Tears from Heaven

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CD 1
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1Requiem, KV 626: Introitus
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
soprano vocals:
Angela Maria Blasi (soprano)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: I. Introitus: Requiem aeternam (catch-all for unknown editions)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (catch-all for unknown editions)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:05
2Ein deutsches Requiem: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
choir vocals:
Chicago Symphony Chorus (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
solo soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
chorus master:
Margaret Hillis (chorus master) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, United States (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
recording of:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45: V. “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit” (Chor, Sopran) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-06)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Johannes Brahms6:57
3Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Bach Collegium München
conductor:
Enoch zu Guttenberg
recorded at:
Klosterkirche Alpirsbach in Alpirsbach
live recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XXXIX. Aria (Alto) "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" (in 1990-04)
orchestrator:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach6:49
4Mater dolorosaGiovanni Battista Pergolesi4:41
5Miserere mei Deus
assistant engineer:
Mike Cox (engineer)
engineer:
Andrew Hallifax
executive producer:
John Kehoe
producer:
Morten Winding
bass vocals:
James Elias (choir vocalist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
countertenor vocals:
Reiner Schneider-Waterberg
soprano vocals:
Rebecca Daldorph and Louisa Keily (British soprano)
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist) (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
chorus master:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
recording of:
Miserere mei, Deus (from 1993-03-15 until 1993-03-17)
composer:
Gregorio Allegri (composer)
Gregorio Allegri8:20
6Requiem: Pie Jesu
soprano vocals:
Camilla Otaki
orchestra:
London Musici
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48
Gabriel Fauré3:53
7Ave verum corpus
choir vocals:
London Voices
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:15
8Messa da Requiem: Recordare
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIg. Dies irae: Recordare (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi4:05
9Agnus Dei
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Agnus Dei
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud
is based on:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo (for piano, Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:23
10Requiem: Requiem aeternam
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, op. 148: I. Requiem Aeternam
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, op. 148
Robert Schumann3:44
11Stabat Mater
engineer:
Hans Schmid (engineer) (on 1989-04-24)
producer:
Wilhelm Meister (Tonmeister / recording producer) (on 1989-04-24)
alto vocals:
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto and conductor) (on 1989-04-24)
contralto vocals:
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto and conductor)
orchestra:
Moscow Virtuosi (on 1989-04-24)
conductor:
Vladimir Spivakov (Russian violinist/conductor) (on 1989-04-24)
recorded at:
Herkulessaal in München (on 1989-04-24)
recording of:
Stabat Mater, RV 621: I. Largo "Stabat mater dolorosa" (on 1989-04-24)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Stabat Mater, RV 621
Antonio Vivaldi3:10
12Stabat Mater: Inflammatus et accensus
soprano vocals:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra della RCA Italiana (established early 1960s, from the former disbanded RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor)
recording of:
Stabat Mater: VIII. Aria - Inflammatus et accensus (soprano, coro)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (from 1831 until 1841)
part of:
Stabat Mater
Gioachino Rossini5:19
13Selig sind die Toten
choir vocals:
Musica Sacra (New York based choir & orchestra)
conductor:
Richard Westenburg (choral conductor and founder of Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra in New York)
recording of:
Motet "Selig sind die Toten", SWV 391
composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 391)
part of:
Geistliche Chor-Music, Op.11, SWV 369-397
Heinrich Schütz3:42
14Ein deutsches Requiem: Herr, lehre doch michJohannes Brahms9:50
15Alleluia
choir vocals:
Musica Sacra (New York based choir & orchestra)
performer:
Richard Westenburg (choral conductor and founder of Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra in New York)
recording of:
Alleluia (Well-known Thompson Alleluia; premiered at Tanglewood)
composer:
Randall Thompson (composer) (in 1940-07)
Randall Thompson5:19
CD 2
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1Laudate Dominum
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (from 1986-11-18 until 1986-11-21)
soprano vocals:
Lucia Popp (soprano) (from 1986-11-18 until 1986-11-21)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (from 1986-11-18 until 1986-11-21)
conductor:
Kurt Eichhorn (conductor) (from 1986-11-18 until 1986-11-21)
recording of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate dominum (from 1986-11-18 until 1986-11-21)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1780)
part of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:12
2Panis Angelicus
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck4:52
3Die Schöpfung: Stimmt an die SaitenJoseph Haydn2:00
4Messiah: Comfort Ye and Ev’ry Valley
tenor vocals:
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
orchestra:
London Musici
conductor:
Mark Stephenson (conductor/producer)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Friedrich Händel6:22
5Kantate 202: Und dieses ist das Glücke - Sich üben im Lieben
soprano vocals:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten": VI. Recitativo "Und dieses ist das Glücke"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1718 until 1723)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten"
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten": VII. Aria "Sich üben im Lieben"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1718 until 1723)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten"
Johann Sebastian Bach5:44
6O virgo virginum
choir vocals:
The King’s Singers
recording of:
O virgo virginum
composer:
Josquin des Prez (Franco-Flemish renaissance composer)
Josquin Desprez5:59
7Ave Maria
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Bach / Gounod2:25
8Ruf zur Maria
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
recording of:
Marienlieder, op. 22: Nr. 5. Ruf zur Maria
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
Marienlieder, op. 22
Johannes Brahms2:23
9Krönungsmesse: Agnus Dei, Dona Nobis Pacem
choir vocals:
London Voices
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
recording of:
Missa in C, K. 317 “Krönungs-Messe”: VI. Agnus Dei
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1779)
part of:
Missa in C, K. 317 “Krönungs-Messe”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:09
10Ave Maria
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert3:54
11Petite messe solennelle: Agnus Dei
choir vocals:
Münchner Vokalisten (noted for recoridng Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
recording of:
Petite Messe solennelle: VII. Agnus Dei (A SATB)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1863)
part of:
Petite Messe solennelle
Gioachino Rossini8:53
12Messe solennelle de Ste Cécile: Gloria
choir vocals:
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern
soprano vocals:
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano)
orchestra:
Bamberger Symphoniker
conductor:
Enoch zu Guttenberg
recording of:
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile : II. Gloria
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile (en sol majeur pour solistes, chœur, orchestre et orgue)
Charles‐François Gounod3:56
13Exsultate, Jubilate
soprano vocals:
Lucia Popp (soprano)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
conductor:
Kurt Eichhorn (conductor)
partial recording of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1773)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (original numbering) (number: 165) and Köchelverzeichnis (sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 158a)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:50
14Jerusalem
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
David Parry2:57
15The Lord’s Prayer
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
Albert Hay Malotte3:20