| Other author/creator | Gardiner, John Eliot, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | McCreesh, Paul, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Giulini, Carlo Maria conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Hogwood, Christopher, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Terfel, Bryn, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Schreier, Peter conductor. |
| Included Work | Allegri, Gregorio, 1582-1652. Miserere. |
| Included Work | Lotti, Antonio, -1740 Crucifixus, voices. |
| Included Work | Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594. Timor et tremor. |
| Included Work | Josquin, des Prez, -1521. Ave Maria (Virgo serena) |
| Included Work | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594 Stabat Mater, voices. |
| Included Work | Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611. Motets (1583). Salve Regina. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Gradualia, liber 1. Ave verum corpus. |
| Included Work | Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 1. |
| Included Work | Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585. Lamentations, no. 2. |
| Included Work | Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585. Spem in alium. |
| Included Work | Ockeghem, Johannes, approximately 1410-1497. Missa pro defunctis. |
| Included Work | Josquin, des Prez, -1521. O Domine Jesu Christe. |
| Included Work | Josquin, des Prez, -1521. Ave verum corpus. |
| Included Work | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594. Masses, book 2. Missa Papae Marcelli. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623 Fantasias, voices, C major. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Masses, voices. |
| Included Work | Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Voluntary for my Lady Nevell. |
| Included Work | Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611. Officium defunctorum. |
| Included Work | Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Vespro della Beata Vergine. |
| Included Work | Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736. Stabat Mater, P. 77, F minor. |
| Included Work | Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672. Magnificat anima mea Dominum. |
| Included Work | Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672. O bone Jesu, fili Mariae. |
| Included Work | Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672. Vocal music. Selections. |
| Included Work | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Te Deum, H. 146, D major. |
| Included Work | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416. Nuit. |
| Included Work | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Messe de minuit. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Hail, bright Cecilia. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O God, Thou art my God. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Remember not, Lord, our offences. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 March and canzona, trumpets, Z. 860, C minor. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Funeral sentences, 2nd version. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Funeral sentences, 2nd version. Man that is born of a woman. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Funeral sentences, 2nd version. In the midst of life. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58C. |
| Included Work | Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Gloria, RV 589, D major. |
| Included Work | Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Nulla in mundo pax. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Magnificats, BWV 243, D major. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Matthäuspassion. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Johannespassion. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Masses, BWV 232, B minor. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Israel in Egypt. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Coronation anthems. Zadok the priest. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Coronation anthems. King shall rejoice. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah. |
| Included Work | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Masses, K. 427, C minor. |
| Included Work | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Masses, K. 317, C major. |
| Included Work | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Requiem, K. 626, D minor. |
| Included Work | Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Masses, H. XXII, 11, D minor. |
| Included Work | Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Te Deum, H. XXIIIc, 2, C major. |
| Included Work | Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Schöpfung. |
| Included Work | Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Stabat Mater, G minor. |
