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Background: This unique, limited-edition boxed set offers 50 CDs of the greatest choral masterpieces of the past 500 years, stretching from Renaissance Masses and the glories of the Baroque and Classical eras through to the major works of the Romantic era and the diversity of the 20th and 21st centuries, all in some of the greatest recordings ever committed to disc.

A 160-page booklet offers detailed tracklistings, full artist and production information including details on recording dates and venues and producers. A 4000-word essay by noted choral music writer Andrew Stewart is provided in English, French and German.

CATALOGUE NR: 4783640
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 50 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 109.99
RELEASE DATE: 05-Mar-2012

COMPOSER: Gregorio Allegri
TITLE: Magnificat - 500 Years of Choral Masterworks
TRACKS: CD1 Renaissance Masterpieces - THE SIXTEEN / HARRY CHRISTOPHERS - Miserere (Allegri). Crucifixus (Lotti). Timnor et tremor (Orlande de Lassus). Ave Maria (Josquin des Prez). GABRIELI CONSORT / PAUL MCCREESH - Stabat Mater (Palestrina). Salve Regina (Victoria). THE SIXTEEN / HARRY CHRISTOPHERS - Ave verum corpus (Byrd). CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE / STEPHEN CLEOBURY - Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II (Tallis). Spem in alium (Tallis). CD2 CLERKS' GROUP / EDWARD WICKHAM - Requiem (Ockeghem). Somine Jesu Christe - Ave verum corpus (Josquin des Prez). CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY / SIMON PRESTON - Missa Papae marcelli (Palestrina). CD3. PATRICK RUSSELL / CARDINALL'S MUSICK / ANDREW CARWOOD - Fantasia in D minor (Byrd). Mass for four voices (Byrd). Voluntary a 3 (Byrd). Mass for three voices (Byrd). Fantasia in C major (Byrd). Mass for five voices (Byrd). CD4 GABRIELI CONSORT / PAUL MCCREESH - Officium defunctorum : Taedet animam meam. Missa pro defunctis. Motectum: Versa est in luctum. Absolutio: Libera me Domine (Victoria). CD5 & CD6 MONOYIOS / PENNICCHI / CHANCE / TUCKER / ROBSON / NAGLIA /TERFEL / MILES MONTEVERDI CHOIR / LONDON ORATORY JUNIOR CHOIR / HIS MAJESTIES SAGBUTTS AND CORNETTS / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Vespro della Beata Vergine 1612 (Monteverdi). BARBARA BONNEY / ANDREAS SCHOLL / LES TALENS LYRIQUES / CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET - Stabat Mater (Pergolesi). CD7 CHARLES DANIELS / BOYS' CHOIR AND CONGREGATIONAL CHOIR OF ROSKILDE CATHEDRAL / GABRIELI CONSORT AND PLAYERS / PAUL MCCREESH - Christmas Vespers as it might have been celebrated at the Court of Dresden c1664 (Schutz). CD8 MASSIS / KOZENA / HUCHET / HENCKENS / SMYTHE / BINDI / LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE / MARC MINKOWSKI - Te Deum. Nuit from In navitatem Domini canticum. Messe de minuit (Charpentier). CD9 GABRIELI CONSORT / PAUL MCCREESH - Hail bright Cecilia!. CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL OXFORD / SIMON PRESTON - Remember not Lord our offences. O God thou art my God. BAROQUE BRASS OF LONDON / WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR / DAVID HILL - Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (Purcell). CD10 KIRKBY / NELSON / WATKINSON / CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL OXFORD / ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / SIMON PRESTON / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD - Gloria in D major RV589. Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 (Vivaldi). BONNEY / REMMERT / TROST / BAR / RIAS KAMMERCHOR / KAMMERORCHESTRA CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH / PETER SCHREIER - Magnificat in D major BWV243 (JS Bach). CD11 HOLTON / CHANCE / ROLFE JOHNSON / VARCOE / MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Cantata BWV106 Gottes Zeir is die allerbeste Zeit 'Actus tragicus'. Motet BWV118/231 O Jesu Christ mein Lebens Licht. Cantata BWV140 Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme. Cantata BWV147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (JS Bach). CD12 & CD13 CHUM / MULLER-BRACHMANN / LANDSHAMER / CHAPPUIS / SCHMITT / QUASTHOFF / HAGER / THOMANERCHOR LEIPZIG / TOLZER KNABENCHOR / GEWANDHAUSORCHESTRA / RICCARDO CHAILLY - Matthaus-Passion (JS Bach). CD14 & CD15 ROLFE JOHNSON / VARCOE / HAUPTMANN / MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Johannes-Passion (JS Bach). CD16 & CD17 MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Mass in B minor (JS Bach). CD18 & CD19 MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Israel in Egypt. Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest / The King Shall Rejoice (Handel). CD20 & CD21 NELSON / KIRKBY / WATKINSON / ELLIOTT / THOMAS / CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL OXFORD / ACDEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD - Messiah (Handel). CD22 CHOIR OF WINCHESTER CATHERDAL / WINCHESTER COLLEGE QUIRISTERS / ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC / CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD - Mass in C minor K427. Mass in C K417 'Coronation' (Mozart). CD23 MCNAIR / WATKINSON / ARAIZA / LLOYD / ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS AND CHORUS / NEVILLE MARRINER - Requiem K626 (Mozart compl. Sussmayr). RUNDFUNKCHOR LEIPZIG / STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN / PETER SCHREIER - Ave verum corpus K618 (Mozart). CD24 LOTT / WATKINSON / MALDWYN DAVIES / WILSON JOHNSON / ENGLISH CONCERT AND CHOIR / TREVOR PINNOCK - Missa in angustiis HobXXII:11 'Nelson Mass'. Te Deum HobXXIIIc (Haydn). CD25 & CD26 PIAU / PADMORE / NEAL DAVIES / CHETHAM'S CHAMBER CHOIR / GABRIELI CONSORT & PLAYERS / PAUL MCCREESH - The Creation (Haydn). CD27 MARGIONO / ROBBIN / KENDALL / MILES / MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Missa solemnis (Beethoven). CD28 RICCIARELLI / VALENTINI-TERRANI / GONZALEZ / RAIMONDI / PHILHARMONIA CHORUS & ORCHESTRA / CARLO MARIA GIULINI - Stabat mater (Rossini). CD29 & CD30 TERFEL / FLEMING / BARDON / AINSLEY / EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CHORUS / ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT / PAUL DANIEL - Elijah (Mendelssohn). CD31 & CD32 GRAHAM / LE ROUX / AINSLEY / CHOEUR ET ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTREAL / CHARLES DUTOIT - L'Enfance du Christ. Sara la baigneuse. Helene. La Belle Voyageuse. Quartetto e coro dei maggi. Chant sacre (Berlioz). CD33 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE / CLAUDIO ABBADO - Mass in G major D167. Psalm 23 D706 (Schubert). CHOR DER DEUTSCHEN OPER BERLIN / CHOR DER BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS / BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER / EUGEN JOCHUM - Te Deum. Locus iste. Ave Maria. Virga Jesse. Ecce sacerdos magnus. Os justi. Christus factus est pro nobis (Bruckner). CD34 CHARLOTTE MARGIONO / RODNEY GILFRY / MONTEVERDI CHOIR / ORCHESTRE REVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE / JOHN ELIOT GARDINER - Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms). CD35 & CD36 SUTHERLAND / HORNE / PAVAROTTI / TALVELA / WIENER STAATSOPERNCHOR / WIENER PHILHARMONIKER - Requiem (Verdi). CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS & ORCHESTRA - Quattro pessi sacri (Verdi). CD37 CECILIA BARTOLI / BRYN TERFEL / CORO E ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA / MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG - Requiem (Faure). Requiem (Durufle). CD38 RICHARD LEWIS / OWEN BRANNIGAN / THE CHOIR OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE / GEORGE GUEST - The Crucifixion (Stainer). Take him earth for cherishing (Howells). CD39 BRYN TERFEL / WAYNFLETE SINGERS / BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA / ANDREW LITTON - Belshazzar's Feast (Walton). CD39 & CD40 PETER PEARS / YVONNE MINTON / JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK / CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE / LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA / BENJAMIN BRITTEN - The Dream of Gerontius (Walton). WAYNFLETE SINGERS / WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR / BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / DAVID HILL - I was glad. Jerusalem (Parry). CD41 HARPER / POPP / AUGER / MINTON / WATTS / KOLLO / SHIRLEY-QUIRK / TALVELA / WIENER STAATSOPERNCHOR / WIENER SINGVEREIN / WIENER SANGERKNABEN / CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / GEORG SOLTI - Symphony No.8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' (Mahler). CD42 KUBIAK / COLLINS / TEAR / SCHONE / BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS / ROYAL PHILHARMONIC / RUDOLF KEMPE - Glagolitic Mass (Janacek). GALE / LE SAGE / FRANCIS / HODGSON / CALEY / RIPPON / BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS / LASZLO HELTAY - Missa brevis (Kodaly). CD43 OLGA BORODINA / VLADIMIR MOZTOWOY / ST PETERSBURG CHAMBER CHOIR / NIKOLAI KORNIEV - Vespers op.37 (Rachmaninov). CD44 RUNDFUNKCHOR BERLIN / BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER / PIERRE BOULEZ - Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky). TRINITY BOYS CHOIR / ENGLISH BACH FESTIVAL CHORUS / MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA - Mass (Stravinsky). WIENER JEUNESSE-CHOR / ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC / LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Chichester Psalms (Bernstein). CD45 CHRISTIANE OELZE / DAVID KUEBLER / SIMON KEENLYSIDE / CHOR DER DEUTSCHEN OPER BERLIN / KNABENCHOR BERLIN / ORCHESTRA DER DEUTSCHEN OPER BERLIN / CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN - Carmina Burana (Orff). CD46 FRANCOISE POLLET / CHOEUR DE RADIO FRANCE / MAITRISE DE RADIO FRANCE / ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE / CHARLES DUTOIT - Gloria. Litanies a la Vierge Noire. Stabat Mater (Poulenc). CD47 GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA / PETER PEARS / DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU / THE BACH CHOIR / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS / HIGHGATE SCHOOL CHOIR / MELOS ENSEMBLE / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / BENJAMIN BRITTEN - War Requiem (BRITTEN). CD48 NORMAN / BAKER / CASSILLY / SHIRLEY-QUIRK / BBC SINGERS / BBC CHORAL SOCIETY / BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / COLIN DAVIS - A Child of Our Time (Tippett). CD49 Light and Gold (Eric Whitacre). CD50. Choral Music of the 20th Century - De produndis The Woman with the Alabaster Box (Part). Totus tuus (Gorecki). Lux aeterna (Ligeti). O sacrum convivium! (Messiaen). Quatre Motets (Durufle). The Lamb. Song for Athene (Tavener). God's Grandeur - Heaven-Haven - Agnus Dei (Barber).

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