Lift up Your Voice Sacred Choral Music
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LIFT UP YOUR VOICE SACRED CHORAL MUSIC Of all music genres, sacred choral music enjoys the greatest historical reach and the richest range of styles. During the centuries preceding the Baroque period, unaccompanied gems would have rolled around the vaulted expanses of majestic cathedrals. Thereafter, accompanied music became the norm for masses, cantatas, oratorios and other works central to the religious experience, with standouts that include the Requiem Masses of Mozart, Fauré and Verdi. From Renaissance rites to the popular vernacular of modern religious works, the Naxos catalogue has the full overview. Label Cat. No. Composer CD Title Featured Artists UPC Capilla Peñaflorida / Ministriles de Marsias / 1 Naxos 8.555772 ANCHIETA, Juan de (1462-1523) Digital Exclusive Missa Sine Nomine • Salve Regina 747313577224 Josep Cabré Cantatas: Ingrid Kertesi, Soprano / Judit Németh, Alto / 2 Naxos 8.550642 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 • József Mukk, Tenor / István Gáti, Bass / 4891030506428 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 Hungarian Radio Chorus / Failoni CO / Mátyás Antál Christmas Cantatas: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland • 3 Naxos 8.554825 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon 636943482520 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! • Schwingt freudig euch empor Ingrid Kertesi, Soprano / Judit Nemeth, Alto / Jozsef Mukk, Tenor / Janos Tóth, Bass / 4 Naxos 8.554508 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio (Highlights) 636943450826 Hungarian Radio Chorus / Failoni CO / Géza Oberfrank Ingrid Kertesi, Soprano / Judit Nemeth, Alto / Jozsef Mukk, Tenor / Janos Tóth, Bass / 5 Naxos 8.550428-30 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio [3 CDs] 730099542821 Hungarian Radio Chorus / Failoni CO / Géza Oberfrank Victoria Braum, Julia Kleiter, Soprano / Katharina Magiera, Alto / Georg Poplutz, Tenor / 6 Naxos 8.574001-02 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) NEW Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 [2 CDs] 747313400171 Thomas E. Bauer, Bass / Mainz Bach Choir / Mainz Bach Orchestra / Ralf Otto Siri Karoline Thornhill, Claudia Couwenbergh, Soprano / Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-Soprano / Marianne Beate Kielland, Alto / Markus Schafer, 7 Naxos 8.572541 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Favourite Arias and Choruses 747313254170 Tenor / Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Bass-Baritone / Dresden Chamber Choir / Jurgen Schuster, Trumpet / Cologne CO / Helmut Müller-Brühl Favourite Cantatas: Wedding Cantata • 8 Naxos 8.554042 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Various Artists 636943404225 Ich habe genug • Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Heavenly Voices - 9 Naxos 8.557947-48 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Various Artists 747313294725 J.S. Bach's Most Beautiful Arias [2 CDs] Oxford Schola Cantorum / Northern CO / 10 Naxos 8.554056 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Magnificat (+VIVALDI: Gloria) 636943405628 Nicholas Ward Yale Voxtet / Yale Schola Cantorum / 11 Naxos 8.572161 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Magnificat in D major (+MENDELSSOHN) 747313216178 Yale Collegium Players / Simon Carrington Magnificat, BWV 243 • Oxford Schola Cantorum / Northern CO / 12 Naxos 8.550763 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) 730099576321 Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82 Nicholas Ward Sunhae Im, Soprano / Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-Soprano / Ann Hallenberg, Alto / 13 Naxos 8.557448-49 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Digital Exclusive Mass in B minor [2 CDs] 747313244829 Markus Schäfer, Tenor / Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone / Cologne CO / Helmut Müller-Brühl Motets: Jesu, meine Freude • Komm, Jesu, komm • Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied • Fürchte dich nicht 14 Naxos 8.553823 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Scholars Baroque Ensemble 730099482325 • Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf • Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-Soprano / 15 Naxos 8.557621 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Sacred Cantatas for Alto: Nos. 54, 169, 170 and 200 Köln Bach Vocal Ensemble / Cologne CO / 747313262120 Helmut Müller-Brühl Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass-Baritone / Digital Exclusive Sacred Cantatas for Bass: 16 Naxos 8.557616 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Trina Scherer, Soprano / Siegen Collegium Vocale / 747313261628 Nos. 56, 82 and 158 Cologne CO / Helmut Müller-Brühl Oxford New College Choir / Collegium Novum / 17 Naxos 8.557296-97 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) St. John Passion [2 CDs] 747313229628 Edward Higginbottom 18 Naxos 8.573817-18 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) NEW St. John Passion (1749 version) Various Artists 747313381777 Peter Köves, Bass / Jozsef Mukk, Tenor / Judit Németh, Alto / Ibolya Verebics, Soprano / 19 Naxos 8.553198 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) Hungarian Festival Choir / Hungarian Radio 730099419826 Children's Choir / Hungarian State SO / Géza Oberfrank Nico van der Meel, Markus Schäfer, Tenor / Raimund Nolte, Bass-Baritone / Locky Chung, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Bass / 20 Naxos 8.557617-19 BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) St. Matthew Passion [3 CDs] Claudia Couwenbergh, Soprano / 747313261727 Marianne Beate Kielland, Alto / Dresden Chamber Choir / Cologne Cathedral Boys' Choir / Cologne CO / Helmut Müller-Brühl Digital Exclusive No-res (Nothing) (An Agnostic Madrid Community Chorus and Orchestra / 21 Naxos 8.557343 BALADA, Leonardo (b. 1933) 747313234325 Requiem) (+Ebony Fantasies) José Ramón Encinar Judita Leitaite, Mezzo-Soprano / 22 Naxos 8.557604 BALAKAUSKAS, Osvaldas (b. 1937) Requiem in memoriam Stasys Lozoraitis Vilnius Municipal Choir / Christopher CO / 747313260423 Donatas Katkus Claire Rutter, Soprano / Matilde Wallevik, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mezzo-Soprano / BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770- Peter Hoare, Julian Davies, Tenor / Stephen Gadd, 23 Naxos 8.572783 Der glorreiche Augenblick • Choral Fantasia 747313278374 1827) Baritone / Westminster Boys’ Choir / City of London Choir / Leon McCawley, Piano / Royal PO / Hilary Davan Wetton Sacred Choral Music - Segment List 2018 Page 1 of 13 SacredChoralSegment2018 Label Cat. No. Composer CD Title Featured Artists UPC Lori Phillips, Soprano / Robynne Redman, BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770- Mezzo-Soprano / James Taylor, Tenor / Jay Baylon, 24 Naxos 8.557060 Missa Solemnis 747313206025 1827) Bass / Nashville Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn Digital Exclusive Missa Azzolina • Magnificat • 25 Naxos 8.553636 BENEVOLO, Orazio (1605-1672) Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet 730099463621 Dixit Dominus Sacred Choral Music: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge / 26 Naxos 8.557277 BERKELEY, Lennox (1903-1989) Crux Fidelis • Missa Brevis • 3 Latin Motets • 747313227723 Christopher Robinson A Festival Anthem Robert Brubaker, Tenor / Constance Hauman, 27 Naxos 8.559430 BERLINSKI, Herman (1918-2001) Avodat Shabbat Soprano / Elizabeth Shammash, Mezzo-Soprano / 636943943021 Ernst Senff Choir / Berlin RSO / Gerard Schwarz Fernand Bernardi, Bass / Antoine Garcin, Michel Piquemal, Jean-Louis Serre, Baritone / Michele Lagrange, Soprano / Etienne Vandier, 28 Naxos 8.553650-51 BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869) L’Enfance du Christ [2 CDs] 730099465021 Tenor / Jean-Luc Viala, Narrator / Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir / Lille NO / Jean-Claude Casadesus Michael Schade, Tenor / Toronto Mendelssohn 29 Naxos 8.554494-95 BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869) Requiem [2 CDs] Choir / Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir / 636943449424 Elora Festival Orchestra / Noel Edison Jubilant Sykes, Baritone / Asher Edward Wulfman, Boy Soprano / Morgan State University Choir / 30 Naxos 8.559622-23 BERNSTEIN, Leonard (1918-1990) Mass [2 CDs] 636943962220 Peabody Children's Chorus / Baltimore Symphony / Marin Alsop Christine Goerke, Soprano / Susanna Poretzky, Mezzo-Soprano / Alberto Mizrahi, Cantor / 31 Naxos 8.559074 BEVERIDGE, Thomas (b. 1938) Yizkor Requiem Washington Choral Arts Society / 636943907429 Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra / Norman Scribner BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von NEW Missa Salisburgensis à 53 voci Collegium Vocale 1704 / Collegium 1704 / 32 Naxos NBD0066V 730099006668 (1644–1704) (+MONTEVERDI, C.) [Blu-ray] Václav Luks Patricia Rozario, Soprano / Robert William Blake, Treble / Richard Edgar-Wilson, Tenor / 33 Naxos 8.572453 BLAKE, Howard (b. 1938) The Passion of Mary • 4 Songs of the Nativity 747313245376 David Wilson-Johnson, Bass-Baritone / London Voices / Royal PO / Howard Blake Marta Mathéu, Soprano / Gemma Coma-Alabert, Mezzo-Soprano / Agustín Prunell-Friend, Tenor / 34 Naxos 8.572994 BOTTESINI, Giovanni (1821-1889) Messa da Requiem Enric Martínez-Castignani, Baritone / 747313299478 Joyful Company of Singers / London PO / Thomas Martin Miriam Gauci, Soprano / Eduard Tumagian, 35 Naxos 8.550213 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) A German Requiem, Op. 45 Baritone / Slovak Philharmonic Chorus / 730099521321 Slovak RSO / Alexander Rahbari Anna Lucia Richter, Soprano / Stephan Genz, Baritone / Leipzig MDR Radio Choir 36 Naxos 8.572996 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) Ein deutsches Requiem 747313299676 / Leipzig MDR SO / Marin Alsop Christiane Libor, Soprano / Thomas E. Bauer, 37 Naxos 8.573061 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) Ein deutsches Requiem Baritone / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and 747313306176 Orchestra / Antoni Wit Christiane Libor, Soprano / Thomas E. Bauer, 38 Naxos NBD0039 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) Ein deutsches Requiem [Blu-ray Audio] Baritone / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and 730099003964 Orchestra / Antoni Wit Motets: St. Bride’s Choir / Matthew Morley, Organ / 39 Naxos 8.553877 BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) 730099487726 Ave Maria • Psalm XIII • Geistliches