100 Best Sacred (6 CD box set, FLAC)

Audio CD
Number of Discs: 6 CD box set
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: EMI Classics
Size: 1.93 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

Disc: 1
01. Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7
02. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus: vv. 1-4 & 17-20
03. Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32
04. O nata lux de lumine, motet (hymn) for 5 voices, P. 209
05. Verbum caro factum est, responsory motet for 6 voices
06. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, motet for 19 voices
07. O Magnum Mysterium, motet for 4 voices
08. Ave verum corpus (also anthem: ‘O Lord, God of Israel’), motet for 4 voices (SATB)
09. Tu es Petrus, motet for 7 voices (from Motets Book I)
10. Missa L’Homme armé, for 4 voices: Kyrie
11. Missa Bell’ Amfirit’altera, for 8 voices, H. viii/55: Gloria
12. Mass ‘Euge Bone’ for 6 voices: Credo
13. Missa Paschalis (i), mass for 4 voices: Sanctus
14. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Agnus Dei
15. Absalon, Fili Mi, motet for 4 parts (poss. spurious)
16. Hosanna to the son of David, anthem for 6 voices
17. Spem in Alium (also set as ‘Sing and glorify’), motet for 40 voices, P. 299

Disc: 2
01. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gloria
02. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Laudamu
03. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Magnificat anima mea
04. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born
05. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Bereite dich, Zion
06. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
07. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Cum Sancto Spiritu
08. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Et incarnatus est
09. O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 24), BWV 622 (BC K51)
10. Cantata No. 140, ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,’ BWV 140 (BC A166): Zion hört die Wächter singen
11. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Ebarme dich, mein Gott
12. Cantata No. 147, ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,’ BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man’s desiring)
13. Thou know’st, Lord (2nd setting), anthem for chorus, slidetrumpets & organ, Z. 58c
14. Hear my prayer, O Lord, anthem for chorus, violins & continuo, Z. 15 (unfinished)
15. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): O sacred head, sore wounded
16. Crucifixus a 8 Voix
17. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth
18. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

Disc: 3
01. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Introit. Requiem aeternam
02. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Kyrie
03. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: Lacrimosa dies illa
04. Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
05. Regina coeli, antiphon for soprano, chorus & orchestra, K. 127: Regina coeli
06. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, ‘Great Mass’), K. 427 (K. 417a): Laudamus te
07. Mass No. 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major (‘Coronation’), K. 317: Benedictus
08. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluia
09. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
10. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: With verdure clad
11. Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2: The heavens are telling
12. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor (‘Lord Nelson’), H. 22/11: Kyrie
13. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in D minor (‘Lord Nelson’), H. 22/11: Gloria in excelsis Deo
14. Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major, Op. 86: Kyrie
15. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur (‘Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre’), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4
16. Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major (‘Missa Solemnis’), Op. 123: Gloria

Disc: 4
01. Te Deum, motet for 8 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 146: Prelude
02. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach’s Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
03. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major: Credo – opening
04. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major: Sanctus
05. L’ Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra (‘trilogie sacrée’) H. 130 (Op. 25): The
06. Te Deum, for tenor, 3 choruses, brass bands, organ & orchestra, H. 118 (Op. 22): Tu, Christe, Rex gloriae
07. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu
08. Ubi caritas, motet for chorus, Op. 10/1
09. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11
10. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass
11. Gloria, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 177: Laudamus te
12. Vinea mea electa, motet for chorus (4 motets pour un temps de pénitence), FP 97/2
13. Suite Gothique, for organ, Op. 25: Prière à Notre-Dame
14. O sacrum convivium!, for voices, I/18
15. Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ & chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op. 9 (3 versions): Sanctus
16. Requiem, for orchestra, organ & chorus; for organ & chorus; for small ensemble, organ & chorus, Op. 9 (3 versions): Libera me
17. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: In Paradisum

Disc: 5
01. Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra No.2 in E flat major, Op. 80: Sanctus
02. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: O rest in the Lord
03. Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: And then shall your light break forth
04. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Cujus animam
05. Psalm 23 (‘Gott ist mein Hirt’), for female voices & piano, D. 706 (Op. posth. 132)
06. Deutsche Messe (German Mass), for mixed chorus, wind ensemble & organ, D. 872: Heilig, heilig, heilig
07. Ellens Gesang III (‘Ave Maria’), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
08. Ave verum, motet for chorus, Op. 2/1
09. Nun danket alle Gott, marche triomphale (chorale improvisation) for organ (& brass ad lib), Op. 65/59
10. Ave Maria (II), motet for chorus in F major, WAB 6
11. Evening Hymn for chorus & organ
12. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Recordare
13. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco
14. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Lux aeterna
15. Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45: Wie lieblich
16. Mass for tenor, baritone, bass, chorus & orchestra in A flat major (‘Messa di gloria’): Gloria in excelsis Deo – In terra pax – Lauda
17. I Was Glad (Psalm 122), anthem for chorus & organ (or orchestra)

Disc: 6
01. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Agnus Dei
02. Ave Maria, for chorus a cappella (after Bogoroditse D’vo)
03. Chichester Psalms, for boy soloist, chorus & orchestra: 1. Maestoso ma energico – Allegro molto
04. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Pie Jesu
05. Voca Me
06. Ave Maria
07. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Kyrie
08. Totus Tuus, for chorus, Op. 60
09. Magnificat, for chorus
10. Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37: Ave Maria
11. Song for Athene, for chorus
12. Nunc dimittis for voice, trumpet & strings
13. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Requiem aeternam
14. Agnus Dei, for chorus (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11
15. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Benedictus

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