Mozart Beethoven Verdi Etc - Mass 30 tracks 2xCD - 685738530823

The finest orchestras and choruses of our time are represented on this specially-priced 2-disc compilation of individual movements of the Mass in settings by great composers from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. Every stage in the evolution of Western religious music is represented, from the ethereal Renaissance polyphony of Palestrina to the rich complexity of Bach, the heaven-storming drama of Verdi, and the soaring choral harmonies of 20th-century Frenchmen Poulenc and Durufle with their chant-based melodies. Performers include Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; William Christie and Les Arts Florissants; and the Choir of New College Oxford.