Choral Adagios - Various Artists CD 2

  

1. Bach - Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 No.6 Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring"  7:26

Conductor: George Guest,  Ensemble : Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge,  Peter White(organ)

2. Handel - Serse, opera, HWV 40: "Largo" Crux Fidelis - "Ombra ma fu" (Xerses)  2:28  
        Conductor: Edward Higginbottom, Ensemble : Capricorn, Ensemble : Choir of New College, Oxford

3. John Rutter - What sweeter music  
        Conductor: Edward Higginbottom,  Ensemble : Choir of New College, Oxford

4. Schubert - String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D.956: 2nd mvt, (Op.posth. 163): Adagio  6:53
        Conductor: Terry Edwards,  Ensemble : London Voices  

5. Foster - Shenandoah (folk song)  3:52  
        Conductor: Jerold D. Ottley,  Ensemble : The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

6. Faure - Requiem, for 2 solo voices chorus, organ, & orchestra, Op. 48: In paradisum  3:19  
        Conductor: Charles Dutoit, Ensemble: Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
        Iwan Edwards, Montreal Symphony Orchestra Women's Chorus

7. Borodin - Quartet for Strings No.2 in D major: 3rd movement, Andante "Nocturne (Notturno)"  6:12  
        Conductor: Terry Edwards,  Ensemble : London Voices,  Christopher van Kampen (Cello)

8. Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano No.1 in bb minor, Op. 23: 2nd movement,
                        
Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I  5:18  
        Conductor: Terry Edwards, Ensemble : London Voices,  Peter Aronsky (Piano)

9. Rachmaninov - Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op.37: No.3, Blessed is the man  6:11  
        Conductor: Edward Higginbottom,  Ensemble : Choir of New College, Oxford

10. Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92: 2nd movement, Allegretto  8:17  
        Conductor: Terry Edwards,  Ensemble : London Voices

11. Mozart - Concerto for Piano No.21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan"), K.467: 2nd movement, Andante  7:21
        Conductor: Terry Edwards,  Ensemble: London Voices,  Peter Aronsky (Piano)  

12. Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op.11  5:49  
        Conductor: George Guest,  Ensemble: Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge,  Stephen Cleobury (Organ)

13. Casals - Te Lucis ante Terminum - El cant del ocells (Song of the birds, for cello & piano)  2:22  
        Conductor: Edward Higginbottom, Ensemble: Choir of New College, Oxford,  Helen Tunstall (Harp)

14. Bach - Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244 (BC D3b): Part 2 - No.78 Chorus I/II:
               
"Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"  7:31
        Conductor: Karl Munchinger,  Performed by Stuttgart Hymnus Boys Choir (Hymnus-Chorknaben Stuttgart), Gerald Wilhelm,
        Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester)