The Essential Collection

by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Carlo Coccia; Helmuth Rilling

Tracklist

1. Magnificat, Wq. 215: "Magnificat"3:06
2. Motet, BWV 118: "O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht"6:29
3. A German Requiem: "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"4:52
4. Requiem in D minor, KV 626: Sequenz no. 5 "Confutatis"3:12
5. Requiem in D minor, KV 626: Sequenz no. 6 "Lacrimosa"2:34
6. The Messiah: "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"3:58
7. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia "Pastoral Symphony"5:21
8. Missa in Tempore Belli, Hob. XXII:9: "Agnus Dei"2:38
9. Missa in Tempore Belli, Hob. XXII:9: "Dona nobis pacem"2:56
10. Music to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", op. 61 no. 3 "Song with Chorus"4:20
11. Cantata, BWV 8: "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?"4:36
12. Vesperae solennes de Confessore, KV 339: "Laudate Dominum"4:57
13. Cantata, BWV 207a: "Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten"4:20
14. Motet for nine voices in two choirs: "Unser Leben ist ein Schatten"7:36
15. Mass in E-flat major, D. 950: "Sanctus"2:26
16. Mass in E-flat major, D. 950: "Osanna"1:01
17. Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air5:01
18. Messa per Rossini: "Lacrimosa"2:42
19. Messa per Rossini: "Amen"4:08
20. Cantata, BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben": "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"2:53