Easter Concerts, Masses and Requiems
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Absolute Prokofiev - The Easter Festival in Moscow
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Bach: The St. John Passion
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Type: Choral
Soloists: Juliane Banse, Michael Chance, Ian Bostridge
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Choir: Rias Chamber Choral
Orchestra: Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
Location: Phiharmonie de Paris, France
Year: 2002This choral work was first performed in 1724; Bach transforms the Passion story fro...
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J.S. Bach's Magnificat and the Magnificat of Johann Kuhnau
Movie
Type: Choral Music
Location: St. Thomas Church
Director: Ton Koopman
Choir: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Soloist Deborah York
Year: 2003In the historic St. Thomas Church, this concert features Bach's Magnificat and Kuhnau’s Magnificat, showcasing the evolution of Baroque choral m...
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Easter Echoes with Yo-Yo Ma and Manfred Honeck
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Type: Classical Music
Orchestra: Berline Philharmonic
Location: Berlin State Opera
Soloist: Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor: Manfred Honeck
Composer: Schumann, Tchaikovsky
Year: 2016This concert with icons Yo-Yo Ma and Manfred Honeck sustains and shapes tension across the entire program. Instead of ...
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Bach: Mass in B minor
Movie
Type: Choir
Location: St. Thomas Church, Germany
Choir: The Thomanerchor Leipzig
Conductor: Gotthold Schwarz
Director: Andreas Reize
Year: 2022The Thomanerchor Leipzig, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious boys’ choirs, dates back to 1212. Known for its exceptional vocal training, th...
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The Collegium Singers present Bach's Mass in B Minor
Movie
Type: Chamber Ensemble
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent,
Director: Philippe Herreweghe
Location: Palais de Beaux Arts, France
Year: 2023Collegium Vocale Gent, a renowned Belgian choir and early music ensemble, excels in Baroque and Classical repertoire. Known for its expertise in both a cappella ...
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Rossini's Little Solemn Mass
Movie
Type: Classical Orchestral
Orchestra: The Leipzig Orchestra
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Location: Gewandhaus Concert Hall
Year: 2008“Rossini: Messe Solennelle” translates to “Rossini: Solemn Mass” and is sacred music from Gioachino Rossini. Celebrated for its melodic inventiveness, lively rhyt...
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The Easter Concert – Entirely Beethoven
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Type: Classical Music
Composer; Ludwig van Beethoven
Program: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61; Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”)
Location: Baden-Baden Festival, Germany
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Soloist: Isabelle Faust
Year: 2015...
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis with the Dresden State Opera
Movie
Type: Mass
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Program: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
Choir: The Chorus of the Semperoper Dresden
Soloists: Rene Pape, Emily Magee, Petra Lang
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Location: Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
Year: 2005Bee...
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Berlioz's Requiem from The Paris Orchestra
Movie
Type: Orchestra and Choir
Orchestra: Paris Orchestre, Paris Philharmonic
Choir: Choeur Orfeon Donostiarra, Choeur de l"Orchestre Paris
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Location: Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Year: 2019Hector Berlioz's Requiem is a monumental work. Commissioned to commemorate the sol...
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Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall
Movie
Type: Requiem
Company: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
Soloists: Ilva Ligabue, Grace Bumbry, Sandor Konya, Raffaele Arie
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Year: 2013A beautiful remastering. You’re hearing how audiences in 1964...
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Dvoraks Requiem: The Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Movie
Type: Choral
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent
Soloists: Ilse Eerens, Bernarda Fink, Maximilian Schmitt, Nathan‚ÄØBerg
Location: deSingel International Arts Campus, Belgium
Year of Production: 2004
This performance under Philippe Herreweghe, with Collegium Vocale Gent and soloists Ilse Eerens, Bernar... -
Verdi's Requiem: In Memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Movie
Type: Requiem
Location: Felsenreitschule open-air cliffs, Salzburg Festival, Austria
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Program: Messa da Requiem
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
Orchestra and choir: musicAeterna
Soloists: Asmik Grigorian, Saimir Pirgu
Year: 2019Currentzis brings a strikingly dramat...
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J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Movie
Title: Mass in B minor
Composer: Johannes Sebastian Bach
Performed by: The Gewandhaus Orchestra and Choir
Soloists: Anna Larsson, Dietrich Henschel
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
Venue: St. Thomas Church, Germany
Year: 2005Bach’s Mass in B minor was written in 1749, a year before he died, pulling...
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The Creation: Haydn's Masterpiece
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Type: Opera
Performed by: Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Danish National Concert Choir
Soloists: Annette Dasch, Kurt Streit, Dietrich Henschel
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Location: Konzerthuset Copenhagen, Denmark
Composer: Joseph Haydn: The Creation
Year: 2009Although dramatic and vivi...
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Honeck conducts the Israel Philharmonic: Brahms's A German Requiem
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Type: Requiem
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Program: A German Requiem, Op. 45
Location: Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Conductor: Manfred Honeck
Performed by: The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Chen Reiss, Matthias Goerne
Year 2019A German Requiem was composed after a perio...
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Arvo Pärt Solos: Live at the Charleston Music Festival
Movie
Type: Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Cohen
Location: Charleston Music Festival, London
Year: 2012Arvo Pärt’s solo music is a meditative exploration of sound and silence, defined by his tintinnabuli style, where one voice moves melodically while another outlines a triad, creating a bell-like resona...
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Faure's Requiem with Les Siecles and Ensemble Aedes
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Type: Requiem
Company: Ensemble Aedes, Les Siecles
Conductor: Mathieu Romano
Venue: Chapelle Corneille Auditorium, Rouen, France
Soloists: Roxane Chalard, L-N Bestion de Camboulas - organist
Composer: Gabriel Faure
Year: 2015Enjoy the original 1893 instrumentation of Faure's Requiem, with a mor...
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Verdi's Messa da Requiem
Movie
Type: Orchestra and Choir
Orchestra: Symphonic Toscanini
Conductor: Vladimir Lande
Location: Basilica of St. Mark's, Italy
Year: 2019Requiems explore themes of death, mourning, and the afterlife, rooted in the Catholic Mass for the Dead. Verdi's Requiem, composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni...
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Verdi’s Requiem
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Type: Opera
Year: 1964
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Soprano: Grace Bumbry
Venue: Royal Festival Hall, LondonClassic Archive: Verdi: Messa da Requiem presents a remarkable performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s deeply moving choral masterpiece. This monume...
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From the Monastery: Sounds Like Christmas
Movie
Type: Christmas Music
Performed by: Frieburg Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Angelika Kirchschlager
Trumpet: Tomasz Stanko
Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz
Location: The Cistercian Monastery of Schulpforte, Germany
Year: 2002
Experience a Christmas concert in a magnificent medieval monaste...
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The King's Singers
Movie
Type: A Capella Christmas Classics
Performed by: The King's Singers
Location: LSO St. Lukes, London, England
Conductor: Simon Broughton
Year: 2011
Celebrate Christmas with The King’s Singers, whose acclaimed appearances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir have introduced their unmistakable s...
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Vienna Boys Choir - Live from St Stephen’s Cathedral
Celebrate the season with the world-famous Vienna Boys’ Choir in the magnificent surroundings of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. Joined by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, soprano Sandrine Piau and conductor Bertrand de Billy, the choir fills the cathedral with Mozart’s radiant music, youthf...