100 BEST SACRED [6 CD] (2009)

CD 1 - 500 YEARS OF SACRED MUSIC 79.44

GREGORIAN CHANT

1. Sub tuum praesidium
   Monks & Choir of Downside Abbey
   David Lawson & Dom Dunstan O’Keeffe
   P 1996 Virgin Records Ltd. (1.02)

ALLEGRI

2. Miserere mei, Deus (vv.1–4 & 17–20)
   Timothy Beasley-Murray treble · Gerald Finley cantor
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1984 (5.44)

DUNSTABLE

3. Veni Sancte Spiritus
   Hilliard Ensemble directed by Paul Hillier
   P 1984/1987* EMI Electrola GmbH (6.24)

TALLIS

4. O nata lux
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir Philip Ledger
   P 1982/1994* DDD (1.53)

SHEPPARD

5. Verbum caro factum est
   Clerkes of Oxenford / David Wulstan
   P 1978/1993* (6.41)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI

6. Buccinate in neomenia tuba
   Ambrosian Singers · Barry Rose organ
   String & Brass Ensemble / Denis Stevens
   P 1970/2007* (4.17)

LUIS DE VICTORIA

7. O magnum mysterium
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks
   P 1965/2007* (4.08)

BYRD

8. Ave verum corpus
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks
   P 1965/2007* (4.38)

PALESTRINA

9. Tu es Petrus
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks
   P 1965/2004* (3.57)

DUFAY

10. Missa ‘L’Homme armé’ – Kyrie
    Hilliard Ensemble directed by Paul Hillier
    P 1987 (4.07)

LASSUS

11. Missa super ‘Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera’ – Gloria
    Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge / George Guest
    P 1991 (4.16)

TYE

12. Missa ‘Euge bone’ – Credo
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir Philip Ledger
    P 1982/1995* (5.29)

ISAAC

13. Missa Paschale – Sanctus
    Hilliard Ensemble directed by Paul Hillier
    P 1983 EMI Electrola GmbH
    Recorded in co-production with WDR (4.25)

BYRD

14. Mass a 4 – Agnus Dei
    Hilliard Ensemble directed by Paul Hillier
    P 1984 (3.51)

JOSQUIN

15. Absalon, fili mi
    Hilliard Ensemble directed by Paul Hillier
    P 1984 (4.26)

GIBBONS

16. Hosanna to the son of David
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks
    P 1965/2004* (3.11)

TALLIS

17. Spem in alium
    Taverner Choir · Wim Becu bass sackbut
    Paul Nicholson & Alan Wilson organs / Andrew Parrott
    P 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (10.24)

CD 2 - SACRED GLORIES OF THE BAROQUE 74.09

VIVALDI
Gloria RV589

1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (2.25)
2. Laudamus te
   Sarah Fox & Deborah Norman sopranos
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Cleobury
   P 2000 (2.27)

J.S. BACH

3. Magnificat in D BWV243 – Magnificat anima mea
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Cleobury
   P 2000 (2.59)

HANDEL ed. Lam

4. Messiah – For unto us a child is born
   Ambrosian Singers · English Chamber Orchestra
   Sir Charles Mackerras
   P 1967/1989* (4.17)

J.S. BACH

5. Christmas Oratorio – Bereite dich, Zion
   Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Philip Ledger
   P 1977/1996 (5.31)

HANDEL

6. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem)
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Cleobury
   P 2000 (5.18)

J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor

7. Cum Sancto Spiritu (4.21)
8. Et incarnatus est
   Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen
   Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum
   P 1982 (4.27)
9. O Mensch, bewein dein’ Sünde groß –
   Chorale prelude BWV622
   Peter Hurford at the organ of the Martinikerk,
   Groningen, Holland
   P 1993 (5.23)
10. ‘Wachet auf, uns ruft die Stimme’
    BWV140 – Zion hört die Wächter singen
    South German Madrigal Choir
    Consortium Musicum / Wolfgang Gönnenwein
    P 1967/1995* EMI Electrola GmbH (4.44)
11. St Matthew Passion – Erbarme dich, mein Gott
    Stephanie Blythe contralto
    Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson
    P 2001 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (6.22)
12. ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’
    BWV147 – Jesus bleibet meine Freude
    (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring)
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields
    Sir David Willcocks
    P 1972/1989* (3.29)

