Grosse Chorwerke = Large choral works
Title:
Grosse Chorwerke = Large choral works
Uniform Title:
Choral music. Selections
Publication Information:
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p1997.
Physical Description:
5 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:
General Note:
The 3rd and 6th works are secular cantatas, the 8th, an oratorio.
Title from container.
The 4th-8th works previously released (p1970, p1992).
Compact discs.
Program notes by various authors, in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, and texts with translations ([143] p., [27] p. : ill.) included.
Contents:
Trauerkantate auf den Tod Kaiser Josephs II. (Charlotte Margiono, soprano ; William Shimell, bass ; supporting soloists ; Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Christian Thielemann, conductor) (43:56) -- Kantate auf die Erhebung Leopolds II. zur Kaiserwürde (Christine Schäfer, soprano ; Clemens Bieber, tenor ; Victor von Halem, bass ; Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Thielemann) (27:42) -- Der glorreiche Augenblick (Luba Orgonasova, soprano ; Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano ; Timothy Robinson, tenor ; Franz Hawlata, bass ; Coro di voci bianche dell'Arcum ; Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Myung-Whun Chung, conductor) (33:52) -- Fantasie für Klavier, Chor und Orchester (Yevgeny Kissin, piano ; vocal soloists ; RIAS Kammerchor ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor) (18:44) -- Messe in C (Margiono ; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano ; William Kendall, tenor ; Alastair Miles, bass ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor) (42:01) -- Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique ; Gardiner) (7:16) -- Missa solemnis (Cheryl Studer, Jessye Norman, sopranos ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Kurt Moll, bass ; Leipziger Rundfunkchor ; Swedish Radio Chorus ; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; James Levine, conductor) (82:30) -- Christus am Ölberge (Elizabeth Harwood, soprano ; James King, tenor ; Franz Crass, bass ; Wiener Singverein ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Bernhard Klee, conductor) (56:12).
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Language Note:
SUNG IN GERMAN AND LATIN.
