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100 Best Choruses | EMI - 100 Best 0828262

100 Best Choruses

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Label: EMI - 100 Best

Cat No: 0828262

Barcode: 5099908282620

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 3rd October 2011

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Contents:
CD 1
1. Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah ed. Basil Lam)
English Chamber Orchestra
2. Gloria in D, RV 589 (ed. Malipiero) - I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus
3. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" Kantate BWV 140 - IV. Zion hört die Wächter singen (Choral) [Sleepers, wake]
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor
4. Come ye sons of art away - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary (1694) Z323 - Come ye sons of art away (ritornello & chorus)
Early Music Consort of London
5. Scène 3 - Choeur final: Hymne à l'amour 'Le dieu de Paphos'
Monteverdi Choir
6. Scène 3 - The Creation: Awake the harp (ed. Nichols Temperley)
CBSO Chorus
7. Scène 3 - The heavens are telling (The Creation: Part 1)
Heather Harper
8. Scène 3 - And then shall your light break forth (from Elijah)
Wilhelm Pitz
9. Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Bassa Selim lebe lange (Chorus of Janissaries)
Josef Krips
10. Scene 2 - No. 8 Coro: Bella vita militar! (Coro)
Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor
11. Act II - O Isis und Osiris (chorus)
Marilyn Richardson
12. Die Zauberflote K620 - Die Strahlen der Sonne verteiben die Nacht (Sarastro)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
13. Intermezzo - Coro: Nettuno s'onori (Coro con soli)
Dunedin Consort
14. Scena Ultima - Coro: Scenda Amor, scenda Idomeneo
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
15. Fidelio - O welche Lust!
Berliner Philharmoniker
16. ACT 2 - Fidelio : Heil sei dem Tag
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
17. ACT 2 - Fidelio : Wer ein holdes Weib errungen
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 2
1. Der Freischütz - Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jägervergnügen? (Huntsmen's Chorus) (Act 3)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2. O süßer Mond (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Mondchor, 3.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
3. Treulich geführt (Lohengrin: Brautchor, 3.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
4. Steuermann, laß die Wacht (Der fliegende Holländer: Matrosenchor, 3.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
5. Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen (Der fliegende Holländer: Spinnerinnen-Chor, 2.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
6. Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle (Tannhäuser: Einzug der Gäste, 2.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
7. Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Tannhäuser: Pilgerchor, 3.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
8. Groß Glück und Heil...Heil dir, Gunther!
Wilfried Vorwold
9. Wach' auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Wach-auf-Chor, 3.Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
10. Ehrt eure deutschen Meister (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Schlußchor, 3. Akt)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
11. Act I - Seht dort den muntern Jäger
Gertrud Vordemfelde
12. Eugene Onegin - Waltz (Act II)
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
13. Prologue - Scene One - Sláva tebyé, tvortsú vsevyshnemu, na zemli! (Pilgrims/People)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
14. Scene Two - Sláva, Sláva, Sláva! (People)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
15. Scene Two - Polonaise... (Orchestra) Váshey strásti ya nye vyéryu, pánye (Marina/Guests)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
16. ACT 2 - Polovtsian Dances
Kiril Dulguerov

CD 3 FRENCH OPERA
GOUNOD
1. Vin ou bière (Faust)
2. Valse: Ainsi que la brise la brise légère (Faust)
3. Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux (Soldiers’ Chorus) (Faust)
4. Sauvée! Christ est ressuscité (Faust)
Marc Barrard (baritone), Chœur de l’Armée Française
Chœur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

5. L’heure s’envoie (Roméo et Juliette)
6. La Farandole joyeuse et folle (Mireille)
7. Ô vous qui du haut des cieux (Mireille)
Chœurs et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

OFFENBACH
8. Drig, drig, drig, Maître Luther (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Kurt Rydl (bass)
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœur de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles / Sylvain Cambreling

BIZET
9. Avec la garde montante (Children’s Chorus) (Carmen)
10. La cloche a sonné...Dans l’air (Cigarette Chorus) (Carmen)
11. Les voici ! Voici la quadrille! (Carmen)
‘La Lauzeta’, Chœur d’enfants de Toulouse, Chœur ‘Les Éléments’
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

12. Sur la grève en feu (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
13. Sois la bienvenue (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
14. Brahma, divin Brahma (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
15. Dès que le soleil (Les Pêcheurs de perles)
Chœur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

MASSENET
16. Romains! Romains! Nous somme tous Romains! (Hérodiade)
Chœur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

ROUSSEL
17. Dans la nuit flamboyante (Padmâvatî)
Orféon Donostiarra
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson

CD 4
1. Scena seconda - Per te d'immenso giubilo
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2. Atto Terzo, Terza Scena - Che interminabile andirivieni! (Coro)
John McCarthy
3. Mose in Egitto - Dal tuo stellato soglio (Act 3)
Elizabeth Shelley
4. Act 2 - Divin profeta, dator di bene (Coro)
Gaetano Scano
5. Act I - Quel jour serein le ciel présage! (Choeurs)
Louis Hendrikx
6. Act I - Près des torrents qui grondent (Choeurs)
Louis Hendrikx
7. Act III - Gloire au povoir suprême! (Choeurs)
Louis Hendrikx
8. Act III - Toi que l'oiseau ne suvrait pas (Choeurs)
Louis Hendrikx
9. Scena prima (1988 Digital Remaster) - A festa! (Coro)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
10. Scena terza - Ad Arturo onore (Coro)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
11. Atto Secondo - Ah, dolor! ah terror ... (Coro)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
12. Scene 3 - Più temuto, più splendido nome
Gianni Lazzari
13. Act I - Scene 1 - Aggiorna appena ... (Coro)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
14. Act I - Scene 3 - Lieta notte, avventurosa (Coro)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
15. Scene 1 - Norma viene (Coro)
Noberto Mola
16. Scene 2 - Non parti? ... Finora è la campo (Coro)
Noberto Mola
17. Scene 3 - Guerra, guerra! La galliche selve (Coro)
Noberto Mola

CD 5: VERDI
1. Vedi le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus) (Il trovatore)
2. Or co’dadi...Squilli, echeggi la tromba guerriera (Il trovatore)
Ferruccio Mazolli (bass)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Thomas Schippers

3. Gli arredi festivi (Nabucco)
4. Va, pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

5. Eviva! beviam! beviam! (Ernani)
6. Un patto! un giuramento!...So ridesti il Leon di Castiglia (Ernani)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong

7. Zitti, zitti (Chorus of Courtiers) (Rigoletto)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Francesco Molinari Pradelli

8. Noi siamo zingarelle (Chorus of Gypsies) (La traviata)
9. Di Madride noi siam mattadori (Chorus of Matadors) (La traviata)
Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano) • Keith Erwen (tenor) • Richard Van Allan (bass)
John Alldis Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchesra / Aldo Ceccato

10. Urli, rapine (Attila)
11. Viva il re delle mille foreste (Attila)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

12. Gerusalem! Gerusalem! (I lombardi alla prima crociata)
13. O Signore, dal tetto natio (Pilgrims’ Chorus) (I lombardi alla prima crociata)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

14. Patria opressa (Chorus of Scottish Refugees) (Macbeth)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Lamberto Gardelli

15. Si celebri alfine tra canti, tra fior (I vespri siciliani)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong

16. Nella guerra è la follia (La forza del destino)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

17. Fuoco di gioia (Fire Chorus) (Otello)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli

18. Spuntato ecco il dì d’esultanza (Don Carlo)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Carlo Maria Giulini

19. Gloria all’Egitto (Triumphal Scene and Grand March) (Aida)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Lamberto Gardelli

CD 6: VERISMO
MASCAGNI
1. Gli aranci olezzano (Cavalleria rusticana)
2. Regina coeli, laetare...Ineggiamo (Easter Hymn) (Cavalleria rusticana)
Montserrat Caballé (soprano) • Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

3. Son lo! Son lo vita! (Hymn to the Sun) (Iris)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini

LEONCAVALLO
4. Din, don, din, don (Pagliacci)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

GIORDANO
5. O pastorelle, addio (Andrea Chénier)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bernard Haitink

BOITO
6. Ave, Signor degli angeli (Mefistofele)
7. Salve, Regina! (Mefistofele)
8. Perché di là (Mefistofele)
9. Juhé! Juhé! Juheisa! Juhé! (Mefistofele)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel

PONCHIELLI
10. Feste e pane! (La Gioconda)
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Milano / Antonino Votto

PUCCINI
11. Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Lamberto Gardelli

12. Gira la cote (Turandot)
13. Perchè tarda la luna?...Là, sui monti dell’est (Turandot)
14. Al tuoi piedi si prostriam (Turandot)
Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg • Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Alain Lombard

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