PURCELL

13. Thou knowest, Lord
    (Funeral Music for Queen Mary) Z58c
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Sir Philip Ledger
    P 1977/1989* (2.19)
14. Hear my prayer, O Lord Z15
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Sir Philip Ledger
    P 1977/1991* (2.10)
15. HASSLER harm. J.S. BACH
    15 St Matthew Passion – O sacred head, sore
    wounded (Passion Chorale)
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Sir David Willcocks
    P 1973/1994* (2.42)

LOTTI

16. Crucifixus a 8
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Sir Philip Ledger
    P 1978/1994* (3.41)

HANDEL ed. Lam
Messiah

17. I know that my redeemer liveth 6.38
18. Hallelujah Chorus
    Elizabeth Harwood soprano · Ambrosian Singers
    English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
    P 1967/1987* (4.01)

CD 3 - MOZART, HAYDN & BEETHOVEN 75.55

MOZART ed. Beyer
Requiem in D minor K626

1. Introit: Requiem aeternam (4.27)
2. Kyrie (2.33)
3. Lacrimosa dies illa 2.56
   Felicity Lott soprano
   London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
   Franz Welser-Möst
   P 1990 (2.56)
4. Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 –
   Laudate Dominum
   Barbara Hendricks soprano · Academy Chorus
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields
   Sir Neville Marriner
   P 1987 EMI Music France (5.26)
5. Regina coeli K127 – Regina coeli
   Kölner Kammerchor · Collegium Cartusianum
   Peter Neumann
   P 1989 EMI Electrola GmbH (4.02)
6. Mass in C minor K427 – Laudamus te
   Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
   New Philharmonia Orchestra / Raymond Leppard
   P 1974/1986* (4.53)
7. Mass in C ‘Coronation’ K317 – Benedictus
   Edda Moser soprano · Julia Hamari mezzo-soprano
   Nicolai Gedda tenor
   Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
   Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
   Eugen Jochum
   P 1977/1986* (3.13)
8. Exsultate, jubilate K165 – Alleluia
   Lucia Popp soprano
   English Chamber Orchestra / Georg Fischer
   P 1967/1988* (2.53)
9. Ave verum corpus K618
   Swedish Radio Chorus · Stockholm Chamber Choir
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti
   P 1990 (3.23)

HAYDN ed. Temperley
The Creation

10. With verdure clad (4.51)
11. The heavens are telling
    Arleen Augér soprano · Philip Langridge tenor
    David Thomas bass
    CBSO Chorus · City of Birmingham Symphony
    Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
    P 1991 (3.34)

Mass No.11 in D minor ‘Nelson’

12. Kyrie (4.25)
13. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Margaret Marshall & Christine Schönknecht sopranos
    Carolyn Watkinson contralto · Keith Lewis tenor
    Robert Holl bass
    Leipzig Radio Chorus
    Dresden Staatskapelle / Sir Neville Marriner
    P 1987 (3.23)

BEETHOVEN

14. Mass in C Op.86 – Kyrie
    Elly Ameling soprano · Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
    Theo Altmeyer tenor · Marius Rintzler bass
    New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
    Carlo Maria Giulini
    P 1971/1990* (5.31)
15. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
    (Die Himmel rühmen)
    Op.48 No.4 orch. Mottl
    New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Wilhelm Pitz
    P 1967/1994* (2.28)
16. Missa solemnis Op.123 – Gloria
    Carol Vaness soprano · Waltraud Meier contralto
    Hans Peter Blochwitz tenor · Hans Tschammer bass
    Tallis Chamber Choir · English Chamber Orchestra
    Jeffrey Tate
    P 1990 (17.12)

