Messiah : HWV 56. Rejoice greatly / George Frideric Handel (4:16) -- Mörike-Lieder III. No. 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind / Hugo Wolf (2:59) -- Vesperae solennes de confessore : K. 339. Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:13) -- Joshua. O had I Jubal's lyre / George Frideric Handel (2:31) -- Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis : BWV 21. Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not / Johann Sebastian Bach (3:55) -- Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd : BWV 208. Schafe können / Johann Sebastian Bach (4:05) -- Ave Maria : based on the Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana / Pietro Mascagni (3:07) -- Messa di Gloria. Laudamus te / Gioachino Rossini (6:36) -- Bist du bei mir : BWV 508 : from Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach / Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel ; attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (2:19) -- Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt : BWV 68. Mein gläubiges Herze / Johann Sebastian Bach (3:54) -- Requiem, op. 48. Pie Jesu / Gabriel Fauré (3:10) -- Were you there when they crucified my Lord? / traditional (2:42) -- Weihnachts-Oratorium : BWV 248. IV. Teil. Flösst, mein Heiland / Johann Sebastian Bach (5:07) -- Ave Maria : religious melody adapted from the 1st prelude of J.S. Bach / Charles Gounod (2:23).
Note
Sacred songs with various accompaniments; in part excerpts from larger vocal works.
Language (note)
Sung in English, German, Italian, and Latin.
Title
Grace / Kathleen Battle.
Publisher
New York, NY : Sony Classical, [1997]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Kathleen Battle, soprano ; with Anthony Newman, organ and harpsichord ; Nancy Allen, harp ; Krista Feeney, violin ; Charles Curtis, violoncello ; Donald Palma, bass ; Stephen Taylor, oboe ; American Boychoir, with other singers (in the Mozart) ; orchestra ; Robert Sadin, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1995 November 17-30 St. George's Episcopal Church, Stuyvesant Square, New York City.