Search Results: Choral Music Scores from bookarrest

USA: EMI Classics - BMG, 1992. CD in Jewel Case. Near Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. EMI D 100379. Verdi's magnificent (and often very adventurous) operatic choral music, here performed by Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, conducted by Riccardo Muti. SELECTIONS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. CONDITION: A Near Fine CD (with a couple ultra-faint scratches, not affecting playback) with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. CD was played twice and plays beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

London: ASV - RPO Records, 1986. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CDRPO 7004. Beautiful performances of these sacred choral works, featuring the treble voice (boy soprano) of Aled Jones, with baritone Stephen Roberts, organist John Birch, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. CONDITION: A Fine CD with Fine jewel-case and inserts - played twice; plays beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

Germany: Harmonia Mundi, 1998. Slipcased Set. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. HMC 901614.15. A unique and truly memorable interpretation, performed by the Choir and Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. MOVEMENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 67:42. CONDITION: Fine unscratched CDs with Fine booklet, slim double jewelcase, tray insert, and slipcase. Played twice; plays beautifully.

Moscow: Soviet Music Fund. Assumed First Edition . Side-Stapled Wraps. Very Good Plus. 10.25" x 12.75. An entertaining work for (and to be performed by) children - its text in Russian only, likely composed in the late 1980s. 10 pages. CONDITION: a solid copy with moderate shelf-wear and faint sunning on the spine, unmarked but for a small inked catalogue number on the back cover, compromised only by a strong vertical crease about 3/4-inch from the spine edge. This attractive score is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. NOTE: multiple score orders, depending on weight, may qualify for a generous shipping charge reduction.

Elmsford, New York: MSR Classics - Squires Productions, 2006. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. # MS 1146. Beautiful, expressive choral music by this gifted American composer - with texts in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Playlist. Its 8-page booklet contains the playlist, program notes and lyrics, plus bios of the composer and the four singers. Total Time: 39'32". CONDITION: a FINE uncompromised CD, booklet and jewel-case - played twice, plays perfectly. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

London, UK: London - Decca, 1995. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. London 448 134-2. Walton's impressive cantata depicting the Jews' Babylonian exile, paired here with a Concert Suite drawn from his music for the 1944 Laurence Olivier film "Henry V" - featuring baritone Bryn Terfel, with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, the Waynflete Singers, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Litton. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 60:25. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. The CD was played twice and sounds beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

New York: London - Decca - Polygram, 1989. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. London 425 154-2. Walton's magnificent 1931 Biblical cantata - featuring baritone Benjamin Luxon - and the beautiful but lesser-known Te Deum, both with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewel-case and inserts - played twice; plays beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

Moscow, Russia: Publishers "Kompozitor, 2011. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.25" x 11.75. A beautiful, conservative sacred work for women's chorus (with soloist) and organ accompaniment by this distinguished Moscow composer. 20 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. NOTE: multiple score orders, depending on weight, may qualify for a generous shipping charge reduction.

Leipzig, Germany: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1852. 19th Century Edition . Large Softcover. Good. 10.5" x 13. No. 2861 [Bach-Gesellschaft - Plate B.W. 11]. A rather worn antique copy of this beautiful (ca.1735) Cantata, ideal for research purposes. CONTENTS: Chorus; Recitative (tenor); Recitative (bass); Aria (alto + violins); Recitative (tenor); Chorale; Duet (tenor + bass); Recitative (alto); Recitative (tenor); Aria (soprano); Chorale. 58 pages. CONDITION: The covers of this score are quite worn, with some edge chips and tears. The score pages are age-tanned in the margins and rather brittle around the edges. They are nevertheless clean and unmarked. (NOTE: We recommend that they be photocopied for use (certainly for performance), in order to avoid further compromise.) This rare edition is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Leningrad [St. Petersburg], USSR: Muzyka - State Music Publishers, 1988. First Thus . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11.25. Three outstanding choral works by Soviet composers. CONTENTS: R. Zelinsky's "Louchi" (Conspiracy - with piano and percussion) sets texts from the Finnish epic "Kalevala". The Belarus composer Yuri Semenyako is represented by "A Wreath for Maxim Bogdanovich", in the composer's reduction for piano, vocal soloists, and chorus (originally with orchestra). Anatoly Korolyev, the best-known composer of the three, here offers his "Path to Peace", with texts by Ivan Bunin - Inscription on the Chalice, Night, Song, Romance, In the Mountains, and Luna. 79 pages. CONDITION: a bright, solid, uncreased copy with light shelf-wear, unmarked but for a small inked catalogue number on the back cover, compromised only by a bit of faint crinkling and sunning on the front cover (not affecting the pristine score pages, however). This exceedingly… Read More

Leningrad [St. Petersburg]: Self-Published, 1990. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. The outstanding composer Dmitri Smirnov, who studied with Denisov in Moscow, emigrated to England in 1991, the year after writing this haunting work for mixed chorus a cappella. It was composed for the "Lege Artis" Chamber Choir and its Director Boris Abalyan, setting five Symbolist poems by Innokenty Annensky (1855-1909), from his second book, The Cypress Casket (1910): I - Traumerei (reverie); II - Rushing stream and dark carriage; III - Phantoms; IV - Old manor; V - Melancholy pendulum. 42 pages - texts in Russian only. ***NOTE: If you want more than these three copies, I have also (as of July 2010) listed three more sets here at ABE - of 4 copies each. I will then adjust the total default shipping charge to equal the actual cost of mailing.*** CONDITION: these are unmarked, uncreased copies with negligible shelf-wear, compromised by an occasional mis-aligned and/or slightly rusted spine… Read More

Leningrad [St. Petersburg]: Self-Published, 1990. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 9.5" X 13. The outstanding composer Dmitri Smirnov, who studied with Denisov in Moscow, emigrated to England in 1991, the year after writing this haunting work for mixed chorus a cappella. It was composed for the "Lege Artis" Chamber Choir and its Director Boris Abalyan, setting five Symbolist poems by Innokenty Annensky (1855-1909), from his second book, The Cypress Casket (1910): I - Traumerei (reverie); II - Rushing stream and dark carriage; III - Phantoms; IV - Old manor; V - Melancholy pendulum. 42 pages - texts in Russian only. ***NOTE: If you want more than four copies, I have also (as of July 2010) listed three more sets here at ABE - of 4, 4, and 3 copies respectively. I will then adjust the total default shipping charge to equal the actual cost of mailing.*** CONDITION: these are unmarked, uncreased copies with negligible shelf-wear, compromised by an occasional mis-aligned… Read More

Leningrad [St. Petersburg]: Self-Published, 1990. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 9.5" X 13. The outstanding composer Dmitri Smirnov, who studied with Denisov in Moscow, emigrated to England in 1991, the year after writing this haunting work for mixed chorus a cappella. It was composed for the "Lege Artis" Chamber Choir and its Director Boris Abalyan, setting five Symbolist poems by Innokenty Annensky (1855-1909), from his second book, The Cypress Casket (1910): I - Traumerei (reverie); II - Rushing stream and dark carriage; III - Phantoms; IV - Old manor; V - Melancholy pendulum. 42 pages - texts in Russian only. ***NOTE: If you want more than four copies, I have also (as of July 2010) listed three more sets here at ABE - of 4, 4, and 3 copies respectively. I will then adjust the total default shipping charge to equal the actual cost of mailing.*** CONDITION: these are unmarked, uncreased copies with negligible shelf-wear, compromised by an occasional mis-aligned… Read More

London, UK: Olympia, 1995. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. Viktor Popkov (cover art). Sviridov (1915-1998) was a greatly esteemed Russian neoromantic composer, active in the Soviet era, here represented by fine examples of his choral music. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Track list. CONDITION: This is a Fine scratch-free CD with Fine booklet, insert, and jewel-case. Played twice, plays beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

London: Hyperion Records, 2001. CDs in Deluxe Double Jewelcase. Fine/Near Fine. 5.5" x 5. Hyperion SACDA67286. [***playable on both SACD and standard CD players] A marvelous (speculative, I assume) reenactment of the 1727 Coronation ceremony for King George II - as reflected in its musical elements. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 100:47. CONDITION: Two Fine unscratched CDs with Near Fine (scuffed) jewel-case and Fine inserts - played twice; plays beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders

New York: DGG Galleria - BMG, 1969. CDs in Double Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. # D 201226. An excellent reissue of the original 1969 Herbert von Karajan recording of Haydn's monumental Oratorio, featuring vocal soloists Gundula Janowitz, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry, and Christa Ludwig, with Wiener Singverein and the Berlin Philharmonic TOTAL TIME: 1:48:55. CONDITION: Fine unscratched CDs with Fine jewelcase, 24-page booklet, and tray inserts. The CDs were played twice and sound beautifully. Will be securely packed and promptly shipped.

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus. Stapled Wraps. Very Good Plus. 7" x 10.5. Kalmus Vocal Scores. A masterful Baroque sacred choral work by the great German/English composer. CONTENTS: We praise thee, O God; All the earth doth worship thee; To thee all angels cry aloud; To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry; The glorious company of the apostles praise thee; Thou art the King of Glory; When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man - When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death; Thou sittest at the right hand of God - We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge; Sinfonia; We therefore pray thee, help thy servants; Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting; Day by day we magnify thee; Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin; O Lord, in thee have I trusted. 70 pages. CONDITION: A solid, unmarked, uncreased Very Good Plus copy with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by sunning at/near the spine (see accompanying scan image). This excellent copy is now in a… Read More

St. Petersburg, Russia: Reindeer" Publishing, 1993. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11.5. A signed/inscribed copy of this outstanding collection of children's songs/choruses, by the distinguished Leningrad/St. Petersburg composer. CONTENTS: (see accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents). 76 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked (but for an inked addition to the Table of Contents), uncreased copy with light edge- and corner-wear (light scuffing on the spine edge) - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

New York: RCA Red Seal, 1984. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. RCD1-5003. Brahms's profoundly-moving 1868-69 non-liturgical, German-language "Requiem", here performed by the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by James Levine, featuring Kathleen Battle and Hakan Hakegard. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 70:52. CONDITION: A Fine CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. The CD was played twice and sounds beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.

Hamburg, Germany: DGG - Galleria, 1974. Digitally Remastered ADD . CDs in Double Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. DGG 415 622-2. Maestro von Karajan's legendary 1974 recording, here in a remarkably clear Digitally Remastered CD edition. It features soprano Gundula Janowitz, contralto Christa Ludwig, tenor Peter Schreier, baritone Robert Kerns, and bass Karl Ridderbusch, with the Weiner Singverein and the Berlin Philharmonic. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track Lists. Total Time: 2:06:07. CONDITION: Fine unscratched CDs with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. Played twice; both play beautifully. Complimentary upgrade to securely-packed First Class shipping on domestic (USA) orders.