Cantiones Requiem

Track Listings

1. Notturno A

2. Notturno B

3. Notturno C

4. Notturno D

5. Notturno E

6. Notturno F

7. Notturno G

8. Notturno H

9. Notturno I

10. Notturno L

11. Notturno M

12. Notturno N

13. Notturno O

Tracks:

Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Luciano Pavarotti/London Voices
Silent Night (Stille Nacht) - The Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks
Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
Once In Royal David's City - Robin Barter/David Briggs/The Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
Ding Dong! Merrily On High - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland
Good King Wenceslas - Simon Keenlyside/Richard Suart/Stephen Cleobury/The Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge...
Wiegenlied (Brahms' Lullaby) - Renata Tebaldi
In Dulce Jubilo - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
Christmas Oratorio: Pastoral Sinfonia - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Karl Munchinger
Messiah: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Chicago Symphony Chorus And Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa
L'Enfance Du Christ: Shepherds' Farewell - St Anthony Singers
Mille Cherubini In Coro - Luciano Pavarotti
See Amid The Winter's Snow - Simon Preston/The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
What Child Is This? - Anthony Way/Tom Finucane/John Scott
The First Nowell - David Briggs/The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
O Tannenbaum - Leontyne Price
While Shepherds Watched - Simon Preston/The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
Away In A Manger - Anthony Way/The Choir Of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - John Scott/James Blades/David Corkhill

Tracks:

Deck The Hall - Joan Sutherland/The Ambrosian Singers
The Holly And The Ivy - Jonathan Lamb/Christopher Hughes/Simon Haynes/Roland Robertson/The Choir Of King's College...
Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti/Wandsworth Boys Choir
In The Bleak Midwinter - Anthony Way/The Choir Of St Paul's Cathedral
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - John Scott/James Blades/David Corkhill
German Dance No.3, K.605: Sleigh Ride - Wiener Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Joan Sutherland/The Ambrosian Singers
Shepherds In The Fields Abiding - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle - Renata Tebaldi
I Saw Three Ships - Mark Tinkler/William Kendall/The Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge/George Guest
O Holy Night - Leontyne Price
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - David Briggs/The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti/Wandsworth Boys' Choir
Rocking - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
The Virgin's Slumber Song - Joan Sutherland
Child In A Manger - The Choir And Orchestra Of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter
Hosanna In Excelsis - Placido Domingo/James Lancelot/Winchester Cathedral Choir
The Nutcracker: Waltz Of The Snowflakes - Members Of The Finchley Children's Music Group
White Christmas - Kiri Te Kanawa/London Voices
The Skaters' Waltz - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Douglas Gamley
Mary's Boy Child - Kiri Te Kanawa/London Voices

Customer Reviews:

A Christmas celebration for Classical Music Lovers only.......2002-11-06

The cover of this 2 disc set features half a dozen of the great voices of our time: Pavarotti, Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Leontyne Price. However, selections by these soloists comprise only 2/5 of the set, the rest being choral and orchestral works.

Nor are these fabulous voices given equal representation. Pavarotti and my personal favorite, Joan Sutherland, have four songs apiece; Price and Kanawa have three apiece; Renata Tebaldi two and only one for Placido Domingo.

However, this is basically a very good collection. The first disc is a bit on the solemn side, while the second is brighter. Pavarotti leads off the entire collection with "Adeste Fideles" and returns later on the first disc with "Mille Cherubini in Coro". His renditions of "Panis Angelicus" and "Gesu Bambino" help grace the second CD.

Joan Sutherland brightens the first disc with her "Joy To The World" and then sets the lighter mood of the second disc with "Deck The Halls" and later returns with a sprightly "Twelve Days of Christmas". She also gives us the beautiful and tender "Virgin Slumber Song". Leontyne Price gives us Schubert's "Ave Maria", "O Tannenbaum" and "O Holy Night". Kiri Te Kanawa gives us Bach/Gounod's "Ave Maria", surprises us with "White Christmas" (a very beautiful & unique interpretation), and winds up the entire set with "Mary's Boy Child". Renata Tebaldi's contributions are Brahms' "Lullaby" and "Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle". Placido Domingo's sole appearance is with the dynamic "Hosanna in Excelsis" from Lloyd Weber's Requiem.

It is a splendid feast of vocal performances. However, the choral and orchestral selections have weak spots. I was especially disappointed in the Chicago Symphony & Chorus rendition of "For Unto Us a Child Is Born", and also thought that a good rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus would've worked better. The orchestral selections did have bright spots such as "Sleigh Ride" (Mozart's, not Leroy Anderson's), Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Snowflakes" from the Nutcracker, and the "Skater's Waltz".

