100 Best Recordings of Sacred Music

12/12/2012

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(Telarc).***
48.Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna & O Magnum Mysterium, cond. Stephen Layton (Hyperion).***
49.Lassus, Penitential Psalms, cond. Josef Veselka (Supraphon).
50.Leighton, Sacred Choral Music, cond., Christopher Robinson (Naxos).
51.Liszt, Christus, cond., Helmut Rilling (Hannsler).
52.Liszt, The Legend of St. Elisabeth, cond., Arpad Joo (Hungaroton).
53.Lobo, Requiem for Six Voices, cond., Peter Phillips (Gimell).
54.Martin, Requiem, cond. James O'Donnell (Hyperion).
55.Machaut, La Messe de Nostre Dame, cond., Jeremy Summerly (Naxos).
56.Mahler, 8th Symphony, cond., George Solti (Decca).
57.Mendelssohn, Elijah, cond. Rafael Fr�hbeck de Burgos (EMI
58.Monteverdi, 1610 Vespers, cond., Paul McCreesh (Archiv).
59.Morales, Magnificat, cond., Stephen Rice (Hyperion).
60.Mozart, Requiem, cond. Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre).
61.Mozart, Mass in C Minor, cond. John Eliot Gardiner (Phillips).
62.Nystedt, Sacred Choral Music, cond., Kari Hankin (ASV).
63.Organum, Music of the Gothic Era, cond., David Munrow (Polygram).
64.Palestrina, Canticum Canticorum, Les Voix Baroques (ATMA).
65.Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli, cond. Peter Phillips (Gimell).
66.Part, Passio (St. John Passion), cond., Paul Hillier (ECM New Series).
67.Parsons, Ave Maria and other Sacred Music, cond., Andrew Carwood (Hyperion).
68.Pizzetti, Requiem, cond., James O'Donnell (Hyperion).
69.Poulenc, Gloria & Stabat Mater, cond., George Pretre (EMI Classics).
70.Poulenc. Mass in G Major; Motets, cond., Robert Shaw (Telarc).
71.Puccini, Messa di Gloria, cond., Antonio Pappano (EMI Classics).
72.Purcell, Complete Anthems and Services, fond., Robert King (Hyperion).
73.Rachmaninov, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, cond., Charles Bruffy (Nimbus).
74.Rachmaninov, Vespers, cond., Robert Shaw (Telarc).
75.Respighi, Lauda Per La Nativita Del Signore, cond., Anders Eby Proprius).
76.Rheinberger, Sacred Choral Music, cond., Charles Bruffy (Chandos).
77.Rossini, Stabat Mater, cond., Antonio Pappano (EMI).
78.Rubbra, The Sacred Muse, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores).
79.Rutter, Be Thou My Vision: Sacred Music, cond., John Rutter (Collegium).***
80.Russian Divine Liturgy, Novospassky Monastery Choir (Naxos).
81.Rutti, Requiem, cond., David Hill (Naxos).
82.Saint Saens, Oratorio de Noel, cond., Anders Eby (Proprius).
83.Schubert, 3 Masses, cond., Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI Classics).
84.Schutz, Musicalische Exequien, cond., Lionel Meunier (Ricercar).
85.Spirituals, Marian Anderson (RCA).***
86.Spirituals, Jesse Norman (Phillips)
87.Telemann, Der Tag des Gerichts, cond., Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec).
88.Thompson, Mass of the Holy Spirit, cond., James Burton (Hyperion).
89.Shapenote Carols, Tudor Choir (Loft Recordings)
90.Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms, cond., Robert Shaw (Telarc).
91.Tallis, Spem in alium & Lamentations of Jeremiah, cond., David Hill (Hyperion).***
92.Tschiakovsky, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, cond, Valery Polansky (Moscow Studio).
93.Taneyev, At the Reading of a Psalm, cond., Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone).
94.Vaughn Williams, Five Mystical Songs, cond., David Willcocks (EMI Classics).***
95.Vaughn Williams, Mass in G, cond. David Willcocks (EMI Classics).
96.Vaughn Williams, Pilgrims Progress, cond., Adrian Boult (EMI Classics).***
97.Verdi, Requiem, cond., Carlo Maria Guilini (EMI Classics).***
98.Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium & Mass, cond., David Hill (Hyperion).***
99.Victoria, Tenebrae Responsories, cond., David Hill (Hyperion).
100.Vivaldi, Sacred Music, cond., Robert King (Hyperion).
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Deal W. Hudson is president of the Pennsylvania Catholics Network and former publisher/editor of Crisis Magazine. Dr. Hudson also a partner in the film/TV production company, Good Country Pictures.

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Michael D. Mann
6 months ago
I find that music at Mass really makes a difference. A talented musician can truly help lift the spirits of the congregation toward God. Singing is just another joyful way to participate in the celebration. Thank you St. Cecilia.

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