100 Best Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Favourite Classics
2▶CD: Relaxing Classics
3▶CD: Romantic Classics
4▶CD: Vocal Classics
5▶CD: Piano Classics
6▼CD: Spiritual
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach5:14
2Zadok the Priest
recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel6:04
3Cantata BWV 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Johann Sebastian Bach4:48
4Miserere (excerpt)
Gregorio Allegri5:46
5Deutsche Messe: Zum Sanctus
Franz Schubert2:28
6Requiem: Pie Jesu
Gabriel Fauré3:39
7Requiem: In Paradisum
Gabriel Fauré3:22
8Mass in B minor: Sanctus
Johann Sebastian Bach6:08
9Vesperae solennes de confessore
producer:
Friedrich Welz (engineer/producer) and John Willan (producer)
baritone vocals:
Manfred Ackermann (baritone) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
choir vocals:
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Bavarian Radio Choir) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09) and Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Stuttgart Hymnus Boys' Choir) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
soprano vocals:
Edda Moser (soprano) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
tenor vocals:
Wolfgang Isenhardt (tenor) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
treble vocals:
Thomas Schulze (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
orchestra:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09) and Gerhard Wilhelm (choir master) (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) and Martin Wöhr
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Herkulessaal in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
recording of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate dominum (from 1976-07-07 until 1976-07-09)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1780)
part of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:08
10Cantique de Jean Racine
Gabriel Fauré4:48
11Ave verum corpus
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 Mozart3:07
12Messa da Requiem: Ingemisco
Giuseppe Verdi3:22
13Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth
George Frideric Handel6:01
14L'Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds' Farewell
Hector Berlioz3:52
15The Creation: The heavens are telling
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
chorus master:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1974)
recording of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part I: XIV. Chor und Terzett: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2: Part I (The Creation, Hob. XXI:2: Part I)
Joseph Haydn4:46
16Requiem: Lacrimosa
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: f. Lacrimosa dies illa (catch-all for unknown editions)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (catch-all for unknown editions)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:40
17Messiah: Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel4:05