (1703-1759). Te Deum.
18) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Te Deum C-majorHob. XXIIIc:2.
19) Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, for soloists, chorus & instruments in D major, Z. 232 (1694).
20) Antonio Teixeira (1707-1759). Te Deum.
21) Jean Guyot (1520-1588). Te Deum laudamus.
22) Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611). Te Deum.
23) William Croft (1678-1727). Te Deum in D.
24) John Taverner (c1490-1545). Te Deum.
25) Jean Gilles (1668-1075). Te Deum (1697).
26) François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829). Te Deum а Grand Orchestre (1779).
27) Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774). Te Deum in Re Maggiore composed for Karl Eugen of Württemberg's 35th Birthday (1763).
28) Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789). Kemptener Te Deum in D-major (1742).
 
#41 ·
After a long time studying my Master's Degree, I finally give my thesis dissertation and I am about to receive the pass. To celebrate such event, I am thinking about listening to one of my favourite Te Deum that I own in CD recording:

- Jean Baptiste Lully. Te Deum (LWV 55). 1. Dumestre / 2. Niquet
- Michel Richard Delalande. Te Deum (S.32). 1. William Christie
- Marc Antoine Charpentier. Te Deum (H. 146). 1. William Christie / 2. Niquet / 3. Minkowski / 4. Dumestre / 5. Gester / 6. Tubery / 7. Devos
- Henry Madin. Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV. 1. Cuiller
- George Frideric Handel. The Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283). 1. Layton / 2. Preston / 3. Fasolis
- George Frideric Handel. Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278). 1. Veldhoven / 2. Hogwood

Which one would you prefer?
 
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