Second volume in the “Discovering The Classics” series, which was to run for 20 editions.
3CD Set
Released October 1996
Cat No.: RDCD1641-3 (RDC93311-3)
RD Code: CFE-002
Series Code: 520
Compilation by M Moritz - Mastered by P Marchant
(Re Issued as a 2CD series in 2002)
RD Code: CFE-002
Series Code: 520
Compilation by M Moritz - Mastered by P Marchant
(Re Issued as a 2CD series in 2002)
1 Great Music of Inspiration
1
Jesu, Joy Of Man's
Desiring (Bach)
National
Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Charles Gerhardt
2
Ave Maria (Bach, arr. Gounod) Marietta Midgley, Soprano, with the National
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
3
The Lord's My
Shepherd (Trad., arr. Grant) Seaford College Chapel Choir conducted by Philip Hill
4
Air On The G
String (Bach) National Philharmonic
Baroque Ensemble conducted by Charles Gerhardt
5
Sleepers Wake! from
'Cantata No. 140' (Bach) Franz Lehrndorfer at the Tegernsee
St Quirin
Church Organ
6
Panis Angelicus
(Franck) New Symphony Orchestra
of London
conducted by René Leibowitz
7
Hear My Prayer – O
For The Wings Of A Dove (Mendelssohn) Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, directed by Francis Grier
8
Largo from 'Xerxes' (Handel) National Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson
9
Ave Maria (Schubert) Clare Henry,
Mezzo-Soprano, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles
Gerhardt
10
Abide With Me
(Trad., arr. Hill, Bell) Seaford College Chapel Choir directed by Philip Hill
11
Nimrod from
'Enigma Variations' (Elgar) National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
12
How Lovely Are Thy
Dwelling Places from 'A German Requiem' (Brahms) Slovak Philharmonic Choir with the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony
Orchestra (Bratislava) conducted by Alexander Rahbari
13
Miserere Mei, Deus
(Allegri) Winchester Cathedral
Choir conducted by Martin Neary
2 Tranquillity and Reflection
1
Be Still My Soul from
'Finlandia' (Sibelius, arr. McCarthy) John McCarthy Chorus with William Davies, Organ
2
Ave Verum Corpus,
K618 (Mozart) Ambrosian Singers with
the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
3
Chorale From 'St
Matthew Passion' (Bach) Ambrosian Singers with the National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Charles Gerhardt
4
We Sit In Tears from
'St Matthew Passion' (Bach) Hungarian Festival Choir with the Hungarian State Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Géza Oberfrank
5
Praise The Lord from
'Solemn Vespers', K339 (Mozart) Kate Hurney, Soprano, and the Ambrosian Singers with the National
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt
6
Sanctus from
'Requiem', Op. 48 (Fauré) Oxford Camerata and Schola Cantorum of Oxford conducted by Jeremy Summerly
7
Pie Jesu from
'Requiem', Op.48 (Fauré) Lisa Beckley, Soprano, with the Oxford Camerata conducted by
Jeremy Summerly
8
I Waited For The
Lord from 'The Hymn of Praise' (Mendelssohn) Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by Martin Neary
9
Blessed Are They
That Mourn from 'A German Requiem', Op. 45 (Brahms) Miriam Gauci, Soprano, and Eduard Tumagian, Baritone, with the
Slovak Philharmonic Choir and the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Rahbari
10
Cantique De Jean
Racine, Op. 11 (Fauré) Schola Cantorum of Oxford
with the Oxford Camerata conducted by Jeremy Summerly
11
Symphony No. 3, Op.
36 – 2nd Movement (Górecki) Zofia Kilanowicz, Soprano, with the Polish National Radio Symphony
Orchestra (Katowice)
conducted by Antoni Wit
3 Triumph and Majesty
1
Break Forth, O
Beauteous Heavenly Light from 'Christmas Oratorio' (Bach) William Davis, Organ,
with the Westminster
Brass Ensemble
2
Let The Bright
Seraphim from 'Samson' (Handel) Helen Field, Soprano, and John Wallace, Trumpet, with the
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Simon Wright
3
Magnificat from
'Magnificat In D', BWV243 (Bach) Schola Cantorum of Oxford
directed by Jeremy Summerly with the Northern Chamber Orchestra conducted by
Nicholas Ward
4
Gloria In Excelsis
Deo from 'Gloria In D', RV589 (Vivaldi) Christ Church Cathedral Choir and the Hanover Band directed by Stephen
Darlington
5
Laudamus Te from
'Gloria In D', RV589 (Vivaldi) Patrizia Kwella, Soprano, and Elizabeth Priday, Soprano, with the
Christ Church Cathedral Choir and the Hanover Band directed by Stephen
Darlington
6
Trumpet Tune And
Air (Purcell) Bob Farley, Trumpet,
with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley
7
Coronation Anthem from
‘Zadok The Priest’ (Handel, arr. Rogers, Martin) London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by John Alldis
8
Rex Tremendae
Majestatis from 'Requiem In D Minor', K626 (Mozart, arr. Süssmayr) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Zdenék
Košler
9
Gloria from
'Coronation Mass In C', K317 (Mozart) Ambrosian Singers with the National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Charles Gerhardt
10
Toccata In F from
Organ Symphony No. 5 (Widor) Virgil Fox at the Royal Albert Hall Organ
11
A Mighty Fortress
Is Our God from 'Cantata No. 80' (Bach) Hungarian Radio Chorus and the Failoni Chamber Orchestra (Budapest) conducted by
Mátyás Antál
12
Allelujah From
'Exsultate, Jubilate' (Mozart) Kate Hurney, Soprano, with the National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Charles Gerhardt
13
Holy City
(Adams) Jean Allister, Mezzo-Soprano, and the John McCarthy Chorus with
William Davies, Organ
14
Hallelujah Chorus from
'Messiah' (Handel)
London
Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard
15
Carillon De Westminster, Op. 54, No. 6 (Vierne) Andrew Lucas at the St
Paul's Cathedral Organ
16
Jerusalem (Parry, arr. Sargent) Royal Choral Society and
the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss
