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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?
jcbach

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Here are some additional selections that I greatly enjoy, together with some suggested performances (on LP, not sure of availability on CD):
~Poulenc - Gloria, Pretre/FNRO/Carteri on EMI
~Allegri - Miserere, Tallis Scholars or Willcocks/King's College Choir
~Britten - Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, Rejoice in the Lamb (to limit myself to 3 works)
~Byrd - Mass in 3 Parts, Willcocks/King's College Choir
~Carissimi - Jephte (also Jefta), on Proprius label
~Worcester Fragments, Stevens/AccademiaMoteverdiana on Nonesuch
~Laudate! - (music of the Baroque) DrottingholmBarEns & UppsalaAcKammarkor on Proprius label
~Crumb - Ancient Voices of Children, ContempChmEns/ DeGaetani on Nonesuch
~Durufle - Requiem, Durufle/OrchLamoureu on Erato label
~Handel - Messiah, McGegan/PhilBarOrchestra
~Haydn - Harmoniemesse, Guest/ASMF/Choir StJohn's College Cambridge on Argo (Decca)
~Hildegard of Bingen - "Sequences and Hymns by..." Page/GothicVoices on Hyperion label
~Holst - Salvitri, I.Holst/ECO/Purcell Singers/J.Baker on Argo (Decca)
~Janacek - Glagolitic Mass, Ancerl/CzechPO or Kempe/RPO
~Josquin Des Pres - Missa Pange Lingua, Tallis Scholars
~Ockeghem - Requiem, Clemencic Consort, Harmonia Mundi label
~Orff - Carmina Burana, DeBurgos (EMI) or Kempe (Philips)
~Carmina Burana "original manuscript" performance - Clemencic Consort, Harmonia Mundi label
~Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli, Tallis Scholars
~Pizzetti - Messa di Requiem (20th Century), Mikaeli Kammarkor on Proprius label
~Roman - Swedish Mass, Ohrwall/DrottingholmBarEns, Proprius label
~Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs, Mass in g, Sancta Civitas
~Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium, Guest/Choir StJohn's College Cambridge on Argo (Decca)
~Martin Best (artist: lute, guitar, vocal) - "The Dawn of Romance" (EMI), "The Dante Troubadours" (Nimbus), "The Testament of Tristan" (Hyperion)
~Bach - Coffee Cantata and Peasant Cantata (for a bit of fun), Harnoncourt on Telefunken (Teldec)
~Hillier - "Proensa" (based on songs of the troubadours), Paul Hillier on ECM label
More to discover