Relaxing Classics: The Healing Power of the Voice

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1Ave Verum Corpus
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (until 1791-06-18)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, first edition, 1862, K¹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:22
2Music for a While
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: II. "Music for a While"
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583
Henry Purcell3:34
3Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
live recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach2:47
4O Salutaris Hostia
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
O salutaris hostia
composer:
Pierre de la Rue (Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer)
part of:
Missa de Sancta Anna: Sanctus
Pierre de la Rue2:33
5Ave Verum Corpus
alto vocals:
Jenny Duck-Chong (alto/mezzo-soprano)
bass vocals:
Richard Anderson (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, T 92 (à 4, Gradualia I (1605))
composer:
William Byrd (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
William Byrd: A Research and Information Guide, 3rd ed. (Turbet [T]) (number: T 92)
part of:
Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, Liber 1 (1605)
William Byrd4:36
6Sanctus From German Mass
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Deutsche Messe, D. 872: V. Zum Sanctus: Heilig, Heilig
lyricist:
Johann Philipp Neumann (poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
Deutsche Messe, D. 872
Franz Schubert2:57
7Sheep May Safely Graze
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:29
8Danny Boy
piano:
Andrew Greene (Australian pianist / conductor)
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
[traditional]3:34
9In Paradisum
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers) and Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia and Sydney Philharmonia Motet Orchestra
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
included in:
28 Days Later
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
live recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
publisher:
Éditions Durand (1947–present)
included in:
28 Days Later
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:27
10Ave Maria Virgo Serena
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Ave Maria … virgo serena (a 4)
composer:
Josquin des Prez (Franco-Flemish renaissance composer)
Josquin des Prez5:26
11O Come, O Come Emmanuel
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 11)
arrangement of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
[anonymous]4:50
12Gladsome Light
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59: III. Svete tihiy
composer:
Александр Гречанинов (Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian Romantic composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59
Sergei Rachmaninoff3:14
13Glory to God in the Highest
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59: IX. Slava v vïshnih Bogu
composer:
Александр Гречанинов (Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian Romantic composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59
Sergei Rachmaninoff2:52
14Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (lyrics by William Williams, music by John Hughes)
lyricist:
William Williams (Welsh hymn writer) (in 1745)
composer:
John Hughes (Welsh composer of hymns (including "Cwm Rhondda"), 1873–1932) (in 1907)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 368)
is based on:
Cwm Rhondda (1907 hymn tune, no lyrics)
John Hughes3:11
15Contented Rest, Beloved Inner Joy
alto vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist) (from 2003-10-09 until 2003-12-10)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes (from 2003-10-09 until 2003-12-10)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor) (from 2003-10-09 until 2003-12-10)
recorded at:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre (ABC Studio 200) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (from 2003-10-09 until 2003-12-10)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!": I. Aria (Alt) "Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!" (from 2003-10-09 until 2003-12-10)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1726-07-28)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
librettist:
Georg Christian Lehms (in 1711)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 170 „Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!“
Johann Sebastian Bach5:55
16Hail, Stars of the Sea
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Ave, maris stella, EG 150 (for mixed choir)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1893)
arranger:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1898)
dedicated to:
Cæciliaforeningens madrigalkor
premiered at:
[event] (1899-11)
part of:
Grieg EG (catalogue by Dan Fog / Edvard Grieg Committee) (number: 150)
arrangement of:
Ave, Maris Stella, EG 150 (for voice and piano)
Edvard Grieg3:51
17O Sacrum Convivium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
O sacrum convivium
composer:
Andrea Gabrieli (composer)
Andrea Gabrieli4:00
18O Magnum Mysterium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium (ended)
composer:
Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spanish Renaissance composer) (in 1572)
Tomás Luis de Victoria3:55
19Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (à 5)
composer:
Robert Parsons (composer)
Robert Parsons4:40
20Virgin, Mother of God
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59: IV. Bogoroditse Devo
composer:
Александр Гречанинов (Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian Romantic composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye 'All-Night Vigil', op. 59
Sergei Rachmaninoff2:45
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1Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Annalisa Kerrigan (Soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
Guy Noble (conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod3:12
2Songs of the Auvergne: Uno jionto postouro (A Fair Shepherd Lass)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série: No. 7. Uno jionto postouro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série
Joseph Canteloube2:44
3Zaide: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Rest Gently, My Dear One)
mezzo-soprano vocals and soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sebastian Lang-Lessing
recording of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344 (fragment): Akt I. No. 3 Arie "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Zaide)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Johann Andreas Schachtner (Librettist)
part of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:43
4Songs of Travel: The Infinite Shining Heavens
piano:
Sharolyn Kimmorley (Australian pianist)
bass-baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
recording of:
Songs of Travel: VI. The infinite shining heavens
lyricist:
Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1901 until 1904)
part of:
Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:27
5Serenade
piano:
Malcolm Martineau (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
recording of:
Sérénade
lyricist:
Victor Hugo (French poet and novelist)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1855)
Charles‐François Gounod4:12
6Silent Noon
piano:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:33
7Brigg Fair
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Dan Walker (tenor / composer)
conductor:
Paul Stanhope (Australian composer)
recording of:
Brigg Fair (Percy Grainger choral arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
arrangement of:
Brigg Fair
[traditional]3:08
8Cantata BWV82: Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Sleep, Dull Eyes)
baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 82 "Ich habe genung": III. Aria (Bass) "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1727)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 82 “Ich habe genung” (for bass)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:18
9Alcina: Verdi prati (Green Pastures)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nicholas Milton (conductor)
recording of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto II, Scena XII. Aria “Verdi prati, selva amene” (Ruggiero)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Alcina, HWV 34: Atto II
George Frideric Handel3:53
10Romancero gitano (Gypsy ballads): La Guitarra (The Guitar)
guitar:
Karin Schaupp (Australian classical guitarist)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Philip Chu (conductor)
recording of:
Romancero gitano, op. 152: II. La guitarra
lyricist:
Federico García Lorca (Spanish poet, playwright and composer)
composer:
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (Italian composer) (in 1951)
part of:
Romancero gitano, op. 152
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco3:51
11O Magnum Mysterium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
Morten Lauridsen6:26
12Songs of the Auvergne: Pastourelle (Pastoral)
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Deuxième Série: No. 1. Pastourelle
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Deuxième Série
Joseph Canteloube3:52
13Requiem: Pie Jesu
soprano vocals:
Shu-Cheen Yu (Chinese-Australian soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
included in:
CHAPTER IV PIE JESU (REST)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:12
14Death of Dido: O toi, Déesse de Cithère, tendre Vénus (O Thou, Goddess of Cytherea, Tender Venus)
instruments:
Ensemble Battistin
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Fiona Campbell (Australian mezzo-soprano)
recording of:
Death of Dido: O toi, Déesse de Cithère, tendre Vénus
composer:
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair4:24
15Mass "A Child Is Born": Our Father
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
conductor:
Paul Stanhope (Australian composer)
recording of:
Mass "A Child Is Born": Our Father
composer:
George Palmer (Australian composer)
George Palmer2:30
16She Moved Through the Fair
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
She moved through the fair (arr. Runswick)
lyricist:
Padraic Colum
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Daryl Runswick
arrangement of:
She Moved Through the Fair
[traditional]3:41
17Coronation of Poppea: Pur ti miro (I Gaze Upon You)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
L’incoronazione di Poppea: Atto III. “Pur ti miro” (Poppea, Nerone)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Atto III.
Claudio Monteverdi4:32
18Bring Us, O Lord God
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Bring us, O Lord God
lyricist:
John Donne (English poet)
composer:
William Harris (British composer) (in 1959)
William Harris6:24