Dec 152009
Hi all,
I live Classical music and I have a serious liking and strong affection for Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and ‘Israel in Egypt’. Now I want to venture out to other religious choral pieces but I am a bit hesitant as I do not know if there are any other religious stuff out there which live up to these two. Could anyone suggest any piece or pieces which I could try and not regret.
Thank you
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Gosh! You have a HUGE amount of wonderful music to explore. I can only mention a few of the greatest ones but I hope you will enjoy what you hear. I will restrict my recommendations to the finest sacred choral music in the hope you won’t find anything to regret.
JS Bach – Mass in B minor
JS Bach – St John Passion
JS Bach – St Matthew Passion
JS Bach – most of the 212 cantatas
JS Bach – Motets
Beethoven – Mass in C
Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
Berlioz – L’enfance du Christ
Bruckner – 3 masses and other excellent shorter pieces (motets, mostly)
Dvořák – Te Deum
Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius
Fauré – Requiem
Haydn – The Creation
Haydn – several masses (all good)
Holst – Hymn of Jesus
Janáček – Glagolitic Mass
Mendelssohn – Elijah
Mendelssohn – Hymn of Praise
Monteverdi – Vespers of 1610
Mozart – Mass in C minor
Mozart – Requiem
Poulenc – Gloria
Rakhmaninov – Vespers
Rakhmaninov – Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky – Mass
Szymanowski – Stabat Mater
Verdi – Requiem
Vivaldi – Gloria
Vivaldi – Nisi Dominus
Definitely must try Bach’s Passion of St Matthew ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuevG8Tgt… ), Mozart’s Great Mass ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuFA3Dmgl… )… and the requiems by Mozart ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkT07TP-… ), Faure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAx5Squ5… ), and Verdi ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzw4CiYF… ).
Not to mention the many ‘prayers’ in various operas… like ‘La virgine degli angeli’ from Verdi’s La forza del destino ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXwzmbbLF… ) or the preghiera from Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYorKuutG… ), and many more.
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