The most popular religious songs of the past 250 years appear in this collection, a treasury of sacred songs known and loved by singers and listeners athome, in church, and in concert.
Two versions of "Ave Maria" are featured: Schubert's moving 1825 version, originally written as part of a setting of songs from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, and the interpretation by Charles Gounod based on Bach's prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Other contents include "O Holy Night," "Kol Nidre,"Faure's "Pie Jesu" (from his Requiem), Franck's "Panis Angelicus," Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus," Sullivan's "The Lost Chord," and many other favorites.
ADAM, Adolphe
O Holy Night
ADAMS, Stephen
The Holy City
BACH, Johann Sebastian
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
My Heart Ever Faithful
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van
The Heavens Declare
To Thee, My God
BIZET, Georges
Agnus Dei
BUSSER, Henri
Le Sommcil de l'Enfant J6sus
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine
Panis Angelicus
CHAUSSON, Ernest
Ave Verum Corpus
FAURE, Gabriel
Cantique de Jean Racine
En Priere
Pie Jesu
FAURE, Jean-Baptiste
Crucifix
The Palms
FRANCK, C&ar
Ave Maria
Panis Angclicus
La Procession
Tantum Ergo
GOUNOD, Charles
Ave Maria
Nazareth
O Divine Redeemer
Ring Out, Wild Bells
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
GRANIER, Jules
Hosanna
HOLMIeS, Augusta
NoEl
LEHMAN, Liza
No Candle Was There And No Fire
MENDELSSOHN, Felix
O For the Wings of a Dove
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
Contentment
Ave Verum Corpus
PARe, r, C. Hubert H.
Jerusalem
REGER, Max
The Virgin's Slumber Song
RoSsINI, Gioacchino
Preghiera
SCHUBERT, Franz
Ave Maria
Litany for All Souls' Day
STRADELLA, Alessandro
PietY, Signore
SULLWAN, Arthur
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
The Lost Chord
Traditional
Kol Nidre
VIEV, NE, Louis
Tantum Ergo
WOLF, Hugo
Sleeping Christ Child