Great Choral Works / 30 Cd Set

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Label: SONY CLASSICAL
Catalog: 887654507020
Format: CD

Kammerchor Stuttgart, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Tolzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik, Bruno Weil, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Frieder Bernius, Tangelwood Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Colin Davis, RIAS Kammerchor,

CD 1/2: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della beata vergine (Marienvesper), Kammerchor Stuttgart, Musica Fiata Köln, Frieder Bernius CD 3: Johann Joseph Fux: Kaiserrequiem, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson CD 4: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Dei Filii / Litaniae Lauretanae, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Tafelmusik, Frieder Bernius CD 5/6: George Frideric Handel: Messiah (Messiah) HWV 56, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt CD 7: Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets (Motetten) BWV 225-229, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius CD 8/9: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (h-Moll Messe) BWV 232, Balthasar Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock CD 10/11: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt CD 12/13: Joseph Haydn: The Creation (Die Schöpfung) Hob. XXI:2, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock CD 14: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Große c-Moll Messe) K 427 (K. 417a), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado CD 15: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem K 626, Tölzer Knabenchor, Tafelmusik, Kurt Weil CD 16/17: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis op. 123, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis CD 18: Gioacchino Rossini: Petite messe solennelle, Die Münchener Vokalsolisten, Wolfgang Sawallisch CD 19: Hector Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) op. 5, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa CD 20/21: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elijah op. 70, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Karl-Friedrich Beringer CD 22/23: Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis CD 24: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures (Ein deutsches Requiem) op. 45, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt CD 25: Johannes Brahms: Songs and chants (Lieder und Gesänge) op. 17, 42, 62, 93a, 104, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius CD 26: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem op. 48 / Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, Peter Dijkstra CD 27/28: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Schweizer Kammerchor, WDR Rundfunkchor, Züricher Sängerknaben, Kinderchor Kaltbrunn, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, David Zinman CD 29: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Francis Poulenc: Gloria / Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, English Bach Festival Chorus, Westminster Choir, Camerata Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein CD 30: Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater / Symphony No. 3 / Cantique des degres, RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kristjan Järvi

Limited Edition - 30 CD set of Choral Masterworks!
One of the finest collections of choral music, this 30-CD set from Sony, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, RCA, and Eurodisc runs he gamut of the repertoire. While standards such as Mozart's Requiem and Bach's B Minor Mass are included, the box also covers a fair number of less recognizable works the likes of the Kaiserrequiem by Fux, Part's Stabat Mater, and various choral works by Brahms,Poulenc, and others. Many of these included are among the definitive recordings of the repertoire, and at this price, an absolute steal!

Price: $89.98