The Time-Life Library of Classical Favorites: Choral Classics

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Disc A
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1II trovatore "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie"
Giuseppe Verdi2:51
2Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances (excerpt)
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин5:42
3Lohengrin - "Treulich geführt" (Bridal Chorus)
Richard Wagner4:47
4Cantata No.147 ("Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"): "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:32
5Carmen: "Les voici"
Georges Bizet4:09
6Requiem, K.626: Lacrimosa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:27
7Requiem, Op.5: Rex tremendae
Hector Berlioz5:48
8Heavenly Father (Ave Maria)
Franz Schubert4:48
9The Creation: "Awake the harp"
Joseph Haydn2:13
10Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
George Frideric Handel3:44
11Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Et resurrexit
recording of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum: VI. Et resurrexit
composed in:
Leipzig (from 1747 until 1749)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232 (Mass in B minor)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:25
12Carmina burana: Fortune, Empress of the World
Carl Orff5:18
13Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
Giacomo Puccini3:00
14Requiem: Dies irae
Giuseppe Verdi2:28
15Faust: Soldiers' Chorus
Charles‐François Gounod3:22
16Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125("Choral"): Fourth Movement (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven14:50
▼ CD 2: Disc B
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Mighty Fortress is our God
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott": VIII. Choral "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn" (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott": VIII. Choral "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn"
Johann Sebastian Bach2:12
2Elijah: "Behold, God the Lord passed by!"
Felix Mendelssohn4:19
3Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (excerpt)
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин2:21
4Tannhaüsser: "Beglückt' darf nun dich" (Pilgrims' Chorus)
Richard Wagner4:58
5Zadok the Priest
George Frideric Handel5:33
6Pavane pour orchestre avec choeur, Op.50
Gabriel Fauré6:38
7Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:36
8Aida: "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)
Giuseppe Verdi9:37
9Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg2:43
10Cantata No.140 ("Sleepers, Awake!"): "Zion hears the watchmen singing"
recording of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Choral “Zion hört die Wächter singen” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:49
11Ave verum corpus, K.618
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:54
12Judas Maccabaeus: "See, the conqu'ring hero comes!"/March
George Frideric Handel3:43
13Lakmé: "Viens, Mallika... Dôme épais le jasmin"
Léo Delibes6:03
14Nabucco: "Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Giuseppe Verdi5:12
15Turandot: "Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!" (Finale)
Giacomo Puccini3:24
16La Marseillaise
Hector Berlioz9:07