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2. Britten: An American Overture; King Arthur: Suite for Orchestra; The World of the Spirit (1996)
by Britten Singers (vocals), Cormac Rigby (speech/speaker/speaking part), Martyn Hill (tenor), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Susan Chilcott (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
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4. Senator: Holocaust Requiem-Kaddish For Terezin/Smetana: The Moldau (1994)
by Bel Kaufman, Jan Kratov (baritone), Lydia Zakharenko (soprano), Mussorgsky State Conservatory, Yeakaterin, Municipal Boys Choir (choir, chorus), Yurloff State Chorus (choir, chorus), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
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7. Arvo Pärt: Orient & Occident (2002)
by Helena Olsson (soprano), Swedish Radio Choir (choir, chorus), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)
Surprises are in store here for anyone expecting the contemplative style for which Arvo Pärt is best known. The composer's identity is still ... More
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9. Hubert Parry: Orchestral & Choral Works (2012)
by Amanda Roocroft (soprano), BBC National Chorus of Wales (choir, chorus), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
This release of music by Hubert Parry, perhaps the Voice of British Empire, comes complete with its very own booklet note by the Prince of Wales. ... More
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10. Mozart: Mass in C (2006)
by Le Concert d'Astrée, Luca Pisaroni (bass), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Véronique Gens (soprano), Louis Langree (conductor)
First things first: if you're seeing a picture of this disc on the site of an online retailer, be aware that it contains the Mass in C minor, K. 427, ... More
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11. Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick; Sinfonietta (2011)
by David Wilson Johnson (baritone), Poul Embourg (tenor), Rasmus Gravers Nielsen (tenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Uffe Henriksen (bass), Danish National Choir (choir, chorus), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor)
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12. Hölderlin: Ode an die Menschheit; Mozart: Requiem (2005)
by Anton Dermota (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Hilde Rossel-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Raoul Aslan, Vienna State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm (conductor)
Karl Böhm's 1971 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart's Requiem has long been regarded as the best, deepest, truest, and most Austrian recording ... More
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13. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Alexander Nevsky (2003)
by Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Is Prokofiev's Scythian Suite a deliberate parody of Stravinsky's La sacra du printemps? On the basis of Valery Gergiev's recording of it, yes, it is ... More
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14. Orff: Carmina Burana; Stravinsky: Fireworks; Circus Polka (2001)
by Gerhard Unger (tenor), John Noble (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), New Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (boy's choir), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
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15. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
by Anton Dermota (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Maria Stader (soprano), Mariana Radev (contralto), Siegfried Borries (violin), Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer (organ), St. Hedwig's Cathedral Chor (choir, chorus), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm (conductor)
In 1955 and at the peak of his postwar powers, Karl Böhm recorded Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Berlin Philharmonic with an all-star cast of ... More
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17. Mozart: Krönungsmesse, K 317; Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339 (1993)
by Alastair Ross (organ), Catherine Robbin (contralto), Emma Kirkby (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Winchester Cathedral Choir (choir, chorus), Winchester College Quiristers (choir, chorus), Academy of Ancient Music
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18. Handel: Water Music
by Budapest Strings, Bela Banfalvi (conductor)
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24. Vaughan Williams, Alwin, Bowen, Parry: Orchestral Works (2010)
by Micaela Haslam (soprano), Roderick Elms (organ), London Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)
Neither the most ardent fan of 20th century English orchestral music, or even, one suspects, the composers themselves, would count the works on this ... More
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25. Cherubini: Requiem (2007)
by Boston Baroque (choir, chorus), Boston Baroque
In the early nineteenth century, Luigi Cherubini's Requiem in C minor (1816) was often compared to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, ... More
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