All in all, this is a collection which belongs in your Christmas Classical collection, but can't be considered an absolute essential.

This may be a good album; the marketing ploy is shameless.......2001-11-15

I have not listened specifically to this edition, but I can tell you with near absolute certainty that this is a classic example of marketing at its most shameless. This is nothing more than a reissue of "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth", but with a different title! (Something similar was done back in 1963, when the Harry Simeone Chorale's ever-popular 1958 LP, "Sing We Now of Christmas", was retitled and re-released as "The Little Drummer Boy"--its current CD title--, but at least the advertising there seemed slightly more honest.)

Everything on "The #1 Christmas Album" is exactly the same as on "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth", right down to the order of the musical selections on the album. Only the cover design is different. Decca/London apparently believes that it can fool its customers into thinking that they are buying another album if they simply change the title. Of course, the album itself is reasonably good, though not on the level of most of my favorite Christmas albums, not even the now-deleted RCA Victor "Christmas Treasures", a collection culled from RCA Victor's Living Stereo series. The offense lies in the marketing gimmick,something I have never seen in all my years of avid CD buying. This is worse than all those "collections" which just rehash old material--at least each collection is a newly organized album.

Touch of angle, touch of heart.......2001-11-14

If you enjoy opera or choir, this is a must collection. The Choir of King's College probably knows the secret how to make the listener flying among thousands of Christmas candles. Pavarotti's opening is so mighty that remind people, this year, to be courageous and to believe (not limited from religious sense but the humanity perspective.) And his Mill Cherubini and Panis Angelicus can vibrate one's tear from the heart, reflecting to the tragedy and the war in 2001. As for the sopranos, this collection is a Jewel. Joan Sutherland's Deck The Hall and The Twelve Days of Christmas bring out the merry atmosphere of the season and cheer one's mood to celebrate. Also her Virgin's Slumber Song has so much beauty and grace . Kanawa's Ave Maria is so dramatic performed that perfectly drawn out the human's longing for love and protection. All the orchestra also have done a splendid job. The arrangement is perfect there is no dull moment from the beginning to the end.

Average customer rating:

Stunning, but one annoying flaw
Beautiful Tribute

Remembrance

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000AE7BS
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine
Nunc Dimittis
Salvator Mundi
Greater Love Hath No Man
Crossing The Bar (Sunset And Evening Star)
Eternal Father
O God Our Help
Ecce Quomodo Moritur Iustus
Hear My Prayer
Psalm 23
Give Rest, O Christ
Pie Jesus (From Requiem Op48)
Ubi Caritas
Abide With Me
Sanctus (From Deutche Messe D872)
For The fallen
Holy Is The True Light
Angus Dei
In Paradisum

Customer Reviews:

Stunning, but one annoying flaw.......2006-03-17

The singing is flawless and deeply moving.

But why does track 13 - Ubi Caritas - insist on starting AFTER the music has already begun. When approached from number 12, it works fine. But to cue the thing (which is why I bought this CD), you have to BACK UP to hear the song from the beginning.

I thought it was just my CD or my player - but NO, the flaw is on this web page too.

Still, this is a treasured CD.

Beautiful Tribute.......2005-08-06

This album from one of the world's greatest organists, John Scott, is one of the most beautiful musical tributes to those who lost their lives in 9/11. The Nunc Dimittis is one of the most haunting versons of this traditional prayer ever written.

Average customer rating:

Sacred Music 4: Missae Et Cantiones
Rheinberger , Mertens , Krapp , and Schafer
Manufacturer: Carus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000066SJD
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Average customer rating:

This is a wonderful CD -- double set actually

Simply Christmas

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music

The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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Awake

ASIN: B0000C16O6
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Adeste Fideles - Luciano Pavarotti
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Sir David Willcocks
Ave Maria - Herbert Von Karajan
Once In Royal David's City - David Briggs
Ding Dong! Merrily On High - Stephen Cleobury
Joy To The World - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Good King Wenceslas - Stephen Cleobury
Wiegenlied (Lullaby) - New Philharmonia Orchestra
In Dulci Jubilo - Sir David Willcocks
Pastoral Sinfonia - Karl Munchinger
For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ave Maria - Utah Symphony Orchestra
Shepherd's Farewell (Adieu Des Bergers) - Sir Colin Davis
Mille Cherubini In Coro - Luciano Pavarotti
See Amid The Winter's Snow - Simon Preston
What Child Is This? - John Scott
The First Nowell - David Briggs
O Tannenbaum - Leontyne Price
While Shepherds Watched - Simon Preston
Away In A Manger - John Scott
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - John Scott

