There's a good chance that most of these will be new discoveries for the majority of readers. Even if you've been singing in choirs or going to concerts for years my bet is that none of you will have more than two of these recordings in your collection or sung / heard them live. They cover everything from baroque through to contemporary composers so everyone should be able to find something to like.
Here they come in alphabetical order:
(1) Corrette Laudate Dominum & Denoye Mass / Le Parlement de Musique etc. / Ambronay.
(2) Finzi Intimations of Immortality / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Naxos.
(3) Hindemith When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Telarc.
(4) Part Choral works (incl. 7 Magnificat Antiphons) / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Virgin Classics.
(5) Penderecki Polish Requiem / Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Naxos.
(6) Saint Saens Requiem / Coro della Radio Svizzera / Chandos.
(7) Szymanowski Stabat Mater / CBSO Chorus / EMI.
(8) Tormis Estonian Calendar Songs / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Virgin Classics.
(9) Whitacre Light & Gold / Eric Whitacre Singers etc. / Decca.
(10) Zelenka Missa Votiva / Collegium 1704 / Zig-Zag Territoires.
Click on the works to hear excerpts. Most are Youtube videos of the listed artists performing part of the works (although some of these are live performances rather than the studio recording), but the Finzi and Tormis are different performers, and the latter is just short snatches of ten songs on Amazon as no video seems to exist in that case.
Enjoy, as our American cousins would say.
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