Top 10 Choral Albums
There is so much fantastic choral music available to buy nowadays that choosing has almost become an impossible task!
So to help out we've done the hard work for you by creating a top 10 list of choral albums, recorded by some of today's finest choirs and ensembles.
From well-known classics such as Mozart's Requiem, to the contempory sound of Eric Whitacre's 'Cloudburst', there's something in our list to suit everyone, including newcomers to choral music who are looking to start their collection.
Top 10 Choral Tracks
If you'd rather just start with a taster, we've also created an iMix of our pick of the top 10 choral tracks for you to browse and download from iTunes....
1) Bruckner - Locus Iste
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
2) Brunning – Pie Jesu
Simon Lole conducts All Angels
3) Faure - Pie Jesu from Requiem
Elin Manahan Thomas – Soprano
Huw Williams – Organ
4) Franck - Panis Angelicus
Stephen Cleobury conducts the Boys of King's College, Cambridge
5) Handel - Zadok the Priest
Edward Higginbottom conducts the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of New College, Oxford
6) Jenkins – Benedictus from The Armed Man
Karl Jenkins conducts the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
7) Rutter - Requiem Aeternum from Requiem
Tim Brown conducts the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and Members of the City of London Sinfonia
8) Tallis – Spem in Alium
Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen
9) Verdi - Dies Irae from Requiem Mass
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts theArnold Schoenberg Choir and the
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
10) Vivaldi – Gloria (First Movement)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir
