Passage to Paradise: 33 Highlights from Great Sacred Music

1. Prélude pour le Te Deum à 8, for strings, H. 145a Prelude
Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Stephen [bass] Roberts
Conducted by Philip Ledger

2. Te Deum, motet for 5 vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 146 Te Deum laudamus
Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Stephen [bass] Roberts
Conducted by Philip Ledger

3. Magnificat à 8 voix, motet for 4 vocal soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 74 Gloria
Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with Kurt Moll
Conducted by Neville Marriner

4. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589 Domine Deus Agnus Dei
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
with Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields , Ann Murray
Conducted by Neville Marriner

5. Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor (Venice Version), RV 611 Et misericordia
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti

6. Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 O quam tristis
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
with Milan Symphony Orchestra , Aafje Henis
Conducted by Angelo Ephrikian

7. Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 Sinfonia "Al San Sepolcro"
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
with Milan Symphony Orchestra , Aafje Henis
Conducted by Angelo Ephrikian

8. Te Deum (Dettingen) for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major, HWV 283 Nimm uns auf in deiner Heil'gen Zahl
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim) Conducted by Wolfgang Gonnenwein

9. Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244 Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
with South German Madrigalchor & Consortium
Conducted by Wolfgang Gonnenwein

10. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 Hallelujah
Composed by George Frideric Handel
with Ambrosian Singers , English Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

11. Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13 Agnus Dei
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
with Hans Peter Blochwitz , Dresden Staatskapelle , Barbara Hendricks , Matthias Holle , Ann Murray
Conducted by Neville Marriner

12. Mass No. 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317 Benedictus
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Nicolai Gedda , Julia Hamari , Edda Moser
Conducted by Eugen Jochum

13. Mass No. 14 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in B flat major (missa brevis), K. 275 (K. 272b) Kyrie
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Kriel Chamber Orchestra with Hans Franzen , Carole Malone , Barbara Scherler , Hubert Mohler
Conducted by Hans-Gunther Marner

14. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, "Great Mass"), K. 427 (K. 417a) Et incarnatus est
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim) with Theo Altmeyer , Franz Crass , Helen Donath , Edith Mathis
Conducted by Wolfgang Gonnenwein

15. Work(s) O salutaria Hostia
Composed by Luigi Cherubini
Performed by Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti

16. Mass for soloists, chorus, & orchestra in D major ("Missa Solemnis"), Op. 123 Kyrie
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra with Dame Janet Baker , Heather Harper , Hans Sotin , Robert Tear
Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

17. Work(s) Marche religieuse
Composed by Luigi Cherubini
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti

18. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 Confutatis maledictis
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

19. Mass No.9 ("For the Coronation of Louis XVIII"), for chorus & orchestra in G major Agnus Dei
Composed by Luigi Cherubini
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti

20. Missa Sancta No.1 in E-flat major, J224 "Freischützmesse" Credo
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
with Krisztina Laki , Josef Protschka , Jan-Hendrik Rootering , Marga Schiml , Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Horst Stein

21. Requiem No.2, for men's chorus & orchestra in D minor Graduale
Composed by Luigi Cherubini
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Ambrosian Singers
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

22. Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, D. 452 (Op. 48) Benedictus I
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus with Lucia Popp
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

23. Deutsche Messe (German Mass), for mixed chorus, wind ensemble & organ, D. 872 Das Gebet des Herrn
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Berlin Symphony Orchestra , Wolfgang Meyer
Conducted by Karl Forster

24. Requiem, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 148 Sanctus
Composed by Robert Schumann
with Dusseldorf Symphony
Conducted by Bernhard Klee

25. Stabat Mater for chorus, orchestra & organ in G minor, D. 175
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

26. Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus, & orchestra Quando corpus morietur
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Agnes Baltsa , Robert Gambill , Gwynne Howell , Catherine Malfitano
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

27. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir Sanctus
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Brigitte Fassbaender , Nicolai Gedda , Dimitri Kavrakos , Lucia Popp
Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

28. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major Benedictus
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra with Pilar Lorengar
Conducted by Jean-Claude Hartemann

29. Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45 Selig sind die da Leid tragen
Composed by Johannes Brahms
with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , Vienna Singverein
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

30. Mass No. 3, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in F Minor (Great), WAB 28 Sanctus
Composed by Anton Bruckner
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra with Heather Harper , Anna Reynolds , Robert Tear
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

31. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) Lux aeterna
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Agnes Baltsa , Veriano Luchetti , Evgeny Nesterenko , Renata Scotto
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

32. Requiem, for 2 solo voices chorus, organ, & orchestra, Op. 48 In Paradisum
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Paris Orchestra Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

33. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major Offertorium
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra Conducted by Jean-Claude Hartemann