Requiem & Magnificat/Rutter, Cambridge Singers32 reviews John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ... Collegium, 2000 Why I Like Tthis CD + Rutter's Magnificat + Requiem/Cambridge singers + Love this music + Gorgeous music             Bach: Sacred Vocal Works [Box Set]2 reviews Olaf Bär, Andreas Schmidt, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Bargain price for the best of the best! + A Formidable Bargain Below are the Amazon.com asin numbers for all four of the works in this box: St. Mathew Passion - B0000057DG (1989) St. John Passion - B0000057CW (1990) Christmas Oratorio - B0000057D5 (1990) Mass in b minor - B0000057CN (1990) The numerous reviews already posted for each work say it ...             Stravinsky:Symphony of Psalms/Mass/Canticum Sacrum3 reviews Stephen Roberts, Adrian Peacock, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 Miraculously Well-Prepared Choir + Stravinsky's Byzantine Style + Special and Sacred I agree with Mark Swinton here, that both the choir and the orchestra are brilliant in the Symphony of Psalms. I prefer this recording to the recent-ish Boulez recording, partly because the choir maintains MUSICALITY (sorry for the all-caps there, but there are a couple of near-shrieks in the ...             Bruckner: Die 3 Messen/Masses Nos. 1-3/Les Messes7 reviews Karl Ridderbusch, Kim Borg, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 An excellent set + Excellent Introduction to Bruckner Compared to the symphonies, Bruckner's masses have much of the same smoldering power and sense of grandeur, but in a far more serene - angelic - framework. They do perhaps lack the grand sense of purpose of the symphonies, but pretty much manage to make up for that with different means, proving ...             Mozart: Requiem / Bonney, von Otter, Blochwitz, W. White, Gardiner13 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Eliot Gardiner, ... Philips, 1990 a voice teacher and early music fan + Muy buena version,altamente recomendada + Give it a try! AN EXPRESSIVE AND IMPRESSIVE REQUIEM! Mozart's swan song, the Requiem "fragment" as it is known in scholarly circles, is regarded even today as his most mysterious work. Left incomplete at his death, his student and assistant Franz Xavier Sussmayr (1766-1803) completed the work from Mozart's ...             Cherubini: Requiem in C minor; Marche funèbre1 review Luigi Cherubini, Matthew Best, ... Hyperion UK, 1996 One of the best versions of Cherubini's work There are many requiems in existence. Despite the heavily religious overtones of Roman Catholicism and the terrors of the centerpiece Dies Irae poem, the requiem mass is almost as versatile as a symphony. Bombastic and grand comes in the form of Verdi's and Berlioz's Requiem; quite and comforting ...             The Essential Tallis Scholars9 reviews Gregorio Allegri, Tomas Luis de Victoria, ... Gimell UK, 2003 The Greatest Hits of a Pioneer Ensemble + Great choral music CD + a voice teacher and early music fan + Lovely!!! + Beautiful, but a little cold             The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom8 reviews Byzantine Chant Opus 111, 1994 A powerful and authentic performance, well recorded + Historical and inspiring + Well, I'm actually used to it... + Byzantine Liturgy - 1600 Years and Still Going Strong + The Most Inspiring Liturgy...Ever.             The Glory of Byzantium7 reviews Lycourgos Angelopoulos, Divna Ljubojevic Jade Records, 2006 Sublime + Beautiful + Just What I Was Listening For + Glory of Byzantium + Inspirational             Russian Church Music13 reviews Nikolai Jr Kedrov, Anonymous, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1992 Moving, intense music. + Lovely liturgical music! + Russian Church Music + peaceful moment to soothe you and draw you closer to Him.             Rachmaninov: The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 312 reviews Sergey Rachmaninov, Matthew Best, ... Hyperion UK, 1994 The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom + Best's best - a very effective recording I happened upon this work purely by accident and bought it immediately. If I could choose the music I'd be hearing as I leave this earth, this would be it! Russian choral music is decidedly an acquired taste; it's lugubrious to many but I find its sombre ecstasy and austere opulence uplifting. ...             Bruckner: Requiem; Psalms 112 and 1141 review Michael George, Anton Bruckner, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 A masterful performance of an overlooked masterpiece. Bruckner's Requiem of 1849 is a masterpiece of choral works, drawing it's vibrant energy both from the baroque tradition of masters like Bach and Vivaldi and the composer's contemporary early romanticism. It is, by all measures, a massive and highly dramatic creation, and though it is much more ...             Chant Maronite2 reviews Maronite Chant, L'Ensemble de la Paix, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2008 Sound of Holy Heaven + awesome I would highly recommend this collection of Sr. Marie Keyrouz. Her voice truly captures the essence of the Maronite faith. She is the Fayrouz of the religious. The collection of songs are the actual songs sung during Maronite Mass. It is an authentic representation of the Maronite Lebanese Mass. ...             Brahms: Motets2 reviews Johannes Brahms, Matthew Best, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 ESSENTIAL BRAHMS + Fantastic works by a choral master There are various ways of anthologising Brahms's less-known choral pieces. The Kansas City Chorale focus on the works that are easier for a listener new to this kind of music, but include the two severe motets op 29: Herreweghe goes in at the severe end, giving us all three sets of motets though ...             A Feather on the Breath of God23 reviews Hildegard von Bingen, Doreen Muskett, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 Simply Essential + Beautiful and Soothing + Music of the Heart + just phenomenal...             John Rutter: Music for Christmas4 reviews Polyphony, Stephen Layton, ... Hyperion UK, 2001 At the Top of My Christmas Playing List! + Celebrate Christmas in song + John Rutter: Music for Christmas + "Mr. Choral Christmas's Finest"             Rachmaninov: Vespers3 reviews Sergey Rachmaninov, Matthew Best, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 The Best of Best + Russians at their best. + Ravishing Tonality ... The Rachmaninov Vespers (more accurately, the All-Night Vigil) was composed in 1915 in a two-week period, and received to immediate acclaim -- then buried in the graveyard created by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Seventy-five years after its debut, a plethora of new recordings surfaced, done ...             Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine8 reviews Alastair Miles, Bryn Terfel, ... Archiv Produktion, 1990 Monteverdi's stunning resume piece + a voice teacher and early music fan + One of the Greatest Recordings of All Time + Eternally innovative in pure tradition + Extraordinary             Andrea Bocelli: Sacred Arias134 reviews George Frideric Handel, Giulio Caccini, ... Philips, 1999 Evening music + Positively Magnificant + Excellent + a magnificent collection             Bach: Magnificat, BWV. 243; Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen22 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, John Eliot Gardiner, ... Philips, 1990 Bach's Magnificat is Here Magnificent! + Bach-nificient + The Definitive Magnificat + Good performances, but short on quantity. + a voice teacher and early music fan