Tracks:

Deck The Hall - New Philharmonia Orchestra
The Holly And the Ivy - Stephen Cleobury
Panis Angelicus - Luciano Pavarotti
In The Bleak Midwinter - English Chamber Orchestra
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - John Scott
Sleigh Ride - Willi Boskovsky
The Twelve Days Of Christmas - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Shepherds In The Fields Abiding - Sir David Willcocks
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle - New Philharmonia Orchestra
I Saw Three Ships - William Kendall
O Holy Night - Leontyne Price
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - David Briggs
Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti
Rocking - Sir David Willcocks
The Virgin's Slumber Song - New Philharmonic Orchestra
Child In A Manger - John Rutter
Hosanna In Excelsis - English Chamber Orchestra
Waltz Of The Snowflakes (A Pine Forest In Winter) - National Philharmonic Orchestra
White Christmas - Carl Davis
The Skater's Waltz - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Mary's Boy Child - Carl Davis

Customer Reviews:

This is a wonderful CD -- double set actually .......2004-12-23

Lots and lots of beautiful music, mostly choral. Great selection (interesting choices), all well done. If you like your Christmas music on the classical side, I think you'll like this. By interesting choices, I mean Kiri Te Kanawa singing White Christmas, or the Winchester Cathedral Choir doing an Andrew Lloyd Webber piece (Hosanna in Excelsis). Kings College Choir, Cambridge does several classic Christmas carols (First Nowell, the Holly and the Ivy). I think these CDs are going to get a lot of play. Each CD has 21 tracks, and none are "stinkers."

Average customer rating:

Haunting and spiritually lifting choral music
Gorgeous!

Stravinsky: Sacred Choral Works

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000JSAE
Release Date: 1999-08-10

Tracks:

Mass: Kyrie
Mass: Gloria
Mass: Credo
Mass: Sanctus - Benedictus
Mass: Agnus Dei
Otche nash: Otche nash (Pater Noster)
Simvol veri: Simvol veri (Credo)
Bogoroditse devo reduysya: Bogoroditse devo reduysya (Ave Maria)
Tres sacrae cantiones: Da pacem Domine
Tres sacrae cantiones: Assumpta est Maria
Tres sacrae cantiones: Illumina nos
Anthem
Introitus
Cantata: Versus 1
Cantata: Ricercar 1
Cantata: Versus 2
Cantata: Ricercar 2
Cantata: Versus 3
Cantata: Westron Wind
Cantata: Versus 4

Customer Reviews:

Haunting and spiritually lifting choral music.......2002-10-11

Kudos to Reinbert de Leeuw, the Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Schoenberg Ensemble. I've never heard a more moving rendition of the Mass -- the singing is on a par with the finest cathedral and motet choirs anywhere. I loved the lesser known pieces as well, especially the three Sacrae Cantiones (after Gesualdo). The counterpoint is intricately-woven and mesmerizing in its worshipful effect. Always one of my favorite Stravinsky pieces, I've yet to find the "perfect" recording of the Cantata. Here de Leeuw coaxes sumptuous performances out of the instrumentalists and choir, as well as soprano soloist Rosemary Hardy. Only tenor Ian Bostridge disappoints, surprisingly, sounding a bit wearied, and always a few "cents" flat, keeping the Cantata's centerpiece (the lengthy 2nd Ricercar) from reaching its imperative climax. A minor criticism, however, given the overall beauty of the performances. Highly recommended.

Gorgeous!.......2002-04-22

Never thought Stravinsky could be delicate, soft or even gentle? Then listen to this album. The Mass is absolutely spectacular! It is a perfect mix of reverence, ancient chant-like vocals and modern sonorities. Stravinsky's Gloria is among the finest and most touching ever penned. The voices are in pitch perfect Vaughan Williams folksong-esque harmonies. Their layers of sound are poignantly accented by delicate, weaving wind instruments throughout as only Stravinsky could do. His Pater Noster aches with beauty. The Credo and Ave Maria are likewise excellent. The Introitus sounds particularly heart-broken, defeated and cathartic - a fitting tribute to the loss of a friend. The sound quality will surprise you with its clarity and depth. If you like choral works, especially sacred ones - and are even remotely interested in Stravinsky, then do not pass up this disc. These pieces should be played and heard far more often.

