100 Best Sacred Music

Disc: 1

1. Ave verum corpus (Gradualia I, 1605) - By King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

2. "Tu es Petrus" - By Sir David Willcocks

3. "O Ildephonse" - By Pro Cantione Antiqua

4. Motets, Book 5: Salve Regina - By Chanticleer

5. Responsorio Segundo de S. S. Jos? - By Joseph Jennings & Chanticleer

6. O Nata Lux, Hymn for Lauds on the Feast of the Transfiguration, P. 209 (No. 8 from "Cantiones quae a - By King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger

7. Symphoniae sacrae II: IV. Buccinate in neomenia a 19 - By Ambrosian Singers/Brass Ensemble/Barry Rose/Denis Stevens

8. Missa "L'homme arm?": I. Kyrie - By Hilliard Ensemble

9. Missa 'Bell' Amfitrit' altera': II. Gloria - By Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest

10. Mass for four voices: V. Agnus Dei - By Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier

11. Miserere - By Andrew Parrott

12. Selva morale e spirituale: Beatus vir ? 6, SV 268 - By Dame Emma Kirkby/Nigel Rogers/Rogers Covey-Crump/David Thomas/Taverner Consort/Taverner Choir/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

13. Spem in alium - By Andrew Parrott

14. Vespro della Beata Vergine SV 206: I. "Deus in Adiutorium" - By J?rgen J?rgens

15. Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Man that is born of Woman, Z. 27 - By Sir Philip Ledger

16. Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou know'st Lord, Z. 58B (verse 1) - By Sir Philip Ledger

17. Funeral Music for Queen Mary: March, Z. 860i - By Sir Philip Ledger

Disc: 2

1. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Gloria in excelsis (Chorus) - By Philippe Herreweghe

2. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: IV. Sanctus "Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth" (Chorus) - By Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

3. Magnificat in G Minor, RV 610b: Magnificat anima mea - By Andrew Parrott

4. Magnificat in G Minor, RV 610b: Et exsultavit - By Andrew Parrott

5. Magnificat in G Minor, RV 610b: III. Et misericordia ejus (Chorus). Andante molto - By Andrew Parrott

6. Te Deum in D Major, H. 146: I. Prelude. Marche en rondeau - By William Christie

7. Te Deum in D Major, H. 146: II. Te Deum laudamus - By William Christie

8. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part 2: "Erbarme dich mein Gott" (Counter-Tenor) - By Nikolaus Harnoncourt

9. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: XXV. Agnus Dei - Agnus Dei - By Nikolaus Harnoncourt

10. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah" (Chorus) - By Stephen Cleobury

11. Stabat Mater, RV 621: IV. "Quis est homo" - By Philippe Jaroussky

12. Stabat Mater, RV 621: IX. "Amen" - By Philippe Jaroussky

13. Coronation Anthem No. 1, "Zadok the Priest", HWV 258 - By Choir of King's College, Cambridge/English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger

14. Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - By Sarah Fox/Deborah Norman/Michael Chance/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Academy of Ancient Music/Pauline Nobes/Alastair Ross/Benjamin Bayl/Helen Gough/Stephen Cleobury

15. Gloria in D Major, RV 589: III. Laudamus te SF, DN - By Sarah Fox/Deborah Norman/Michael Chance/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Academy of Ancient Music/Pauline Nobes/Alastair Ross/Benjamin Bayl/Helen Gough/Stephen Cleobury

16. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part 1: No. 1 "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage" - By Philippe Herreweghe

17. Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Soprano, Alto) - By G?rard Lesne

18. St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2: No. 39, Chorus "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine" - By Andrew Parrott

Disc: 3

1. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: I. Introitus - Requiem aeternam (Soprano, Chorus) [Arr. Beyer] - By Franz Welser-M?st

2. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: II. Kyrie (Chorus) [Arr. Beyer] - By Franz Welser-M?st

3. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147: X. Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Chorus) - By Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. Magnificat - By Susan Gritton/Lisa Milne/Michael Chance/Ian Bostridge/Michael George/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Academy of Ancient Music

5. Cantata No. 140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 140: IV. Zion h?rt die W?chter singen (Tenor) - By Nikolaus Harnoncourt

6. Mass in C Minor, K. 427, "Great Mass": III. Gloria - Laudamus te - By New Philharmonia Orchestra

7. Mass No. 15 in C Major, K. 317, "Coronation": V. Benedictus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) - By Eugen Jochum

8. Messiah, HWV56, Part 1: For unto us a child is born (Chorus) - By Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

9. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: III. Credo, (d) Et incarnatus est (Chorus) - By Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum

10. Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: VI. Vidit suum dulcem Natum (Soprano) - By V?ronique Gens/G?rard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale

11. Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: VII. Eja Mater, fons amoris (Alto) - By V?ronique Gens/G?rard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale

12. Ave Maria, CG 89a (Orch. Challan) - By Barbara Hendricks

13. Missa in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe": III. Et incarnatus est - By Barbara Schlick/Monika Frimmer/Christoph Pr?gardien/Klaus Mertens/K?lner Kammerchor/Peter Neumann/Collegium Cartusianum K?ln

14. 66 Choral-Improvisationen, Op. 65, Book 6, No. 59: Nun danket alle Gott - By Sir Philip Ledger

15. Orgel-B?chlein, BWV 599-644: O Mensch, bewein' dein' S?nde gross, BWV 622 - By Peter Hurford

16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 3: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano) - By Elizabeth Harwood/Dame Janet Baker/Paul Esswood/Robert Tear/Raimund Herincx/Ambrosian Singers/English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

17. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: I. Kyrie, (a) Kyrie eleison (Chorus) - By Philippe Herreweghe

Disc: 4

1. Tantum ergo in E-Flat Major, D. 962 - By Wolfgang Sawallisch/Lucia Popp/Brigitte Fassbaender/Adolf Dallapozza/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

2. Mass in C Major, K. 317 "Coronation": III. Credo - By Edda Moser/Julia Hamari/Nicolai Gedda/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Eugen Jochum

3. Ave verum corpus, K. 618 - By Sir Roger Norrington

4. Ellens Gesang III, Op. 52, No. 6: Ave Maria - By Anneliese Rothenberger

5. Hymnus an den Heiligen Geist, D. 964 - By Wolfgang Sawallisch

6. Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII/11, "Nelsonmesse": I. Kyrie (Chorus, Sopranos, Alto, Tenor, Bass). Allegr - By Margaret Marshall/Christine Sch?nknecht/Carolyn Watkinson/Keith Lewis/Robert Holl/Hansj?rgen Scholze/Rundfunkchor Leipzig/J?rg-Peter Weigle/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Neville Marriner

7. Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII/11, "Nelsonmesse": II. Gloria, 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Soprano, Alto, - By Margaret Marshall/Christine Sch?nknecht/Carolyn Watkinson/Keith Lewis/Robert Holl/Hansj?rgen Scholze/Rundfunkchor Leipzig/J?rg-Peter Weigle/Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Neville Marriner

8. Mass in E-Flat Mayor, Op. 80: IV. Sanctus - By Stuttgart Hymnus-Chorknaben/Ensembleinstrumental Werner Keltsch /Gerhard Wilhelm

9. Psalm 42, Op. 42: No. 1 "Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser" - By Richard Hickox

10. Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (Langsam) - By Lynne Dawson/Sch?tz Choir of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

11. L' Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Pt. 2: The Flight into Egypt - L'Adieu des Bergers ? la Sainte Famille - By King's College Choir, Cambridge/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Griffiths/Stephen Cleobury

12. Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 2: No. 31, "O rest in the Lord" (The Angel) - By Dame Gwyneth Jones/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Fr?hbeck de Burgos

13. Stabat mater: Cujus animam gementem - By Riccardo Muti/Robert Gambill/Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

14. Stabat Mater: Inflammatus et accensus - By Riccardo Muti

15. Te Deum: I. Te Deum laudamus - By Anne Pashley/Birgit Finnil?/Robert Tear/Don Garrard/New Philharmonia Chorus/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim

16. Messa Da Requiem: Dies Irae - Dies Irae - By Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Malcolm Stewart

17. Messa da Requiem: Lux Aeterna - By Michel Plasson - Keith Olsen - Felicity Palmer - Roberto Scandiuzzi - Malcolm Stewart - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse

Disc: 5

1. Messa da Requiem: VIII. Recordare - By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Christa Ludwig/Nicolai Gedda/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Carlo Maria Giulini

2. Messa da Requiem: II. Dies Irae - Ingemisco - By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Christa Ludwig/Nicolai Gedda/Nicolai Ghiaurov/Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Carlo Maria Giulini

3. Messa di Gloria, Op. posth: II. Gloria - Gloria in excelsis Deo - In terra pax - Laudamus te - By Antonio Pappano

4. Messa da Requiem, Libera me: Libera me Domine (Soprano, Chorus) - By Michel Corboz

5. Panis angelicus - By Soeur Marie Keyrouz/Orchestre d'Auvergne/Arie van Beek

6. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 - By Michel Corboz/Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental de Lausanne

7. Psalm No. 42, 'Wie der Hirsch schreit', Op. 42: II. Meine Seele d?rstet nach Gott - By Michel Corboz

8. Mass in C Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie - By New Philharmonia Chorus/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini

9. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Sequentia, (f) Lacrimosa (Chorus) - By Carlo Maria Giulini

10. Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: VI. Agnus Dei (Andante con moto - Andante) - By Wolfgang Sawallisch

11. Requiem (Messe des morts): I. Introit "Requiem aeternam" (Chorus, Basse-taille) - By Choeurs et Orchestre des Arts Florissants/William Christie

12. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75, "Requiem": I. Requiem et Kyrie, (b) Kyrie - By London Philharmonic Orchestra

13. Deutsche Messe, D. 872: No. 7, Zum Agnus Dei, "Mein Heiland, Herr und Meister!" (M?ssig) - By Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Wolfgang Sawallisch

14. Requiem, Op. 48: VI. Libera me - By Nancy Argenta/Richard Studt/Stephen Farr/Winchester Cathedral Choir/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Simon Keenlyside/David Hill

15. Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum - By Nancy Argenta

Disc: 6

1. Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: I. Intro?t et Kyrie (Largo - Andante moderato) - By Michel Corboz/Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental de Lausanne

2. Ave Maria, WAB 6 - By Wilhelm Pitz

3. Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras (Langsam und marschm?ssig) - By Paavo J?rvi

4. Stabat Mater, FP 148: III. O quam tristis (Chorus) - By Richard Hickox

5. Messe solennelle de Sainte-C?cile, CG 56: V. Benedictus (Soprano, Chorus) - By Barbara Hendricks

6. Bist du bei mir - By Natalie Dessay/Rolando Villazon/Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte/Philippe Rombi

7. Messa di Gloria a quattro voci: V. Agnus Dei, "Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi" (Tenor, Bass, Cho - By Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano

8. Stabat Mater, FP 148: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Chorus) - By Richard Hickox

9. Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu - By Simon Keenlyside/Richard Studt/Stephen Farr/Winchester Cathedral Choir/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Nancy Argenta/David Hill

10. 4 Motets pour le temps de No?l, FP 152: I. O magnum mysterium (Tr?s calme et doux) - By The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

11. 4 Motets pour le temps de No?l, FP 152: II. Quem vidistis pastores dicite (Allegretto) - By The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

12. Requiem, Op. 9: Pie Jesu - By Ann Murray/Olaf B?r/Peter Barley/King's College Choir, Cambridge/English Chamber Orchestra/Stephen Cleobury

13. De profundis - By T?nu Kaljuste

14. The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace): X. Agnus Dei - By Karl Jenkins

15. Requiem: VII. Pie Jesu (Soprano, Boy Soprano, Chorus) - By Jane Gilchrist

16. The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace): XII. Benedictus - By Karl Jenkins