World's Greatest Choruses

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
August 25, 1992
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    • COMPOSER
      GREATEST HITS SERIES
    • PERFORMER
      Greatest Hits Series
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 25, 1992
    • UPC
      090266124121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      09026612412
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

      Composer: Carl Orff

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Children's Chorus, New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

    2. Carmen, Act I: Dans l'air nous suivons des yeux la fumee

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    3. Faust, Act III: Deposons les armes

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra

      Conductor: Renato Cellini

    4. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Wach' auf

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra

      Conductor: Robert Shaw

    5. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. N. Luboff)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Norman Luboff Chorus, New Symphony Orchestra of London

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    6. Lohengrin, Act III: Treulich gefuhrt, ziehet dahin

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra

      Conductor: Robert Shaw

    7. Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor), Act II: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

      Composer: Alexander Borodin

      Ensemble: Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    8. Tannhauser, Act II: Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    9. Nabucco, Act III: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra

      Conductor: Renato Cellini

    10. Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. R.R. Bennett)

      Composer: William Steffe

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Pyle

      Conductor: Robert Shaw

    11. A Mighty Fortress (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott) (arr. R. Shaw)

      Composer: Martin Luther

      Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Dunn

      Conductor: Robert Shaw

    12. Tannhauser, Act III: Begluckt darf nun dich, "Pilgrims' Chorus"

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Norman Luboff Chorus, New Symphony Orchestra of London

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    13. Madama Butterfly, Act II: Humming Chorus

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    14. Il trovatore, Act II: Vedi, le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

      Conductor: Arturo Basile

    15. Aida, Act II: Marcia (Triumphal March)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

    16. Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Musica Sacra

      Performer: Martin Berinbaum, Frederick Zlotkin, Barbara Wilson, John Weaver, William Whitehead, Richard Westenburg

      Conductor: Richard Westenburg


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