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Choral or Classical Vocal Recordings - Must Have

In the last six year I have opened my ears to choral music and classical vocal recordings. I would appreciate hearing what your Must Have list is, so that I can discover more wonderful music that maybe I haven't yet heard.

My list is in random order and is as follows:

-Magnificat by John Rutter - COLCD 114
-Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, Los Angeles Master Chorale - RCM 19705
-Let Your Voice Be Heard - Cantus - CTS 1201
-Olde English Madrigals and Folk Songs at Ely Catedral, Rutter and the Cambridge Singers - AG500-2
-Vepres by Rachmaninov - The Choral Arts Society of Washington - ERATO 2292-45269-2
-La Belle Epoque, The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn - Susan Graham - Sony SK60168
-O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen - Nordic Chamber Choir - BR 100 305 CD
-Requiem by Faure - John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers - COLCD 109
-Renee Fleming - Renee Fleming - DECCA 289467049-2
-Litany, Arvo Part - The Hilliard Ensemble - ECM 1592
-Vivaldi Gloria - Robert Shaw Chorus (Dawn Upshaw in this) -Telarc CD-80194
Gloria by John Rutter - The Cambridge Singers - COLCD 100

I could list others but this is the core of my collection which I never tire of. What's yours?
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gaudio_eek
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- Veronique Gens: Nuit D'etoiles
- Monica Groop: Bach Alto Cantatas
- Susam Graham: C'est ca la vie
- Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
- Barbara Bonney: Diamonds in the Snow
- Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger
- Maria Bayo: Handel Opera Arias and Cantatas
- Regine Crespin: (Remastered) Berlioz' Les Nuits d'Ete and Ravel's Sheherazade
- Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on
- JS Bach: Matthaus-Passion (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
- Bernarda Fink: Canciones Amatorias
- Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben (Bernarda Fink)
- Terra Nova Consort: Renaissance en provence
- Mudejar by Begonia Olavide
- Ludus Danielis: The Play of Daniel (Harp Consort)
- Esther Lamandier: Chansons de Toile (extremely rare)
- Esther Lamandier: Decameron (again, extremely rare)
- Canto Mediterraneo: Guillemette Laurens ans Cappricio Stravagante
- Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesange by Thomas Quasthoff

More to come...
eldartford
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If you want to give your subwoofer a workout, try Telarc SACD-60579 "The Sound of Glory"... Morman Tabernacle Choir. They have the mother of all organs in Salt Lake City.
(This is a Hybrid SACD, but I have no idea how it sounds on a regular CD player).
gonglee3
304 posts
 
Jo sumi - the clearest and prettiest soprano I've heard - She is coloratura soprano so higher than regular, and her voice is ideal feminin to me.

khrys
446 posts
 
The Allegri Miserere is a must but only the King's College Choir version conducted by Stephen Cleobury (c 1984).
Also Richard Strauss' Vier letze Lieder performed by Arleen Auger are transcending.
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cpdunn99
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I agree completely with Gonglee3 about Jo Sumi (in the US, her name is reversed to Sumi Jo, which itself, I guess should be Su-Mi Jo?). Anyway, her voice is remarkable and any of her CDs (which are widely available on Erato) will delight you.
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