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The Worlds Greatest Choral Music

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CD1 [7412]CARL ORFF 1895-1982

1 O Fortuna from Carmina burana 236Sydney Philharmonia Motet and Symphonic Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678-17412 Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the Highest) from Gloria in D major, RV589 223

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-17593 Zadok the Priest, HWV258 537

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-17504 Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring) from Cantata No. 147

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV147 251Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

FRANZ BIEBL 1906-20015 Ave Maria excerpt 407

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Michael Leighton Jones director

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 1567-16436 Deus in adiutorium...Domine ad adiuvandum me festina (O God, in My Adversity...

O Lord Make Haste to Help Me) from Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of the Blessed Virgin) 204Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-17917 Ave verum corpus (Hail,True Body), KV618 327

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

HOWARD GOODALL b. 19588 Psalm 23 The Lord is my Shepherd from the television series The Vicar of Dibley 306

Jane Sheldon soprano, Cantillation, David Drury organ, Sinfonia Australis, David Stanhope conductor

JOHN RUTTER b. 19459 For the Beauty of the Earth 331

Gondwana Voices, Sally Whitwell piano, Mark OLeary conductor

HUBERT PARRY 1848-19180 Jerusalem 228

Cantillation, David Drury organ, Brett Weymark conductor

GREGORIO ALLEGRI 1582-1652! Miserere a 5 & 4 1231

Jane Sheldon treble, Belinda Montgomery soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong alto, Richard Anderson bass, Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL@ Hallelujah! from Messiah, HWV56 355

Sydney Philharmonia Motet and Symphonic Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827 An die Freude (Ode to Joy) from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 847

Sydney Philharmonia Motet and Symphonic Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

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GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813-1901$ Dies irae (Day of Wrath) from Messa da Requiem (Requiem Mass) 418

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic and Motet Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

JOHN TAVENER b. 1944% Song for Athene 708

Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

GABRIEL FAUR 1845-1924^ Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 515

Cantillation, David Drury organ, Antony Walker conductor

CD2 [7005]JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

1 Magnificat anima mea Dominum (My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord)from Magnificat in D major, BWV243 302Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL2 For Unto Us a Child is Born from Messiah, HWV56 342

Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 3 Lacrimosa from Requiem, KV626 320

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

GABRIEL FAUR 4 Pavane, Op. 50 548

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER b. 19485 Pie Jesu from Requiem 356

Jane Sheldon, Sara Macliver sopranos, Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, David Stanhope conductor

WILLIAM HENRY MONK 1823-1889 arr. Michael Leighton Jones6 Abide with Me 524

Suzanne Shakespeare soprano, Benjamin Namdarian tenor, Mark Fitzpatrick trumpet, Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Jonathan Bradley organ, Michael Leighton Jones director

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS 1571-16217 In dulci jubilo a 4 228

Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

GIULIO CACCINI 1551-1618 arr. Daniel Walker 8 Ave Maria 325

Gondwana Voices, Alexandre Oguey oboe, Helena Rathbone, Aiko Goto violins, Nicole Forsyth viola, Daniel Yeadon cello, Maxime Bibeau double bass, Paul Stanhope chamber organ, Lyn Williams conductor

WILLIAM BYRD c. 1540-16239 Ave verum corpus (Hail,True Body) 440

Belinda Montgomery soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong alto, Paul McMahon tenor, Richard Anderson bass, Brett Weymark conductor

JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-19570 Be Still, My Soul 527

Cantillation, David Drury organ, Brett Weymark conductor

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI ! Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord) 157

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Michael Leighton Jones director

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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 1873-1943@ Bogoroditse Djevo, radusia (Virgin, Mother of God) from All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 252

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

EDWARD ELGAR 1857-1934 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Land of Hope and Glory 651

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

JOHN HUGHES 1873-1932 arr. Brett Weymark$ Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 315

Paul McMahon tenor, Cantillation, Brett Weymark conductor

GUSTAV HOLST 1874-1934 verse 2 arr. Michael Leighton Jones % I Vow to Thee, My Country 308

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Jonathan Bradley organ, Michael Leighton Jones director

PERCY GRAINGER 1882-1961^ Ye Banks and Braes (British Folk Music Settings No. 30) 327

Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS& Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming) 315

Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883* Beglckt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen (With Gladness I Gaze Once More

on My Native Land Pilgrims' Chorus) from Tannhuser 354Cantillation, Brett Weymark conductor

CD3 [7115]GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

1 And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah 226Cantillation, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-18282 Sanctus from German Mass, D872 301

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Jonathan Bradley organ, Michael Leighton Jones director

SAMUEL BARBER 1910-19813 Agnus Dei, Op. 11 744

Cantillation, Antony Walker conductor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 4 O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale) from St Matthew Passion, BWV244 246

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Jonathan Bradley organ, Michael Leighton Jones director

GABRIEL FAUR 5 In paradisum (Into Paradise) from Requiem, Op. 48 332

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

MORTEN LAURIDSEN b. 19436 O magnum mysterium (O Great Mystery) 628

Cantillation, Brett Weymark conductor

JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-18097 Die Himmel erzhlen die Ehre Gottes (The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God)

from Die Schpfung (The Creation), Hob.XXI:2 358Sydney Philharmonia Motet and Symphonic Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker conductor LIVE RECORDING

ANTON BRUCKNER 1824-18968 Ave Maria (Hail Mary) 414

Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Michael Leighton Jones director

CD11 ORFF O Fortuna from Carmina burana

Stravinsky described it as neo-Neanderthalmusic, but this was a backhanded tribute toCarl Orffs success in writing perhaps themost popular choral-orchestral work of the20th century. Using the rediscoveredmedieval songs and poems from themonastery at Beuron in Bavaria (hence thetitle Carmina burana, Songs of Beuron), Orffin 1937 brought out a work combining dance,mime and singing with a simple orchestralaccompaniment dominated by pianos andpercussion. The works opening and closingchorus is an invocation to the goddessFortune, with her constant changeability,symbolised by the wheel of fortune.

2 VIVALDI Gloria in excelsis Deofrom Gloria in D major Antonio Vivaldi was a violin-playing priestwho spent much of his career teaching thegirls and directing their music at anorphanage in Venice, the Ospedale dellaPiet. He also wrote over 500 concertos forall kinds of solo instruments but especiallyfor the violin, including the famous FourSeasons. His church music has the samebrilliant effects, based on springing, energeticmusical patterns; the opening movement ofhis Gloria, with its leaping strings and skirlingtrumpet, is full of vitality, a fitting setting

of the exultant text, Glory to God in the highest.

3 HANDEL Zadok the PriestMozart once said, When Handel chooses,he strikes like a thunderbolt. Of nothing isthis so true as of the anthem Zadok thePriest, composed for the coronation of KingGeorge II in 1727, and sung in WestminsterAbbey at every coronation since. It beginswith an extraordinary 22 bars of arpeggios:slow chords spread out into a constant flowof running semiquavers, the harmonictension building inexorably to a staggeringclimax as the choir bursts in with its openingacclamation, a rich seven-part choral textureaccompanied by trumpets and drums. Thecentral section, And all the people rejoiced,is a stately dance in triple time, and theanthem finishes with triumphant shouts ofAmen! Alleluia!. The text is a paraphrase ofthe Old Testament account of KingSolomons coronation: highly flattering to thenew king, as Solomon was famous for hiswisdom, and reigned over a pros