Hallelujah! A Celebration of Baroque Choruses | ABC Classics ABC4765965

Hallelujah! A Celebration of Baroque Choruses

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Label: ABC Classics

Cat No: ABC4765965

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 19th November 2007

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'
» IV Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
» Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)
Motet BWV230 'Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden'
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Befiehl Du Deine Wege (chorale)

Handel, George Frideric

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» Mourn, ye afflicted children
» We never will bow down
Messiah, HWV56 (highlights)
Semele, HWV58 (excerpts)

Lotti, Antonio

Crucifixus a 8

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'Orfeo (highlights)

Purcell, Henry

The Fairy Queen, Z629 (excerpts)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Dardanus
» Paix favorable
» Que l'on chante
» Que l'on s'empresse

Vivaldi, Antonio

Magnificat in G minor, RV611
» Deposuit potente
» Et misericordia
» Fecit potentiam
» Gloria Patri

Artists

Anna Fraser (soprano)
David Greco (baritone)
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
Ensemble Cantillation
Sirius Ensemble

Conductors

Antony Walker
Brett Weymark

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme'
» IV Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
» Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)
Motet BWV230 'Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden'
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Befiehl Du Deine Wege (chorale)

Handel, George Frideric

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» Mourn, ye afflicted children
» We never will bow down
Messiah, HWV56 (highlights)
Semele, HWV58 (excerpts)

Lotti, Antonio

Crucifixus a 8

Monteverdi, Claudio

L'Orfeo (highlights)

Purcell, Henry

The Fairy Queen, Z629 (excerpts)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Dardanus
» Paix favorable
» Que l'on chante
» Que l'on s'empresse

Vivaldi, Antonio

Magnificat in G minor, RV611
» Deposuit potente
» Et misericordia
» Fecit potentiam
» Gloria Patri

Artists

Anna Fraser (soprano)
David Greco (baritone)
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
Ensemble Cantillation
Sirius Ensemble

Conductors

Antony Walker
Brett Weymark

About

A must for any fan of choral music, this CD is a collection of magnificent choruses from the great composers of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Performed by renowned Australian vocal ensemble Cantillation, this disc features some of the best-loved choruses of all time including Handel’s Hallelujah chorus from Messiah and Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, Purcell’s Fairy Queen and Vivaldi’s Magnificat.

The CD booklet also includes extensive notes on the music.

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