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The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics

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Artists: Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses
Label: Telarc
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 26618

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 80397
UPC: 089408039720
EAN: 0089408039720
ASIN: B000003D10

Release Date: January 24, 1995
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Tracks:

  • Dies irae
  • Tuba mirum
  • Pie Jesu
  • O Fortuna
  • Dies irae
  • Rex tremendae
  • Confutatis
  • Lacrimosa
  • Polovtsian Dances
  • Missa: Kyrie eleison
  • Hallelujah Chorus
  • The Shepherds' Farewell
  • Sanctus
  • The Heavens are Telling
  • Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
  • Nyne Otpushchayeshi (Now Let Thy Servant Depart)
  • Dies Irae

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I made my son listen to it !!!   July 27, 2007
From_Plano_TX (Plano, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

A wonderful album. I have several copies of Handel's Messiah, but the performance of the Hallelujah Chorus by Robert Shaw's singers is exceptional, outstanding. I was inspired to have my young son listen to this album: Verdi's "Dies Irae", Orff's "O Fortuna", and Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus".

Notice that there are 3 versions of "Dies Irae" on this album. It's nice to hear others. I am not normally a fan of Requiems. I will say that I do like Bach's Mass in B Minor and the Kyrie Eleison excerpted here is beautiful.



5 out of 5 stars Wonderful choir music CD   July 12, 2007
Gordana Stojanovic (USA)
I just enjoy in it very much. The best of the choir music in very good performance.


5 out of 5 stars Best of American Choral Singing!   February 8, 2003
Robin Currier
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

This CD could be the cornerstone of your choral music library! Wonderful performances of all of the essential choral pieces give a wonderful introduction to choral music for someone new to it, and also give a nice sampler of the best pieces for someone already familiar with the music. Listening to each excerpt may inspire you to purchase the entire work!

As you would expect of performances by Robert Shaw's groups, these performances are really extraordinary and show the best of American choral singing.


3 out of 5 stars A good album, but--   December 28, 2001
A. Moreno (East Point, Georgia USA)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful

The three stars I have given this album are not for the performances, which are all tremendous and deserve five stars or more, but for the idea of releasing this sort of compilation. Every single one of these selections is part of a larger Shaw-recorded work already released by Telarc, and you are far better off seeking the complete recordings that all these pieces are from, than just buying a mere "sampler". (Shaw, however, never did get around to recording the complete " L' Enfance du Christ".) Of course, that can be very expensive for some people, and if one cannot afford all those recordings, I suppose this is the next best thing. One can't shake off the feeling, however, that because Shaw is no longer with us, Telarc is desperately trying to give the impression that "new" Shaw recordings are constantly being released by them, when the truth is that nearly all the new ones are mere recyclings. (The last complete Robert Shaw album released by Telarc was Dvorak's "Stabat Mater", a CD well worth buying.)


5 out of 5 stars Awesome   April 4, 2000
jngram@webtv.net (Salt Lake City, UT)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful

This album is so up-lifting. As the music soars, so do your spirits.

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