Various Artists - 100 Best Choruses

Disc: 1
1. Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44 Hallelujah - English Chamber Orchestra
2. Gloria in D, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
3. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" Kantate BWV 140 (1989 Remastered Version): IV Zion hort die Wachter singen (Choral) - Elly Ameling/Theo Altmeyer/Hans Sotin/Suddeutscher Madrigalchor/Consortium Musicum/Wolfgang Gonnenwein
4. Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: IV. Come ye Sons of Art (Reprise) [Chorus] - David Munrow
5. Orphee et Eurydice, Wq 41, Act 3 Scene 3: Choeur general, "L'amour triomphe, et tout ce qui respire" (Orphee, Eurydice, L'Amour, Nymphes, Bergers) - Monteverdi Choir/Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
6. The Creation: Awake the harp (ed. Nichols Temperley) - Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/CBSO Chorus
7. The Creation, Hob. XXI, 2, Pt. 1: "The Heavens Are Telling" - Sir David Willcocks
8. And then shall your light break forth (from Elijah) - New Philharmonia Chorus/Wilhelm Pitz/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
9. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Bassa, K 284, Act 3: "Selim lebe lange" (Chorus) - Wiener Philharmoniker
10. Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Bella vita militar" (Chorus) [Live] - Riccardo Muti
11. Die Zauberflote, K 620, Act II: O Isis und Osiris (chorus) - Lucia Popp/Doris Soffel/Ortrun Wenkel/Peter Hofmann/Aage Haugland/Waldemar Kmentt/Erich Kunz/Andre von Mattoni/Edita Gruberova/Bernard Haitink/Siegfried Jerusalem/Wolfgang Brendel/Roland Bracht/Norman Bailey/Heinz Zednik/Brigitte Lindner/Marilyn Richardso
12. Die Zauberflote, K 620, Act 2: "Die Strahlen der Sonne verteiben die Nacht" (Sarastro, Chorus) - Kurt Moll
13. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 1, Intermezzo: Coro: Nettuno s'onori (Coro con soli) - Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Edinburgh Festival Chorus/Dunedin Consort
14. Idomeneo KV 366, Act 3, Scena Ultima: Coro: Scenda Amor, scenda Idomeneo - Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Edinburgh Festival Chorus
15. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "O welche Lust" (Chorus, Prisoners) - Sir Simon Rattle
16. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 2: "Heil sei dem Tag" (Chorus) - Sir Simon Rattle
17. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 2: "Wer ein holdes Weib errungen" (Chorus, Florestan, Leonore, Marzelline, Jaquino, Don Fernando, Rocco) - Sir Simon Rattle

Disc: 2
1. Der Freischutz: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jagervergnugen? (Huntsmen's Chorus) (Act 3) - Bernard Haitink
2. O su er Mond (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Mondchor, 3 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
3. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3 Scene 1: "Treulich gefuhrt ziehet dahin" (Chorus) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
4. Steuermann, la die Wacht (Der fliegende Hollander: Matrosenchor, 3 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
5. Summ' und brumm', du gutes Radchen (Der fliegende Hollander: Spinnerinnen-Chor, 2 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
6. Freudig begru en wir die edle Halle (Tannhauser: Einzug der Gaste, 2 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
7. Tannhauser, Act 3: "Begluckt darf nun dich, o Heimat" (Chorus) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen
8. Gro Gluck und Heil Heil dir, Gunther! - Thomas Hampson/Sir John Tomlinson/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink
9. Wach' auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Wach-auf-Chor, 3 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
10. Ehrt eure deutschen Meister (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Schlu chor, 3 Akt) (1990 Remaster) - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Robert Heger
11. Der Wildschutz, Act 1 Scene 9: No 5, Jagdlied, "Seht dort den muntern Jager" (Baron, Graf, Manner) - Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Robert Heger/Hermann Prey/Gisela Litz/Fritz Wunderlich/Anneliese Rothenberger/Gertrud Vordemfelde/Fritz Ollendorff/Lotte Schadle/Walter Ehrengut/Karl-Heinz Schmidtpeter
12. Eugene Onegin: Waltz (Act II) - Antonio Pappano
13. Boris Godunov (2002 Remastered Version), PROLOGUE - Scene One: Slava tebye, tvortsu vsevyshnemu, na zemli! (Pilgrims/People) - Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire/Andre Cluytens
14. Boris Godunov (2002 Remastered Version), Scene Two: Slava, Slava, Slava! (People) - Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire/Andre Cluytens
15. Boris Godunov (2002 Remastered Version), Scene Two: Polonaise (Orchestra) Vashey strasti ya nye vyeryu, panye (Marina/Guests) - Evelyn Lear/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire/Andre Cluytens
16. Prince Igor (1990 Remastered Version), ACT 2: Polovtsian Dances - Constantin Chekerliski/Sofia National Opera Chorus/Sofia National Opera Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow/Julia Wiener/Todor Todorov/Boris Christoff/Reni Penkova/Luben Mihailov/Andrei Milkovsky/Kiril Dulguerov

Disc: 3
1. Faust, Act 2: "Vin ou biere Jeune adepte du tonneau" (Chorus, Wagner) - Michel Plasson
2. Faust, Act 2: "Ainsi que la brise legere" (Chorus, Mephistopheles, Faust, Siebel) - Michel Plasson
3. Faust, Act 4: "Gloire immortelle" (Chorus) - Michel Plasson
4. Faust, Act 5 : "Sauvee ! Christ est ressuscite" (Faust, Chorus) - Michel Plasson
5. Romeo et Juliette : L'heure s'envole - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur Capitole Toulouse
6. Mireille - Farandole : La farandole joyeuse et folle - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur Capitole Toulouse
7. Mireille - Acte V : XIIX. Marche et choeur "Vous qui du haut des cieux" (Choeur) - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur Capitole Toulouse
8. Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Drig, drig, drig, Maitre Luther - Kurt Rydl/Brussels National Opera Chorus/Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opera National, Bruxelles/Sylvain Cambreling
9. Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "Avec la garde montante, nous arrivons, nous voila! "(Chorus) - Michel Plasson
10. Carmen, Act One: Carmen : La cloche a sonne Dans l'air - Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/Inva Mula/Elisabeth Vidal/Isabelle Cals/Ludovic Tezier/Nicolas Cavallier/Nicolas Rivenq/Yann Beuron/Anne Gotkovsky/Didier Chevalier/Choeur 'Les Elements'/Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plas
11. Carmen, Act IV, No.26 Marche et Choeur: Les voici! Voici le quadrille! (Choeurs/Enfants) - Choeur 'Les Elements'/Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson
12. Les Pecheurs de Perles) (new edition of original 1863 version: part orch A Hammond), ACTE I: Sur la greve en feu (Choeur) - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson
13. Les Pecheurs de Perles) (new edition of original 1863 version: part orch. A. Hammond), ACTE I: Sois la bienvenue (Choeur) - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson
14. Les Pecheurs de perles - Acte I - Une plage de l'ile de Ceylan - No5 - Air et choeur : O Dieu Brahma ! (Leila, Nadir, Choeur) - Michel Plasson - John Aler - Barbara Hendricks - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur Capitole Toulouse
15. Les Pecheurs de Perles) (new edition of original 1863 version: part orch A Hammond), ACTE III - Seconde partie: Des que le soleil (Choeur) - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson
16. Herodiade - Acte IV - 1er Tableau - Scene XIV : Romains ! Romains ! Nous Sommes Romains ! (Choeur) - Michel Plasson - Choeur Capitole Toulouse - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse
17. Padmavati, Op 18, L 20, Act 2: "Dans la nuit flamboyante, la vie conduite par la Mort" (Chorus) - Michel Plasson

Disc: 4
1. Lucia di Lammermoor, ATTO SECONDO, Scena seconda: Per te d'immenso giubilo - Bernard Haitink
2. Don Pasquale, Act III Terza Scena: Che interminabile andirivieni! (Coro) - Sesto Bruscantini/Leo Nucci/Gosta Winbergh/Mirella Freni/Guido Fabbris/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
3. Mose in Egitto (1987 Remastered Version): Dal tuo stellato soglio (Act 3) - Pauline Tinsley/Elizabeth Shelley/David Hughes/Robert Lloyd/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lamberto Gardelli
4. L'Assedio di Corinto (1992 Remastered Version), Act II: Divin profeta, dator di bene (Coro) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Schippers
5. Guillaume Tell, Act 1 Scene 1: No 1, Choeur, "Quel jour serein le ciel presage !" (Chorus) - Montserrat Caballe/Mady Mesple/Jocelyne Taillon/Gabriel Bacquier/Nicolai Gedda/Louis Hendrikx/Kolos Kovacs/Gwynne Howell/Charles Burles/Riccardo Cassinelli/Nicolai Christov/Leslie Fyson/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Lamberto Gardelli
6. Guillaume Tell, Act 1 Scene 2: "Pres des torrents qui grondent" (Melchthal, Guillaume, Jemmy, Hedwige, Arnold, Ruodi, Chorus) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Lamberto Gardelli
7. Guillaume Tell, Act 3 Scene 2: No 14, Marche et Choeur, "Gloire au povoir supreme!" (Chorus) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Lamberto Gardelli
8. Guillaume Tell, Act 3 Scene 2: "Toi que l'oiseau ne suivrait pas!" (Chorus) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Lamberto Gardelli
9. I Puritani (1988 Remastered Version), Act I, Scena prima: A festa! (Coro) - Riccardo Muti/Montserrat Caballe/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/John McCarthy
10. I Puritani (1988 Remastered Version), Act I, Scena terza: Ad Arturo onore (Coro) - Riccardo Muti/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/John McCarthy
11. I Puritani (1988 Remastered Version), Act II: Ah, dolor! ah terror ... (Coro) - Riccardo Muti/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/John McCarthy
12. Il Pirata (1992 Remastered Version), Act I, Scene 3: Piu temuto, piu splendido nome - Coro della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma/Gianni Lazzari/Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma/Gianandrea Gavazzeni
13. I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I - Scene 1: Aggiorna appena ... (Coro) - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Riccardo Muti
14. I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I - Scene 3: Lieta notte, avventurosa (Coro) - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Riccardo Muti
15. Norma (1997 Remastered Version), Act I, Scene 1: Norma viene (Coro) - Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Tullio Serafin
16. Norma (1997 Remastered Version), Act II, Scene 2: Non parti? Finora e la campo (Coro) - Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Tullio Serafin
17. Norma (1997 Remastered Version), ACT 2, Scene 3: Guerra, guerra! La galliche selve (Coro) - Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Tullio Serafin

Disc: 5
1. Il Trovatore, Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" - Thomas Schippers
2. Il Trovatore (1990 Remastered Version), ACT 3 Scene 1: Or co' dadi, ma fra poco (Soldiers, Ferrando) (Soldiers' Chorus) (1990 Remastered Version) (Soldiers' Chorus; 1990 Remastered Version) - Ferruccio Mazzoli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gianni Lazzari/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Thomas Schippers
3. Gli arredi festivi from Nabucco - Riccardo Muti/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
4. Nabucco, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 11a, Coro, "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus) - Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti
5. Ernani (1996 Remastered Version), Act I: Evviva! beviam! beviam! - Chorus of Welsh National Opera/Julian Smith/Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/John Stein/Sir Richard Armstrong
6. Ernani (1996 Remastered Version), Act III: Un patto! un giuramento!...Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia - Chorus of Welsh National Opera/Julian Smith/Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/John Stein/Sir Richard Armstrong
7. Rigoletto [Act I] (1988 Remastered Version): Zitti, zitti, (Courtiers, Gilda, Rigoletto) - Francesco Molinari Pradelli/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
8. La Traviata, Act 2: "Noi siamo zingarelle" (Chorus, Flora, Marchese) - Aldo Ceccato
9. La Traviata, Act 2: "Di Madride noi siam mattadori" (Gastone, Chorus, Flora, Dottore, Marchese) - Aldo Ceccato
10. Attila: Urli, rapine (Prologo) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti
11. Attila: Viva il re dalla mille foreste (Prologo) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
12. I Lombardi alla prima crociata: Gerusalem! - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti
13. I Lombardi alla prima crociata: O Signore, del tetto natio (Chorus) - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti
14. Macbeth, Act 4: "Patria oppressa!" - Lamberto Gardelli
15. I Vespri Siciliani (1996 Remastered Version), Act V (1996 Remastered Version): Si celebri alfine tra canti, tra fior - Chorus of Welsh National Opera/Julian Smith/Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/John Stein/Sir Richard Armstrong
16. La forza del destino: Nella guerra, e la follia - Mirella Freni/Dolora Zajick/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Riccardo Muti
17. Otello (1994 Remastered Version), ATTO PRIMO/ACT 1/ERSTER AKT/PREMIER ACTE, Prima scena/Scene 1/Erste Szene/Premiere Scene: Fuoco di gioia! (Ciprioti) - James McCracken/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Piero de Palma/Florindo Andreolli/Alfredo Giacomotti/Leonardo Monreale/Glynne Thomas/Dame Gwyneth Jones/Anna di Stasio/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/ Upton House School Boys' Choir/Hammersmith County School Girls' Choir/N
18. Don Carlo (1886 Modena Five-Act Version), Act 3 Scene 2: No 13, Gran Finale, "Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza" (Il Popolo, I Frati) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/John McCarthy/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
19. Aida (1987 Remastered Version): Gloria all' Egitto (Act II) - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Lamberto Gardelli

Disc: 6
1. Cavalleria Rusticana (1987 Remastered Version): Gli aranci olezzano (Chorus) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
2. Cavalleria rusticana: "Regina Coeli Inneggiamo, il Signor non e morto" - Riccardo Muti
3. Iris (1990 Remastered Version): L'aurora: Son io! Son lo la vita! (Hymn to the Sun, Act 1) - Gabriele Santini/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
4. Pagliacci, Atto Primo, Scena prima/Scene 1/Erste Szene/Premiere Scene: Don, Din, Don, Din (Coro) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Southend Boys' Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
5. Andrea Chenier, ATTO PRIMO: O Pastorelle, addio! (Coro di Pastori e Pastorelle) - Bernard Haitink
6. Mefistofele, Prologue: "Ave, Signor degli angeli e dei santi" (Falangi celesti) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel
7. Mefistofele, Prologue: "Salve, Regina!" (Penitenti, Falangi celesti, Cherubini) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Wandsworth School Boys' Choir/London Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel
8. Mefistofele, Act 1 Scene 1: "Perche di la?" (Popolani) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel
9. Mefistofele, Act 1 Scene 1: "Juhe! Juhe! Juheisa! Juhe!" (Popolani) - Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Wandsworth School Boys' Choir/London Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel
10. La Gioconda (1997 Remastered Version), Act I: Feste! Pane! - Piero Cappuccilli/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Antonino Votto
11. Madama Butterfly, Act 2 Scene 1: Intermezzo. Coro a bocca chiusa - Lamberto Gardelli
12. Turandot (1994 Remastered Version), Act I: Gira la cote! Gira! (Crowd, Executioner's men) - Choeurs de l'Opera du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Alain Lombard
13. Turandot: Turandot : Perche tarda la luna? La, sui monti dell'est - Montserrat Caballe/Mirella Freni/Jose Carreras/Paul Plishka/Michel Senechal/Vicente Sardinero/Remy Corazza/Riccardo Cassinelli/Eduard Tumagian /Alberto Cupido/Petra Malakova/Eva Saurova/Choeurs de l'Opera du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de Stras
14. Turandot (1994 Remastered Version), Act II, Scene 2: Ai tuoi peidi ci prostriam (Crowd) - Choeurs de l'Opera du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Alain Lombard