VA - 2000 Years - Music From The Major Television Series / classical

Tracklist:

CD 1

1. Theme tune to 2000 Years television series
Composed by Hartshorne
with Sue Frost, Shelley van Loen, Trevor Burley

2. Kontakion Excerpt
Composed by St. Romanus Melodus
with Moscow Madrigal Ensemble

3. O ignis spiritus Paraclitus, sequence
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen
with Marie-Claire Brockshaw, Harriet Poyer-Sleeman, Claire Courtney

4. Luto Carens et Latere a 3
Composed by Philippe Le Chancelier

5. Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene
Composed by English Anonymous
with Alison Gascoigne, Camilla Otaki

6. Absolve quesumus/Requiem aeternam, motet for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
with David Hurley, Bruce Russell, Simon Carrington, Alastair Hume, Robert Chilcott, Stephen Connolly

7. Timor et tremor, motet for 6 voices, M. iii (S. xix/6)
Composed by Orlande de Lassus

8. From Virgin's Womb (with chorus "Rejoice, rejoice"), sacred song for voices and 4 viols Rejoice, Rejoice in Christ
Composed by William Byrd

9. Woe Is Me for 6 voices
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

10. Hear my prayer, O Lord, anthem for chorus, violins & continuo, Z. 15 (unfinished)
Composed by Henry Purcell

11. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus
Composed by Gregorio Allegri
with Rebecca Daldorph, James Elias, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg, Louisa Keily

12. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Intonatio - Deus in adiutorium
Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
with Palatino Concerto
Conducted by Konrad Junghanel

13. Mass in B minor, for 5 voices, 6-part chorus, violin, orchestra & continuo, BWV 232 (BC E1) Sanctus
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock

14. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 I know that my Redeemer liveth
Composed by George Frideric Handel
with Patrizia Kwella, London Musici
Conducted by Mark Stephenson

15. Work(s) [Unspecified] Salve Regina: 1st movement
Composed by Giovanni Pergolesi
with Ruth Ziesak
Conducted by Michael Schneider

16. Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 Lacrimosa
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis

17. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Silas Standage

18. Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major ("Missa Solemnis"), Op. 123 Sanctus
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Jadwiga Rappe, Luba Orgonasova, Uwe Heilmann
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis

CD 2

1. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacree") H. 130 (Op. 25) The Shepherds' Farewell
Composed by Hector Berlioz

2. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) Dies irae - Requiem
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
with Carol Vaness
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis

3. Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
Composed by Sir Charles H.H. Parry
with Philip Rushforth

4. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 In Paradisum
Composed by Gabriel Faure
with London Musici
Conducted by Richard Marlow

5. Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37 Hail Mary
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

6. God that madest earth and heaven, hymn ("Ar Hyd Y Nos")
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams

7. Agnus Dei, for chorus & organ/piano (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11
Composed by Samuel Barber

8. A Ceremony of Carols, for treble voices (or chorus) & harp, Op. 28 Balulalow
Composed by Benjamin Britten
with Marie-Claire Brockshaw, Frances Kelly
Conducted by Richard Marlow

9. Funeral Ikos, for chorus
Composed by John Tavener
with David Hurley, Bruce Russell, Philip Lawson, Robert Chilcott, Nigel Short, Stephen Connolly

10. Dawn (from "Book of Days")
Composed by Meredith Monk
with Alexandra Montano, Katie Geissinger

11. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") 2nd movement. Lento e largo
Composed by Henryk Gorecki
Performed by Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra
with Doreen Defeis
Conducted by Adrian Leaper

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