Masses and other choral works

 

Masses and other sacred works

L’Enfance du Christ
 Messe solennelle
 Grande Messe des morts (Requiem)
 Te Deum
 Veni Creator, Tantum ergo
Pater noster, Adoremus

Other choral works (with/without soloists)

La Damnation de Faust
 Huit Scènes de Faust
 Le Cinq mai
 Chant des chemins de fer
 Scène Héroïque
 L’Impériale
 Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
 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

Decca

443 461-2

Pears/Morison/
Cameron/Frost

Davis

London Symphony Orchestra/
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 Hyperion CDA66991/2 Rigby/ Finley/
Miles/ Evans
Herreweghe La Chapelle Royale/ Collegium Vocale/ Orchestre des Champs Elysées 1997 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

Without conductor

 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 LSO Live  LSO0606 Beuron/ Cargill/ Dazeley/ Matthew Rose/Peter Rose
Camberling Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg/
EuropaChorAkademie		 2007 Glor Classics GC08130 Henschel/ Beuron/ Rouillon / Bretz/  Martin-Bonnet
Bolton Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg/
Salzburger Bachchor		 2009 issue Oehms Classics OH 917 Lyon/ Wilson-Johnson
Delunsch/ Tsuji/ Dazeley

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

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 1943-44 Malibran CDRG 107 Jouatte
Mitropoulos Wiener Philharmoniker/
Wiener Staatsopernchor		 1956 Orfeo C 457 971 B
Mono 		Simoneau

Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

1957

BBC Music

BBCL 4011-2

Lewis
Munch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1967 Deutsche Grammophon DG 439 705-2
DG 477 7561		 Schreier
Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra 1959 RCA  6210-2-RC Simoneau

Davis

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

1969

Philips

416 283-2

Dowd
Abravanel Utah Symphony Orchestra/ University of Utah A Capella Choir/ University of Utah Civic Chorale 1969 Vanguard  SVC 100/01 Bressler
Bernstein Orchestre National de France/  Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœurs de Radio France 1975 Sony Classical  SM2K89565 Burrows

Prévin

London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

1981

EMI

5 69512 2

Tear
Shaw Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Chorus 1985 Telarc CD 801109 Aler
Levine Ernst-Senff-Chor/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1989 Deutsche Grammophon DG 429 724-2 Pavarotti
Hopkins Orchestra and Choirs of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Willoughby Symphony Choir 1992 Washington 
Classics		 2WAL 8000-2 Hamilton
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 Hänssler HAN093131 Spence
Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Chorus 2004 Telarc CD-80627
SACD-60627		 Lopardo
Camberling SWR Sinfonieorchester  Baden-Baden und Freiburg/
EuropaChorAkademie 		2004 Glor Classics GC08031 Groves
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 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 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 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
(excerpts)		 Orchestre Pasdeloup 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

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 (LP)
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 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 Chœur/Orchestre de Montréal 2003 Decca 475 0972 Graham/Mentzer/
Le Roux/Ainsley

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

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

Chant des chemins de fer

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

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

(in English)

 Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra/ College of Rippon & York St John Choir/ Saddleworth Musical Society 1978
issued on tape for the National Railway Museum York 		Decca/National Railway Museum York NRMC 7801

Plasson

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

L’Impériale

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Fournet

Dutch Radio Choir/ Symphony Orchestra

1988

Denon

CO-72886

Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number
Fournet  Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra and Chorus 1997 Mondo Musica MFON 10124

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 Mondo Musica MFON 10124

Dutoit

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

2001

Decca

458 011-2

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