| Included Work | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Enfance du Christ. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Sara la baigneuse. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Irlande. Hélène. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Irlande. Belle voyageuse. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Quartetto e coro dei maggi. |
| Included Work | Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Irlande. Chant sacré. |
| Included Work | Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Masses, D. 167, G major. |
| Included Work | Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. 23. Psalm. |
| Included Work | Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896. Te Deum, C major. |
| Included Work | Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896. Motets. |
| Included Work | Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Deutsches Requiem. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Messa da Requiem. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Pezzi sacri. |
| Included Work | Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Requiem, op. 48, D minor. |
| Included Work | Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-1986. Requiem, op. 9. |
| Included Work | Walton, William, 1902-1983. Belshazzar's feast. |
| Included Work | Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Dream of Gerontius. |
| Included Work | Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. I was glad. |
| Included Work | Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. Jerusalem. |
| Included Work | Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 8, E♭ major. |
| Included Work | Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Mša glagolskaja. |
| Included Work | Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Missa brevis. |
| Included Work | Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Vsenoshchnoe bdenie. |
| Included Work | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Symphonie de Psaumes. |
| Included Work | Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Mass. |
| Included Work | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Chichester Psalms. |
| Included Work | Orff, Carl, 1895-1982. Carmina Burana. |
| Included Work | Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Gloria. |
| Included Work | Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Litanies à la Vierge noire. |
| Included Work | Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Stabat Mater. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. War requiem. |
| Included Work | Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998. Child of our time. |
| Included Work | Whitacre, Eric, 1970- Lux aurumque. |
| Included Work | Pärt, Arvo. De profundis. |
| Included Work | Pärt, Arvo. Woman with the alabaster box. |
| Included Work | Górecki, Henryk Mikołaj, 1933-2010. Totus tuus. |
| Included Work | Ligeti, György, 1923-2006. Lux aeterna. |
| Included Work | Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. O sacrum convivium. |
| Included Work | Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-1986. Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens. |
| Included Work | Tavener, John. Lamb. |
| Included Work | Tavener, John. Song for Athene. |
| Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. God's grandeur. |
| Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 13. Nun takes the veil. |
| Included Work | Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Agnus Dei. |
| Portion of title |
500 years of choral masterworks |
| Portion of title |
Choral masterworks |
| Variant title |
Parallel subtitle from program notes: Cinq cent ans de musique sacrée |
| Variant title |
Parallel subtitle from program notes: Grosse Chorwerke aus fünf Jahrhunderten |
| Contents |
CD 1. Renaissance masterpieces. Allegri, Lotti, Laassus, Josquin des Prez, Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd, Tallis (79:06) -- |
| Contents |
CD 2. Requiem / Ockeghem ; O Domine Jesu Christe ; Ave verum corpus / Josquin ; Missa Papae Marcelli / Palestrina (73:53) -- |
| Contents |
CD 3. Byrd. Fantasia in D minor ; Mass for four voices ; Voluntary a 3 ; Mass for three voices ; Fantasia in C major ; Mass for five voices / William Byrd (77:54) -- |
| Contents |
CD 4. Officium defunctorum : (1605) / Victoria (59:44) -- |
| Contents |
CD 5. Vespers : (I) / Monteverdi (68:47) -- |
| Contents |
CD 6. Vespers : (II) / Monteverdi ; Stabat Mater / Pergolesi (72:05) -- |
| Contents |
CD 7. Christmas vespers c. 1664 (Schütz). Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi ; Warum toben die Heiden ; Magnificat ; O bone Jesu, fili Mariae (79:40) -- |
| Contents |
CD 8. Te Deum : H146 ; Messe de minuit : H9 / Charpentier (47:31) -- |
| Contents |
CD 9. Ode to St Cecilia : Z328 ; Remember not, Lord, our offences : Z50 ; O God, thou art my God : Z35 ; Music for the funeral of Queen Mary / Purcell (75:45) -- |
| Contents |
CD 10. Gloria, RV 589 ; Nulla in mundo pax sincera : RV 630 / Vivaldi ; Magnificat, BWV 243 / J.S. Bach (68:23) -- |
| Contents |
CD 11. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbester Zeit : BWV 106 : Actus tragicus ; O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht : BWV 118/231 ; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme : BWV 140 ; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben : BWV 147 / J.S. Bach (80:28) -- |
| Contents |
CD 12. St Matthew Passion : (I) / J.S. Bach (80:31) -- |
| Contents |
CD 13. St Matthew Passion : (II) / J.S. Bach (79:39) -- |
| Contents |
CD 14. St John Passion : (I) / J.S. Bach (51:36) -- |
| Contents |
CD 15. St John Passion : (II) / J.S. Bach (54:16) -- |
| Contents |
CD 16. Mass in B minor : (I) / J.S. Bach (51:34) -- |
| Contents |
CD 17. Mass In B minor : (II) /J.S. Bach (54:03) -- |
| Contents |
CD 18. Israel in Egypt : (I) / Handel (33:32) -- |
| Contents |
CD 19. Israel in Egypt : (II) ; 2 Coronation anthems / Handel (68:39) -- |
| Contents |
CD 20. Messiah : (I) / Handel (65:34) -- |
| Contents |
CD 21. Messiah : (II) / Handel (71:00) -- |
| Contents |
CD 22. Mass in C minor, K427 : Great ; Mass in C major, K317 : Coronation / Mozart (75:55) -- |
| Contents |
CD 23. Requiem, K626 ; Ave verum corpus : K618 / Mozart (52:48) -- |
| Contents |
CD 24. Missa in angustiis : Hob.XXII:11 : Nelson mass ; Te Deum, Hob.XXIIIc:2 / Haydn (49:50) -- |
| Contents |
CD 25. The creation : (I) / Haydn (79:27) -- |
| Contents |
CD 26. The creation : (II) / Haydn (29:29) -- |
| Contents |
CD 27. Missa solemnis / Beethoven (71:08) -- |
| Contents |
CD 28. Stabat Mater / Rossini (64:44) -- |
| Contents |
CD 29. Elijah : (I) / Mendelssohn (65:05) -- |
| Contents |
CD 30. Elijah : (II) / Mendelssohn (65:48) -- |
| Contents |
CD 31. L'enfance du Christ : (I) / Berlioz (55:31) -- |
| Contents |
CD 32. L'enfance du Christ : (II) ; La belle voyageuse ; Chant sacré ; Hélène ; Quartetto e coro dei maggi ; Sara la baigneuse / Berlioz (63:50) -- |
| Contents |
CD 33. Mass in D major, D167 ; 23rd Psalm : D706 / Schubert ; Te Deum ; Motets / Bruckner (77:58) -- |
| Contents |
CD 34. Ein deutsches Requiem / Brahms (65:11) -- |
| Contents |
CD 35. Requiem (I) / Verdi (45:49) -- |
| Contents |
CD 36. Requiem (II) ; Quattro pezzi sacri / Verdi (75:40) -- |
| Contents |
CD 37. Requiems / Fauré, Duruflé (76:55) -- |
| Contents |
CD 38. The crucifixion / Stainer ; Take him, earth, for cherishing / Howells (70:40) -- |
| Contents |
CD 39. Belshazzar's feast / Walton ; The dream of Gerontius : (I) / Elgar (72:25) -- |
| Contents |
CD 40. The dream of Gerontius : (II) / Elgar ; I was glad ; Jerusalem / Parry (65:11) -- |
| Contents |
CD 41. Symphony no. 8 : Symphony of a thousand / Mahler (79:34) -- |
| Contents |
CD 42. Glagolitic mass / Janáĉek ; Missa brevis / Kodály (73:05) -- |
| Contents |
CD 43. Vespers / Rachmaninov (56:19) -- |
| Contents |
CD 44. Symphony of Psalms ; Mass / Stravinsky ; Chichester Psalms / Bernstein (59:14) -- |
| Contents |
CD 45. Carmina Burana / Orff (62:36) -- |
| Contents |
CD 46. Gloria ; Litanies á la Vierge noire ; Stabat Mater / Poulenc (62:46) -- |
| Contents |
CD 47. War requiem / Britten (81:03) -- |
| Contents |
CD 48. A child of our time / Tippett (64:12) -- |
| Contents |
CD 49. Whitacre, Light and gold. Lux aurumque ; Five Hebrew love songs ; The seal lullaby ; A boy and a girl ; Leonardo dreams of his flying machine ; Three songs of faith ; The stolen child ; Water night ; Nox aurumque ; Sleep (71:16) -- |
| Contents |
CD 50. Choral music of the 20th century. Pärt, Górecki, Ligeti, Messiaen, Duruflé, Tavener, Barber (74:16). |
| General note | Decca: 478 3640 (set); 478 3731--478 3780 (discs); 478 3961 (CD-ROM) |
| General note | Contains previously released material. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by Andrew Stewart in English, with French and German translations (158 p.) laid in container. |
| Performer |
Featuring John Eliot Gardiner, Peter Schreier, Paul McCreesh, Giulini, Solti, Christopher Hogwood, Bernstein, conductors ; Bryn Terfel, bass ; other musicians. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at various locations, 1961-2010; in part, recorded live. |
| Technical details | The CD-ROM contains an electronic booklet of sung texts and translations in PDF format which can be accessed from any computer with a CD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat 6.0. |
| Language | Sung in Latin, German, English, French, Russian, Hebrew, or Italian; texts with English translation, where appropriate, on CD-ROM. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| UPC |
028947836407 |
| Publisher number | 478 3640 Decca |
| Publisher number | 478 3731--478 3780 Decca |
| Publisher number | 478 3961 Decca |
