Greatest Hits: The Chorus

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1Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
synthesizer:
Jeffrey Reid Baker
conductor:
Robert De Cormier
performer:
The New York Choral Society
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:48
2Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:13
3Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus
conductor:
Luis Cobos
Giuseppe Verdi2:57
4Danny Boy
choir vocals:
The Vocal Majority (Barbershop Chorus)
[unknown]4:27
5Aida: Triumphal March
conductor:
Luis Cobos
Giuseppe Verdi4:18
6Art Thou With Me
organ:
Frank W. Asper and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
arranger:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
recording of:
Art Thou With Me
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arranger:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
arrangement of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:21
7Old American Songs: Simple Gifts
conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist)
Aaron Copland1:26
8Ave verum corpus in D Major
conductor:
Gerhard Schmidt‐Gaden (conductor)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:10
9Battle Hymn of the Republic
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
[unknown]4:50
10Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
conductor:
Enoch zu Guttenberg
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel3:27
11Home on the Range
conductor:
Jim Clancy
[unknown]3:11
12Messa da Requiem: Dies irae, dies illia
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi2:20
13Nearer My God to Thee
chorus master:
Margaret Hillis (chorus master)
recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
Lowell Mason2:03
14Symphony No. 3: V. Lusting im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor, Part II: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck ('Es sungen drei Engel')
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1893 until 1896)
arrangement of:
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Es sungen drei Engel
is based on:
Es sungen drei Engel
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor
Gustav Mahler4:28
15The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
conductor:
Bruno Weil (conductor)
recording of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob XXI:2: Part I: XIV. Chor und Terzett: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2: Part I
Joseph Haydn3:26
16Polovtsian Dance (excerpt) from Prince Igor
conductor:
Emil Chakarov (conductor)
partial recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Russian composer)
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин5:43
17Mass in B minor: Et resurrexit
choir vocals:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (in 1994-06)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (in 1994-06)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) (in 1994-06)
recording of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232: II. Symbolum Nicenum: VI. Et resurrexit (in 1994-06)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1747 until 1749)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232 (Mass in B minor)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:45
18Whistle While You Work / Heigh-Ho! Heigh Ho! from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recording of:
Heigh‐Ho (The Dwarfs’ Marching Song)
lyricist:
Larry Morey
composer:
Frank Churchill
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
part of:
On est toutes Blanche-Neige
part of:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Disney animated film, songs and musical score)
recording of:
Whistle While You Work (from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs")
lyricist:
Larry Morey
composer:
Frank Churchill
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
part of:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Disney animated film, songs and musical score)
Frank Churchill4:09
19Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Allegro assai vivace alla marcia
conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
is based on:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Ludwig van Beethoven13:49

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