Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir

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1Kantate, BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben": Teil II, X. Choral "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1983-04)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir) (in 1983-04)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
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) (in 1983-04)
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 Bach3:17
2Motet for Chorus, Strings & Organ in D major, K. 618: "Ave verum corpus"
organ:
Alfred Halbartschlager (organist)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/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 Mozart3:07
3O, for the Wings of a Dove
organ:
Georg Stangelberger
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
soprano vocals:
Benjamin Schmidinger (singer)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Hear My Prayer: II. “O For the Wings of a Dove!” Con un poco più di moto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1844)
translated version of:
O könnt’ ich fliegen (from “Hör mein Bitten” aka “O for the Wings of a Dove”)
part of:
Hear My Prayer
Felix Mendelssohn4:45
4Hallelujah
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1983-04 until 1983-05)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir) (from 1983-04 until 1983-05)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel4:02
5Pie Jesu
organ:
Alfred Halbartschlager (organist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
soprano vocals:
Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/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 Fauré3:48
6Motet for Soprano & Orchestra in F major, K. 158a/165: I. "Exsultate, jubilate"
organ:
Alfred Halbartschlager (organist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
soprano vocals:
Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: I. Exsultate, jubilate
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:40
7Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1982-09)
organ:
Ingomar Rainer (organist) (in 1982-09)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis (in 1982-09) and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir) (in 1982-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Volksopernorchester (in 1982-09)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor) (in 1982-09)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (in 1982-09)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Franz Xaver Gruber4:10
8Let the Bright Seraphim
organ:
Gottfried Gindlhumer (trumpet) and Alfred Halbartschlager (organist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
soprano vocals:
Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
librettist:
Newburgh Hamilton
part of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III
Georg Friedrich Händel5:48
9Lascia ch'io pianga
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1989-10)
organ:
Alfred Halbartschlager (organist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir) (in 1989-10)
soprano vocals:
Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1711)
librettist:
Giacomo Rossi
part of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II
Georg Friedrich Händel3:51
10Zadok the Priest
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
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
Georg Friedrich Händel5:17
11Fruhlingsstimmen, Op. 410
piano:
Roman Ortner (pianist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
soprano vocals:
Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (Voices of Spring)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1882)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 410)
Johann Strauss II5:48
12The Keeper Would A-Hunting Go
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
The Keeper Would A-Hunting Go
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:03
13Scarborough Fair
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Scarborough Fair
written in:
England, United Kingdom
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12)
version of:
The Elfin Knight (aka Scarborough Fair / Whittingham Fair / Rosemary Lane; title is easily confused with Child #4, check lyrics)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:24
14Loch Lomond
piano:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
Wiener Sängerknaben3:04
15Shenandoah
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:06
16Now Is the Hour
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
recording of:
Now Is the Hour
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Stewart (from 1945 until 1947)
lyricist:
Maewa Kaihau (in 1920)
composer:
Clement Scott (Clement William Scott, 1841-1904, theatre critic, playwright and lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., On Backstreet Music Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and The Boston Music Company
translated version of:
Po atarau (based on “The Swiss Cradle Song”, with English and Maori lyrics)
Wiener Sängerknaben1:44
17Garota de Ipanema (The Girl From Ipanema)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
The Girl From Ipanema
lyricist:
Vinicius de Moraes (O poetinha)
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Corcovado Music Corp., Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd., New Thunder Music Co., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Windswept Music (London) Ltd. and Words West LLC
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Hong Kong)
translated version of:
Garota de Ipanema
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:26
18El condor pasa
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
El cóndor pasa (The Condor Passes)
anthem of:
Peru
lyricist:
Jorge Milchberg
writer:
Manuel Clavero Lopez Quiroga
composer:
Daniel Alomía Robles (in 1913)
publisher:
Charing Cross Music Inc. (Paul Simon’s publishing company), Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Pattern Music Ltd (publisher)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:32
19La Guantanamera
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Guantanamera
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Julián Orbón (Cuban composer)
lyricist:
José Martí (cuban poet)
composer:
Joseíto Fernández (Cuban singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Héctor Angulo (Cuban composer) and Pete Seeger
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 36102)
version of:
Guajira guantanamera
Wiener Sängerknaben1:27
20Cielito lindo
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
recording of:
Cielito lindo
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
Wiener Sängerknaben2:01
21Heindenroslein
engineered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1981-09)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir) (in 1981-09)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor) (in 1981-09)
recording of:
Heidenröslein, D. 257 ("Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein stehn”) (in 1981-09)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (on 1815-08-19)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 257)
Wiener Sängerknaben2:13
22Kuckuck, Kuchuck, ruft's aus dem Wald
piano:
Peter Marschik (chorus master)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Kuckuck, Kuckuck, ruft's aus dem Wald
lyricist:
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (poet and composer)
Wiener Sängerknaben1:07