Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederick Handel, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Pietro Mascagni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gabriel Faure, Antonio Vivaldi, Charles Gounod, Gustav Holst, Giacomo Puccini, Carl Orff, Claudio Monteverdi, Edvard Grieg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Borodin, Edward Elgar, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Rafael Kubelik, Seiji Ozawa Title: Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Release Date: 9/16/1997 Genres: Special Interest, Classical Styles: Marches, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Symphonies, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Early Music, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Sacred & Religious, Symphonies Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 028945719627 |
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This certainly is a desirable compendium of some of the most famous large-scale choral pieces, primarily drawn from Deutsche Grammophon's catalog of operas and oratorios. Among the 30 selections on this two-disc set are ... more » |
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Amazon.com This certainly is a desirable compendium of some of the most famous large-scale choral pieces, primarily drawn from Deutsche Grammophon's catalog of operas and oratorios. Among the 30 selections on this two-disc set are choruses from Carmen, Lohengrin, Aida, Madame Butterfly, and Il Trovatore, as well as Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, and Verdi's Requiem. --David Vernier Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsNot that bad... at first Joanne Kloepfer | New Orleans, LA | 03/26/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "There's plenty of free samples to this CD, and I agree that this is a great collection of music. Chances are you won't find a collection of songs, all of them with angelic choirs, as great as this. When I got it I was quite happy with it, but when I heard the same songs done with different conductors I thought to myself: 'Hey, why doesn't it sound like my CD?' It's the quality that I don't like. For example, Dias Irae is a great song, and it sounds pretty good on the CD, but compare it to another version and this one is slower, the chorus is off key, and it doesn't have that intense emotion. Same thing with O Fortuna, it's a great song, but the chorus is just terrible on this CD, the instruments are lacking in emotion: percussion doesn't add that extra 'oomph' to the bass drum, the cymbals don't have enough emphasis, the chorus sounds like they're about to go asleep, and the dynamics between fortissimo and pianissimo have little effort. I'd recomend this if you have little cash to blow on a lot of good songs, otherwise you might want to search for a bunch of seperate CDs with the same songs." Uplifting jb russell | Boston, MA | 12/11/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "this is my favorite CD to give to the people i love. the sound is huge and uplifting to the spirit." "Essential" is right! Leslie Avener | Miami, FL | 02/26/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Absolutely beautiful! I can't seem to take it off. Am buying more to give as gifts."
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