In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Music

In Paradisum is reissued by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual classical melodies.

You will find mainly vocal works from Renaissance to twentieth-century, including Sanctus (Palestrina), Paradisum (Fauré), Ave Verum (Mozart), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Miserere (Allegri), Hallelujah (Handel) and many more.

Music which invites the listener to sit back and listen intently, these CDs offer music in varied settings, from intimate to full-scale choir with orchestral accompaniment.

Enjoy the recordings of excellent performances from Stephen Cleobury and the world famous Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Emma Kirkby, Brandenburg Consort, and many more.

Contents:
CD 1
1. GABRIEL FAURÉ In Paradisum (from: Requiem)
Holland Boys Choir / Pieter Jan Leusink
2. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Ave Verum
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
3. CÉSAR FRANCK Panis Angelicus
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
4. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI Stabat Mater dolorosa
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
5. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Laudate Dominum KV 339
Pamela Heuvelmans (soprano), Mannheim Kammerorchester / Nicol Matt
6. ANTON BRUCKNER Locus iste
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
7. FELIX MENDELSSOHN Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (from: Elias)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
8. HANS LEO HASSLER Ave Maris Stella
Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
9. GABRIEL FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge / Christopher Robinson
10. GREGORIO ALLEGRI Miserere
Choir of Clare College Cambridge / Timothy Brown
11. GUSTAV MAHLER Wir geniessen den himmlischen Leben (from: Symphony No.4)
Helen Donath (soprano), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal
12. GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA Sanctus (from: Missa Papae Marcelli)
Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown

CD 2
1. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Requiem aeternam (from: Requiem)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Nicol Matt
2. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Ich habe genug, aria (from: Cantata BWV 82)
Bas Ramselaar (bass), Netherlands Bach Collegium / Pieter Jan Leusink
3. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Et incarnatus est, aria (from: Mass in C minor KV 427)
Valentina Farcas (soprano), Camerata Würzburg / Nicol Matt
4. GIUSEPPE VERDI Agnus Dei (from: Requiem)
Sofia Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Ivan Marinov
5. JOHANNES BRAHMS Ave Maria
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
6. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI Quando corpus morietur (from: Stabat Mater)
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Cambridge Ensemble / Timothy Brown
7. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Lux Aeterna (from: Requiem)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Kammerorchester Pforzheim / Nicol Matt
8. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Hallelujah (from: Messiah)
Holland Boys Choir / Pieter Jan Leusink
9. JOHANNES BRAHMS Sacred Song/Geistliches Lied Op.30
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
10. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (from: Matthäus Passion)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Brandenburg Consort / Stephen Cleobury
11. FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42 Wie der Hirsch schreit
Chamber Choir of Europe, Würrtembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
12. PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Hymn of the Cherubim
Dumka National Choir of Ukraine / Yevhen Savchuk
13. FRANZ SCHUBERT Zum Sanctus (from: Deutsche Messe: Heilig, Heilig, Heilig)
Tölzer Knabenchor / Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden