A delectable – and ever popular – collection of sacred songs sung by four of the most famous female singers of our time. Includes the Bach/Gounod ‘Ave Maria’ and the Schubert ‘Ave Maria’, favourite soprano arias from Bach’s sacred works and inspiring movements from the sacred works of Bruckner, Stradella and Dvorak.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH/CHARLES GOUNOD
Ave Maria
Lisa Otto, soprano
Berliner Händel-Chor
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gunther Arndt
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Et incarnatus est
Chor & Münchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter
Shepherd’s Pastorale
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter
GIOVANNI BATISTA PERGOLESI
Sancta Mater, istud agas
Mirella Freni, soprano
Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
Soloists of the Scarlatti Orchestra, Naples
ANTON BRUCKNER
Ave Maria
Berliner Händel-Chor
Günther Arndt
ANTONIN DVORAK
Virgo virginum praeclara
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Magnificat
Et exsultavit spiritus meus
Hertha Töpper, contralto
Chor & Münchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter
JOHANNES BRAHAMS
Ruf zur Maria
Günther Arndt Chor
Günther Arndt
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Ave Maria
Rita Streich
Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Kurt Gaebel
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Ave Maria
Lisa Otto
Berliner Handel-Chor
Günther Arndt
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
Sinfonia
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
August Wenzinger
MOZART AMADEUS MOZART
Tu virginum corona -Alleluja
Maria Stader, soprano
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay