09/12/2018
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for voices …featuring a Cherubic Hymn, a storm, a song from Tibet, and also a chorus from the opera Rasputin by Rautavaara
Produced by Luke Whitlock for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wales
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Music Played
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem: Dies irae
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Decca 4421432.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Judith Weir
Storm (Mercy)
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Choir: Temple Church Choir. Ensemble: Endymion. Conductor: David Hills.- SIGNUM : SIGCD421.
- SIGNUM.
- 18.
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Johannes Brahms
The Hunch-backed Fiddler (Songs and Romances, Op 93a)
Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Erwin Guido Ortner.- TELDEC : 4509920582.
- TELDEC.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C major, K.317 'Coronation' (Gloria)
Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Thomas Cooley. Singer: Sumner Thompson. Choir: Handel and Haydn Society Chorus. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO : COR-16104.
- CORO.
- 10.
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Gerald Finzi
My Lovely One
Performer: Daniel Cook. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- Hyperion : CDA-68167.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Surge, illuminare
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO COR16114.
- CORO.
- 16.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Pater noster
Choir: Rheinische Kantorei. Conductor: Hermann Max.- CPO 5550652.
- CPO.
- 4.
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Stefan Johannes Bleicher
Trio in F Major
- Arte Nova 7432171192.
- Arte Nova.
- 2.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Laudate Dominum
Choir: I Fagiolini. Choir: 24. Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Decca 4831654.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Florence Price
The Moon Bridge
Performer: Elizabeth Burgess. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas. -
glinka state choir of st. petersburg
Cherubic Hymn No 7
- Teldec 4509938562.
- Teldec.
- 2.
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Sertha Gesar Troupe
Tashi Shok (Best Wishes)
- Tibet Foundation 2008.
- Tibet Foundation.
- 15.
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George Frideric Handel
Belshazzar: See from his post Euphrates flies
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- LES ARTS FLORISSANTS AF001.
- LES ARTS FLORISSANTS.
- 8.
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Helsinki Music Centre Choir
Rasputin: I Fear Not
- Ondine ODE12742.
- Ondine.
- 14.
Broadcast
- Sun 9 Dec 2018 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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