Average customer rating:

Adam Michna: Missa, Cantiones, Requiem

Manufacturer: Studio Matous
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JO20
Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

Notturno A
Notturno B
Notturno C
Notturno D
Notturno E
Notturno F
Notturno G
Notturno H
Notturno I
Notturno L
Notturno M
Notturno N
Notturno O

Average customer rating:

A really nice sampling of music...
A great intro to THE finest choir around

A Portrait Of The Cambridge Singers

Manufacturer: Collegium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The John Rutter Christmas Album

ASIN: B0000031I8
Release Date: 1990-03-05

Tracks:

Sing Joyfully
Gabriel Faur(from Requiem): Sanctus
John Rutter: O Be Joyful In The Lord
Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord
Beati Quorum Via
This Joyful Eastertide (Dutch carol)
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Out of the deep
Non Vos Relinquam
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
A Little Pretty Bonny Lass
Now Is The Month Of Maying
To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water I
C.V. Stanford: The Blue Bird
O Magnum Mysterium
Myn Lyking
In Dulci Jubilo
John Rutter: Shepherd's pipe carol
John Rutter: Open Thou Mine Eyes
Cantique De Jean Racine

Customer Reviews:

A really nice sampling of music..........2005-12-19

I've had this album for over ten years, when I bought it in college. The Cambridge Singers are a remarkable group. I bought the album for the madrigals, but have really enjoyed all the songs at one time or another, though I don't always listen to the album straight through. One song I had never heard before listening to this cd was "To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water I". It is a beautiful,lush piece of music with a bit of a surprise ending.
This album is especially good listening if you aren't in the mood to concentrate on just one type of choral music for an hour. However, I find myself wanting to purchase other Cambridge Singers albums because this is a bit of a "teaser."

A great intro to THE finest choir around.......1999-08-24

A borrowed copy from the library, many years ago, was my first full introduction to this great choir. I had heard of them from their performances on the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums but I think I was probably more drawn to the CD cover more than anything.

The album is a great sampler work of some great performances. It includes a piece from Faure's "Requiem" as well as his incredibly haunting piece "Cantique de Jean Racine"; it also has some beautiful, early Christmas music I never knew existed, the very popular traditional hymn "All Things Bright & Beautiful", and a piece by Rutter himself, "Open Thou Mine Eyes", that holds its own and then some.

Tracks:

Adeste fideles (O come all ye faithful)
Stille Nacht (Silent night)
Ave Maria
Once in royal David's city
Ding doing! Merrily on high
Joy to the world
Food King Wenceslas
Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
In dulci jubelo
Pastoral sinfonia
For unto us a child is born
Ave Maria
Shepherds' farewell
Mille cherubini in coro
See amid the winter's snow
What child is this?
The first nowell
O Tannenbaum
While shepherds watched
Away in a manger
Hark! the herald angels sing

Tracks:

Deck the hall
The holly and the ivy
Franck - Panis angelicus
In the bleak midwinter
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Mozart - Sleigh ride
The twelve days of Christmas
Shepherds in the fields abiding
Tu scendi dalle stelle
I saw three ships
Adam - O holly night
O little town of Bethlehem
Gesu bambino
Rocking
Reger - The virgin's slumber song
Child in a manger
Lloyd Webber - Hosanna (Requiem)
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the snowflakes (Nutcracker)
White Christmas
Waldteufel - The skaters' waltz
Mary's boy child

Customer Reviews:

The greatest voices on Earth.......2004-12-27

What better way to open "The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth" than with Luciano Pavarotti ringing in "Adeste Fideles" with Kurt Adler and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. No expense has been spared on what has become Pavarotti's signature Christmas carol. He also performs "Mille cherubini in coro," "Panis Angelicus," and "Gesù, Bambino."

The second great tenor of our age, Placido Domingo has to make do with the "Hosanna in excelcis" from Lloyd Webber's "Requiem."

Among the many fine sopranos featured on this two-disk set are Renata Tebaldi (whose recent death saddened all of us who loved her angelic voice), Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland in their prime, and the always beautiful Kiri Te Kanawa.

You can decide for yourself which 'Ave Maria' is your favorite--the Schubert with Leontyne Price or the Bach with Kiri Te Kanawa.

Altogether there are 42 selections on these London Classical CDs, a few orchestral and many with very good groups, both boy and adult choirs. They sing traditional religious carols for the most part. Te Kanawa's "White Christmas" is about as secular as this recording gets, although Joan Sutherland gets to show off her perky side in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and "Deck the Hall."

Special praise goes to boy treble Anthony Way and his haunting rendition of the traditional English carol, "What Child is This?"

In spite of its clunky title, this recording is highly recommended for Christmas traditionalists.

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Definitive Collection

1. Notturno A
2. Notturno B
3. Notturno C
4. Notturno D
5. Notturno E
6. Notturno F
7. Notturno G
8. Notturno H
9. Notturno I
10. Notturno L
11. Notturno M
12. Notturno N
13. Notturno O