Sanctus: Sacred Treasures (Nipper Series)

Two CDs filled with sublime music for voices, inspired by worship. Filling the listener’s soul with serenity, contemplation, joy and awe, this collection spans four centuries and reaches to eternity. Among the masterworks are Handel’s Messiah, Tallis’s ‘Spem in alium’, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Allegri’s ‘Miserere’, Pergolesi’s and Vivaldi’s ‘Stabat Mater’ and the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi and Fauré.

Contents:

CD1 78.30

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
1 Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Sanctus (Chorus) 6.02
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks · Eugen Jochum

Gregorio Allegri 1582-1652
2 Miserere a 9 (ed. Hugh Keyte) 13.20
Taverner Choir
Taverner Consort · Andrew Parrott

Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643
3 Selva morale e spiritual, Venetia 1640: Psalmus 111: Beatus vir a 6 8.52
Emma Kirkby, soprano · Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
David Thomas, bass
Taverner Consort · Taverner Players · Andrew Parrott

Thomas Tallis 1505-1585
4 Spem in alium 10.20
Taverner Choir · Andrew Parrott

Johann Sebastian Bach
5 St Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part 2: Erbarme dich mein Gott 6.24
Paul Esswood, countertenor
Concentus Musicus Wien · Nikolaus Harnoncourt

6 Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei 4.50
Helen Watts, contralto
Concentus Musicus Wien · Nikolaus Harnoncourt

George Frideric Handel 1685-1759
7 Messiah, HWV56, Part I: Hallelujah (Chorus) 3.52
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music · Stephen Cleobury

Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Stabat Mater, RV 621
8 IV. Quis est homo 3.22
9 IX. Amen 0.53
Philippe Jaroussky , countertenor & direction
Ensemble Artaserse

Johann Sebastian Bach
10 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage! (Chorus) 7.46
Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent · Philippe Herreweghe

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710-1736
11 Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater dolorosa 4.43
Véronique Gens, soprano
Gérard Lesne, countertenor & direction
Il Seminario Musicale

Johann Sebastian Bach
12 St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: Final Chorus: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine 8.02
Taverner Consort · Taverner Players · Andrew Parrott

CD2 80.20

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Requiem in D minor, K.626 (completed by Duncan Druce)
1 Requiem aeternam 4.01
2 Kyrie eleison 2.13
3 Lacrimosa 3.34
Nancy Argenta, soprano (1)
Schütz Choir & Consort
London Classical Players · Roger Norrington

Franz Schubert 1797-1828
4 Tantum ergo in E-flat major, D.962 3.53
Lucia Popp, soprano · Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano
Peter Schreier, tenor · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, barytone
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks · Wolfgang Sawallisch

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5 Coronation Mass in C, K.317: Credo 6.20
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks · Eugen Jochum

6 Ave verum corpus, K.618 2.36
Schütz Choir & Consort
London Classical Players · Roger Norrington

Franz Schubert
7 Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D.839 (arr. Bickenbach) 4.23
Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano
Graunke Symphony Orchestra · Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

8 Hymnus an den Heiligen Geist (second version), D.964 7.21
Capella Bavariae
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks · Wolfgang Sawallisch

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
9 Missa solemnis in D, Op. 123: Agnus Dei 6.19
Carol Vaness, soprano · Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Hans-Peter Blochwitz, tenor · Hans Tschammer, bass
Tallis Chamber Choir
English Chamber Orchestra · Jeffrey Tate

Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847
10 Psalm 42: I. Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (Chorus) 5.52
London Symphony Chorus
City of London Sinfonia · Richard Hickox

Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
11 Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit 6.23
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Schütz Choir of London
London Classical Players · Sir Roger Norrington

Gioacchino Rossini 1792-1868
12 Stabat Mater: Inflammatus et accensus 4.17
Catherine Malfitano, soprano
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino · Riccardo Muti

Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
13 Te Deum: Te Deum laudamus 6.05
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra · Daniel Barenboim

Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901
Messa da Requiem
14 Dies Irae 2.14
15 Lux Aeterna 6.22
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano (15)
Keith Olsen, tenor (15) · Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass (15)
Orfeon Donostiarra
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse · Michel Plasson

Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924
Requiem, Op.48
16 VI. Libera me 4.37
17 VII. In Paradisum 3.36
Simon Keenlyside, bass-baritone (16)
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Bournemouth Sinfonietta · David Hill