CD 4 - FRENCH SACRED CLASSICS 70.20

MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER

1. Te Deum in D – Prelude
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields
   Sir Philip Ledger
   P 1978/1992* (1.46)

BACH-GOUNOD

2. Ave Maria
   Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
   Sir Philip Ledger at the organ of
   King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
   P 1981/1988* (3.11)

GOUNOD
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile

3. Credo – opening (3.47)
4. Sanctus
   Laurence Dale tenor · Chœurs de Radio France
   Nouvelle Orchestre Philharmonique / Georges Prêtre
   P 1984 EMI Music France (5.30)

BERLIOZ

5. L’Enfance du Christ – The Shepherds’ Farewell
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1990 (4.11)
6. Te Deum – Tu, Christe, Rex gloriae
   Marie-Claire Alain at the Cavaillé-Coll organ
   of La Madeleine, Paris
   Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris
   Chœur d’enfants de l’Union Européenne &
   Maîtrise d’Antony
   Orchestre de Paris / John Nelson
   P 2001 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (5.36)

FAURÉ ed. Rutter

7. Requiem Op.48 – Pie Jesu
   Nancy Argenta soprano · Stephen Farr organ
   Bournemouth Sinfonietta / David Hill
   P 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (3.27)

DURUFLÉ

8. Ubi caritas Op.10 No.1
   Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
   P 1998 Floating Earth under exclusive licence to
   EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (2.37)

FAURÉ

9. Cantique de Jean Racine Op.11
   Winchester Cathedral Choir –
   Stephen Farr organ / David Hill
   P 1998 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (5.48)

Franck Arr. Sandré

10. Panis angelicus
    Hallé Choir & Orchestra / Maurice Handford
    P 1981/1988* (4.53)

POULENC

11. Gloria – Laudamus te
    Chœurs de Radio France · Orchestre National
    de France / Georges Prêtre
    P 1989 (2.57)
12. Vinea mea electa
    (Four Motets for a Time of Penitence)
    The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
    P 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (3.45)

BOËLLMANN

13. Prière à Notre-Dame (Suite gothique Op.25) 4.06
    Fredric Bayco at the organ of Holy Trinity Church,
    Paddington, London
    P 1965/1988* (4.06)

MESSIAEN

14. O sacrum convivium 5.10
    London Voices / Terry Edwards
    P 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

DURUFLÉ
Requiem (reduced orchestration version)

15. Sanctus (3.24)
16. Libera me
    Olaf Bär baritone · Choir of King’s College,
    Cambridge
    Peter Barley organ
    English Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Cleobury
    P 1989 (5.43)

FAURÉ

17. Requiem Op.48 – In Paradisum
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks
    P 1968/1997* (3.43)

CD 5 - ROMANTIC SACRED MASTERPIECES 75.40

HUMMEL

1. Mass in E flat Op.80 – Sanctus
   Stuttgart Hymnus Boys’ Choir
   Werner Keltsch Instrumental Ensemble
   Gerhard Wilhelm
   P 1971/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (1.30)

MENDELSSOHN
Elijah

2. O rest in the Lord (3.42)
3. And then shall your light break forth
   Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
   New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
   Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
   P 1968/1988* (3.16)

ROSSINI

4. Stabat mater – Cujus animam 6.57
   Robert Gambill tenor
   Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
   Riccardo Muti
   P 1982 (6.57)

SCHUBERT

5. Gott ist mein Hirt (Psalm 23) D706
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Sir Philip Ledger piano
   P 1975/2004* (4.55)
6. Deutsche Messe D872 – Heilig, heilig, heilig
   Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
   Wolfgang Sawallisch
   P 1982 (2.27)
7. Ave Maria arr. Bickenbach
   Anneliese Rothenberger soprano
   Graunke Symphony Orchestra
   Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
   P 1967/1988* EMI Electrola GmbH (4.23)

ELGAR

8. Ave verum corpus
   Choir of Worcester Cathedral · Harry Bramma organ
   Christopher Robinson
   P 1969/1996* (2.32)

KARG-ELERT

9. Nun danket alle Gott: Choral-Improvisation Op.65
   Sir Philip Ledger at the organ of King’s College
   Chapel, Cambridge
   P 1982 (3.33)

BRUCKNER

10. Ave Maria
    New Philharmonia Chorus / Wilhelm Pitz
    P 1967/2003* (3.07)

BALFOUR GARDINER

11. Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum)
    Thomas Trotter organ
    City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Simon Halsey
    P 2006 (6.04)

VERDI
Messa da Requiem

12. Recordare (4.20)
13. Ingemisco (3.46)
14. Lux aeterna
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
    Christa Ludwig mezzo-soprano
    Nicolai Gedda tenor · Nicolai Ghiaurov bass
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
    P 1964/1997* (6.50)

BRAHMS

15. Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 – Wie lieblich
    sind deine Wohnungen
    BBC Symphony Chorus
    London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
    Klaus Tennstedt
    P 1985 (6.08)

PUCCINI
Messa di Gloria

16. Gloria in excelsis Deo – In terra pax –
    Laudamus te
    London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
    Antonio Pappano
    P 2001 (4.34)

PARRY

17. I was glad
    Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    Band of the Royal Military School of Music,
    Kneller Hall
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Philip Ledger
    P 1977/1988* (6.47)

CD 6 - MODERN SACRED FAVOURITES 73.41

JENKINS

1. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Agnus Dei 3.37
   National Youth Choir of Great Britain
   Musical director: Mike Brewer
   Paul Beniston principal trumpet
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
   P 2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive
   licence to Virgin Records Ltd
   From the album ‘The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)’ (3.37)

STRAVINSKY

2. Ave Maria
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1997 (1.54)

BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms (reduced scoring with organ,
harp and percussion)

3. I. Maestoso ma energico – Allegro molto 3.49
   Michael Pearce treble · Peter Winn alto
   John Bowley tenor · Daniel Sladden bass
   Peter Barley organ · Rachel Masters harp
   David Corkhill percussion
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1991 (3.49)

LLOYD WEBBER

4. Pie Jesu (Requiem) 2.48
   Jane Gilchrist soprano · Fergus Thirlwell treble
   Simon Gibson organ
   Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor
   P 2004 (2.48)

PRIZEMAN

5. Voca Me
   Libera
   Joseph Platt, Christopher Robson
   & Anthony Chadney soloists
   Arranged and directed by Robert Prizeman
   P 2004 Robert Prizeman under exclusive licence
   to EMI Records Ltd (4.47)

KASHIF arr. Kashif & Kershaw

6. Ave Maria
   (Additional programming by Steven Price)
   Lesley Garrett soprano · Julian Leang treble
   Clare Singers · Orchestra conducted by Philip Ellis
   P 2001
   Julian Leang appears by kind permission of the
   Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral (4.46)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

7. Mass in G minor – Kyrie
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   Sir David Willcocks
   P 1969/1989* (3.54)

GÓRECKI

8. Totus tuus Op.60
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1994 (8.53)

PÄRT

9. Magnificat (1989)
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
   P 1994 (6.19)

RACHMANINOV

10. Ave Maria (Vespers Op.37) 2.56
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
    P 1999 (2.56)

TAVENER

11. Song for Athene
    Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
    P 1998 Floating Earth Ltd under exclusive
    licence to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (6.10)

BURGON

12. Nunc Dimittis
    Paul Miles-Kingston treble
    Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet · Martin Neary organ
    P 1985 (2.42)

RUTTER

13. Requiem – Requiem aeternam
    Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
    City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury
    P 1998 (5.34)

BARBER

14. Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings)
    Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
    P 1998 Floating Earth under exclusive licence
    to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics (7.41)

JENKINS

15. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Benedictus
    National Youth Choir of Great Britain
    Musical director: Mike Brewer
    Guy Johnston cello
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
    P 2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive
    licence to Virgin Records Ltd
    From the album ‘The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)’ (7.37)