Masses and other choral works

 

Masses and other sacred works
 L’Enfance du Christ
 Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
 Messe solennelle
 Te Deum
 Veni Creator, Tantum ergo
Pater noster, Adoremus 		Other choral works (with/without soloists)
 La Damnation de Faust
 Huit Scènes de Faust
 Chant des chemins de fer
Le Cinq mai
 L’Impériale 
 Scène Héroïque 
 Tristia:
Méditation religieuse, La Mort d’Ophélie, 
Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet

See also Compilations

MASSES AND OTHER SACRED WORKS

L’Enfance du Christ

Conductor

Orchestra/
Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists

Davis

The Goldsbrough Orchestra/
St Anthony Singers

1968
1994 reissue

Decca

443 461-2

Pears/Morison/
Cameron/Frost

Davis

LSO/John Alldis Choir

1976

Philips

416 949-2

Baker/Allen/Tappy/
Bastin/Rouleau

Gardiner

 

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon/Monteverdi Choir

1988

 

Erato

 

2292-45275-2

 

Von Otter/
Cachemaille/
Van Dam/Bastin/
Rolfe-Johnson
Best Corydon Singers
Corydon Orchestra
St Pau’s Cathedral Choristers		 1994
2007 reissue		 Hyperion CDA66991/2 Rigby/Finley/
Miles/Evans
Herreweghe La Chapelle Royale/Collegium Vocale/Orchestre des Champs Elysées 1997

2002 reissue

 harmonia mundi HMC 901632/3 

HMX 290 1632/3

 Gens/Agnew
Lallouette

Dutoit

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

2000

Decca

458 915-2

Graham/Le Roux/Cokorinos/
Ainsley/Wentzel

Baudo

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Coro della Radio Svizzera

2000

Forlane

268102

Osada/Saelens/
Theruel/Cognet/
Reinhart
Norrington Radio Symfonieotchester Stuttgart/
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart		 2003 Hässler Classic CD93.091 Oelze/Maltmann/
Padmore/
Lukas/Hartmann
Casadesus Serre Chœur l’lle de France
Orchestre National de Lille 		 2003 Naxos 8.553650-51 Bernadi/Garci/
Lagrange/Piquemal/
Serre/Vandier/Viala

–

 Ensemble Carpe Diem
without chorus
arr. Jean-Pierre Arnaud		 2003 Ambroisie AMB9939 Drieux/Peintre/Fromont
Cleobury Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/
King’s College Choir/
Winchester Cathedral Choir		 2004 issue Classics for Pleasure 5 86172-2 Murray/Tear/Allen/
Wilson-Johnson
Davis London Symphony Orchestra/
Tenebrae Choir		 2006
2007 issue		 LSO Live  LSO0606 Beuron/Cargill/Dazeley/
Matthew Rose/Peter Rose

Messe solennelle

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Penin Krakow Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra 1993 Accord 204492 Pfeiler/Perroni
Velasquez/

Gardiner

Orchestre Révolutionnaire
et Romantique/
Monteverdi Choir

1993
1994 issue

Philips

442 137-2

Brown/Viala/
Cachemaille
Reilly Lewis Washington National Cathedral Choral Society & Orchestra/ 1994
Koch/
Schwann		 3-7204-2 Lamoreaux/Tucker/
Cook

Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Fournet Passani Chorus and Paris Radio Orchestra 1944 Malibran CDRG 107 Jouatte
Mitropoulos Wiener Philharmoniker/
Wiener Staatsopernchor		 1956
1997 reissue)		 Orfeo C 457 971 B
Mono 		Simoneau

Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

1957
1999 reissue

BBC Music

BBCL 4011-2

Lewis
Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra 1959 RCA  6210-2-RC Simoneau

Davis

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

1969

Philips

416 283-2

Dowd
Munch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1976 Deutsche Grammophon DG 439 705-2 Schreier

Prévin

London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

1981
1996 reissue

EMI

5 69512 2

Tear
Shaw Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Chorus 1985
2004 reissue 		Telarc CD 801109 Aler
Hopkins Orchestra and Choirs of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Willoughby Symphony Choir 1992 Washington 
Classics		 2WAL 8000-2 Hamilton
Levine Ernst-Senff-Chor/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1992 Deutsche Grammophon DG 429 724-2 Pavarotti
Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra 1993 RCA 09026-62544-2 Cole

Dutoit

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

1999

 

Decca

 

458 921-2

 

Ainsley

 
Norrington Radio-Sinfonieorchesters Stuttgart/
Vokalensemble Stuttgart/
MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig 		2003
2006 issue		 Hänssler HAN093131 Spence
Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Chorus 2004 Telarc CD-80627
SACD-60627		 Lopardo
Abravanel  Utah Symphony Orchestra
University of Utah Civic Chorale 		2004 Vanguard Classics 1506 Bressler
Davis Staatskapelle Dresden 2007 issue Profil PH07033 Ikaia-Purdy

Te Deum

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Dulwich College Boys’ Choir/London Philharmonic Choir 1953
2003 reissue 		Sony Classics SMK87964 Young (tenor)
Vaughan (organ)

Davis

LSO and Chorus/Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir

1969

Philips

416 660-2

Tagliavini (tenor)
Kynaston (organ)
Barenboim Orchestre de Paris/
Choeur de l’Orchestre de Paris/
Chœur d’enfants de Paris/
Maîtrise de la Résurrection		 1976 (LP) CBS  CBS 76578 Dupouy (tenor)
Guillou (organ)

Abbado

European Community Youth Orchestra/
London Symphony Chorus/London  Philharmonic Choir/
Wooburn Singers/
Boys Choirs

1982

Deutsche Grammophon

410 696-2

Araiza (tenor)
Haselböck (organ)

Inbal

Choruses and Radio-Sinfonie
Orchester Frankfurt
(this recording includes the prelude and march)

1990

Denon

CO-76142

Lewis (tenor)
Eisenberg (organ)
Guouinguene Chœurs de Paris/Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine/
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Meudon		 1991 Thesis N/A Bardot (tenor)
Taddei (organ)
Keene Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra 1997 Delos DE 3200 Aler (tenor)
Kruczek (organ)
Davis Dresden Philharmonic Children’s Chorus/
Dresden Philharmonic Chorus/
Dresden Singakademie/
Dresden Staatskapelle/
Dresden State Opera Chorus/		 1998
2006 issue		 Profil Medien PH06039 Neill (tenor)
Schöne (organ)

Nelson

Orchestre de Paris/Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris/ Chœur d’enfants de l’Union Européenne/
Maîtrise d’Antony
(this recording includes the prelude and march)

2001

Virgin Classics

5 45449 2

Alagna (tenor)
Alain (organ)
Cousteau Société des Chanteurs de Saint-Eustache 2003 Church of Saint-Eustache STE 2002 N/A

Veni Creator, Tantum ergo, Pater noster, Adoremus

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Dutoit

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

1999

Decca

458 921-2

OTHER CHORAL WORKS (with /without soloists)

La Damnation de Faust

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Coppola Orchestre Pasdeloup (excerpts) 1930   Pearl GEMM CD 9080 Trévi/Berton/
Panzéra/Morturier
Fournet Chœurs Émile Passani/ Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Paris 1943-44 Malibran CDRG 107 Laurena/ Cabanel/ Jouatte/Pactat
Furtwangler Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Chorus 1950 Urania

Archipel
(reissue)

 URLP 7061

0008

 Schwarzkopf/
Hotter/Vroons
Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra/
Harvard Glee Club/ Radcliffe Choral Society		 1954 RCA RCA-BMG 82876-60393-2 Poleri/Danco/
Singher/Gramm 

Markevitch
(with cuts)

Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux/
Chœurs Elisabeth Brasseur/Chœur des Enfants de la RTF

1959

Deutsche Grammophon

437 931-2

Verreau/Rubio/
Roux/Mollet
Cluytens Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Paris 1959 EMI EMI 5 73094 2 Gedda/Gorr/ Souzay

Monteux

London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

1962

BBC Legends

BBCL 4006-7

Turp/Crespin/
Roux/Shirley-Quirk
Fournet  Groot Omroepkoor/ Radio Philharmonisch Orkest 1963 Bella Voce BLV107202 Fouché/Crespin/
Roux/van der Bilt
Maag Coro e Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
[sung in Italian]		 1964  Estro Armonico EA 037 Bondino/Simoniato/ Bastianini
Prêtre Chœurs de l’Opéra de Paris/Orchestre de Paris 1969 EMI 2C065-02019/02020X

7243-5 68 583-2 (CD)

Gedda/Baker/
Bacquier/Thau
Prêtre Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI 1969 Opera d’Oro OPD 1290 Gedda/Horne/
Soyer/Petkov

Davis

London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir/Ambrosian Singers

1973

Philips

416 395-2

Gedda/Bastin/
Veasey/van Allan
Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra/
Tanglewood Festival Chorus/
Boston Boys’ Choir		 1973 Deutsche Grammophon 453 019-2 Mathis/Burrows/  McIntyre/Paul
Barenboim Orchestre de Paris/Choeur de l’Orchestre de Paris/Chœur d’Enfants de Paris 1978
1979 (LP)

2003 CD)

Deutsche Grammophon :474 440 2 Domingo/Fischer-Dieskau/ 
Minton/Bastin/
Solti Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra 1981 Decca D259D 3 (LP)

414 680-2 (CD)

Riegel/von Stade/
van Dam/King

Gardiner

 

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon/Edinburgh Festival Chorus

1987

Philips

 

426-199-2

 

Von Otter/Myers/
Lafont/Schirrer
Inbal Kölner Rundfunkchor/ Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart/ Chor des NDR/ Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt 1989  Denon

Brilliant Classics

 CO-77 200-1

99 999

Gulyas/Ewing/
Lloyd/Volz
Neuhold Städtischer Musikverein zu Düsseldorf/ Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen 1990 Bayer BR 500 017/108 Olsen/Larmore/
Wilson-Johnson/Claessens
Dutoit Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 1994  Decca 444 812-2 Leech/Pollet/
Cachemaille/Philippe

Nagano

Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon

1995

Erato

0630-10692-2

Moser/Graham/
van Dam/Caton
Chung Philharmonia Orchestra/
Philharmonia Chorus/
Eton College Boys’ Choir		 1996 Deutsche Grammophon 453500-2 Lewis/von Otter/
Terfel/von Halem

Davis

London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

2000

LSO Live

LSO 0008

Sabbatini/Shkosa/
Pertusi/Wilson-Johnson
Casadesus Orchestre national de Lille/Slovak Philharmonic Choir 2003 Naxos  8.660116-17 Todorovitch/Myers/
Vernhes/Schirrer

Huit Scènes de Faust

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists

Sado

Chœur/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

2000

Erato

8573-80234-2

Kirchschlager/
Fouchécourt/
Caton/Zibi
Dutoit Orchestre de Montréal 2003 Universal 475 0972 Graham/Mentzer/
Le Roux/Ainsley

Chant des chemins de fer

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

 Catalogue number
Guhl Rundfunkchor Berlin
Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin 		1953 N/A N/A

Plasson

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/
Chœur Les Elements 		2003 EMI Classics  724355763327

Le Cinq mai

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists

Fournet

Dutch Radio Choir/ Symphony Orchestra

1988

Denon

CO-72886

Lieuwe Visser

L’Impériale

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Fournet

Dutch Radio Choir/ Symphony Orchestra

1988

Denon

CO-72886

Scène Héroïque

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists

Fournet

Dutch Radio Choir/ Symphony Orchestra

1988

Denon

CO-72886

van der Meer, Lieuwe Wisser

Tristia: Méditation religieuse, La Mort d’Ophélie, Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Davis

LSO/John Alldis Choir

1980

Philips

416 431-2

Gardiner

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

1996

Philips

446 676-2
Fournet 
(nos 2 & 3)		 Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra and Chorus 1997
1999 issue		 Mondo Musica MFON 10124

Dutoit

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

2001

Decca

458 011-2

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