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The choir : the ultimate collection.

"Joining a choir is becoming one of the most popular activities today. Thousands have been inspired to take the plunge in recent years. Choral music is everywhere: from the Champions League ('Zadok the Priest') and the Rugby World Cup ('I Vow to Thee My Country') to the X Factor ('Carmina Burana') and the Last Night of the Proms ('Jerusalem'); the public can't get enough of these inspiring and thrilling anthems. This stunning 2CD set gathers together, for the first time ever, the most popular choral music ever written. Featuring all-time favourites familiar to everyone from television, stage and screen, this is truly the definitive choral collection." -- Jbhifi.com.au.

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C9006083404 CD CHO
Music   Earlville Branch . . Available .  
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Title The choir : the ultimate collection.
Published [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Sony Music Entertainment Australia [distributor], 2015.
Physical description 2 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 12 cm.
General note "The world's most inspiring and uplifting choral anthems" -- Cover.
Contents note CD 1 : 1. HANDEL Hallelujah chorus (Messiah) -- 2. HOLST I vow to thee my country (World in union) -- 3. BEETHOVEN Ode to joy (Symphony no. 9) -- 4. VERDI Chorus of the Hebrew slaves (Nabucco) -- 5. FAURE Agnes Dei (Requiem) -- 6. BIZET Entry of the Toreadors (Carmen) -- 7. WAGNER Here comes the bride (Lohengrin) -- 8. VERDI Anvil chorus (Il Trovatore) -- 9. HANDEL For onto us a child is born (Messiah) -- 10. FAURE Pavane -- 11. BACH Jesu, joy of man's desiring -- 12. PUCCINI Humming chorus (Madama butterfly) -- 13. VERDI Dies irae (Requiem) -- 14. MASCAGNI Easter hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) -- 15. PUCCINI Turandot finale (Nessun dorma theme). CD 2 : 1. ORFF O fortuna (The X factor theme) -- 2. HANDEL Zadok the priest (Champions league theme) -- 3. PARRY Jerusalem -- 4. BACH Wachet auf -- 5. GRIEG In the hall of the mountain king (Peer Gynt) -- 6. MOZART Requiem eaternum (Amadeus theme) -- 7. HANDEL See the conqu'ering hero comes (Judas Maccbaeus) -- 8. WAGNER Pilgrims' chorus (Tannhauser) -- 9. PARRY I was glad -- 10. BACH Ich will hier dir stehen (St Matthew passion) -- 11. BORODIN Polovtsian dances (Stranger in paradise theme) -- 12. MOZART Ave verum corpus -- 13. FAURE In paradisium (Requiem) -- 14. VERDI Grand march (Aida) -- 15. ELGAR Land of hope and glory.
Performer note Various composers, choirs, conductors, musicians and orchestras ; including The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Vienna State Opera Chorus, The Choir of Trinity College and more!
Summary "Joining a choir is becoming one of the most popular activities today. Thousands have been inspired to take the plunge in recent years. Choral music is everywhere: from the Champions League ('Zadok the Priest') and the Rugby World Cup ('I Vow to Thee My Country') to the X Factor ('Carmina Burana') and the Last Night of the Proms ('Jerusalem'); the public can't get enough of these inspiring and thrilling anthems. This stunning 2CD set gathers together, for the first time ever, the most popular choral music ever written. Featuring all-time favourites familiar to everyone from television, stage and screen, this is truly the definitive choral collection." -- Jbhifi.com.au.
Subject Choral music
Orchestral music
Compilation music
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