Absolute Heaven- Essential Choral Masterpieces

Absolute Heaven

Essential Choral Masterpieces

# Composer: Arrigo Boito, Francis Poulenc, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven

# Conductor: Robert Shaw

# Performer: Donna Carter, Edith Wiens, Delores Ziegler, John Aler

# Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Shaw Festival Singers

# Audio CD (4 April 2001)

# Number of Discs: 1

# Rip 320kbs

# Full covers included



This sampler, which appeared in 1997, features Robert Shaw, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,

and its associated choruses in selections from some of the choral-orchestral blockbusters

they recorded for Telarc between 1979 and 1993, in consistently excellent sound.

Shaw's unrivalled mastery of this repertory shines through in every selection on the disc,

not least in the excerpts that frame the program: the final pages of the "Prologue in Heaven"

from Boito's Mefistofele, and the towering conclusion of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, both magnificently done.

Just one warning: after listening to this, you're likely to find yourself hurrying back to buy the recordings

of the complete works.



On this CD:



1. Mefistofele

Composed by Arrigo Boito

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



2. Mass in G

Composed by Francis Poulenc

Performed by Shaw Festival Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Donna Carter

Conducted by Robert Shaw



3. Mass No. 18, 'Great' in C minor

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Edith Wiens, Delores Ziegler, John Aler, William Stone



4. Christus am Oelberge, 'Christ on the Mount of Olives'

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



5. Vespers, 'All-Night Vigil'

Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

Performed by Shaw Festival Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Karl Dent

Conducted by Robert Shaw



6. Requiem

Composed by Maurice Duruflé

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



7. Te Deum

Composed by Antonín Dvorák

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



8. Gloria in D

Composed by Antonio Vivaldi

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



9. Magnificat in D

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



10. Requiem

Composed by Gabriel Fauré

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Judith Blegen

Conducted by Robert Shaw



11. Messa da Requiem

Composed by Giuseppe Verdi

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Susan Dunn

Conducted by Robert Shaw



12. Cavalleria rusticana

Composed by Pietro Mascagni

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Christine Brewer

Conducted by Robert Shaw



13. Mass No. 2 in G

Composed by Franz Schubert

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Dawn Upshaw, David Gordon, William Stone

Conducted by Robert Shaw



14. Grande messe des morts (Requiem)

Composed by Hector Berlioz

Performed by Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Shaw



15. Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' in E flat

Composed by Gustav Mahler

Performed by Ohio State University Chorale, Ohio State University Symphonic Choir, Tampa Bay Master Chorale, South Florida University Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

with Heidi Grant Murphy, Michael Sylvester

Conducted by Robert Shaw



Enjoy It!!

Ulysses56