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choral
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Choral music features vocal ensembles singing in harmony, often without instruments, ranging from sacred church compositions to folk arrangements and contemporary works. The genre spans centuries of tradition across cultures, from classical masses to military choirs and minimalist spiritual pieces. Its power lies in blended human voices creating rich, layered textures that evoke collective emotion and grandeur.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 |  |
1958 | Thomas Tallis | TALLIS: Mass for Four Voices / Motets |
| 53 |  |
1968 | Antonio Vivaldi | Stabat Mater |
| 5 |  |
1969 | Claudio Monteverdi | Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 |
| 34 |  |
1974 | Herbert von Karajan | Mozart: Requiem |
| 55 |  |
1974 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Orff: Carmina Burana |
| 13 |  |
1975 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | RACHMANINOV: Vespers, Op. 37 |
| 35 |  |
1976 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Matthäus-Passion |
| 92 |  |
1976 | Gabriel Fauré | Fauré: Requiem |
| 97 |  |
1978 | "Blue" Gene Tyranny | Out of the Blue (40th Anniversary Remaster) |
| 17 |  |
1979 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 |
| 38 | |
1979 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Johannes-Passion |
| 42 | 1981 | Popol Vuh | Sei still, wisse Ich bin | |
| 100 |  |
1982 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: Requiem Realisations |
| 79 |  |
1983 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 |
| 93 |  |
1983-11 | The Birthday Party | Mutiny |
| 71 |  |
1986 | Erich-Weinert-Ensemble | Hymnes et marches de la République Démocratique Allemande |
| 90 |  |
1988 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: Requiem |
| 39 |  |
1990 | Carl Orff | Carmina Burana (Orchestra & Choir of the Sinfonica de Minería) |
| 22 | 1990-09-10 | Carl Orff | Carmina Burana | |
| 9 |  |
1991 | Dietrich Buxtehude | Membra Jesu nostri |
| 11 |  |
1991 | Pavel Chesnokov | Teach Me Thy Statutes |
| 27 |  |
1991 | Westminster Choir | Christmas With The Westminster Choir |
| 33 |  |
1992 | Anonymous 4 | An English Ladymass |
| 10 |  |
1993 | Anúna | Anúna |
| 66 |  |
1993 | The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge | Allegri - Miserere |
| 74 |  |
1993 | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Pergolesi: Stabat Mater |
| 43 |  |
1994 | Anúna | Invocation |
| 59 |  |
1994 | Traditional | Chant - Music For Paradise - Special Edition |
| 62 |  |
1994 | Hildegard von Bingen | Hildegard von Bingen - Canticles Of Ecstasy |
| 60 |  |
1994-04-26 | The Hilliard Ensemble | Perotin |
| 44 |  |
1994-08-23 | Giuseppe Verdi | Messa da Requiem |
| 7 |  |
1995 | Claudio Monteverdi | Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine |
| 45 |  |
1995 | Samuel Barber | BARBER: Unaccompanied Choral Music |
| 76 |  |
1995 | Johannes Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem Op 45 |
| 88 |  |
1995 | Anton Bruckner | BRUCKNER: Motets |
| 89 | 1995-05-04 | Adiemus | Songs of Sanctuary | |
| 14 | 1995-07-14 | Dale Warland Singers | Cathedral Classics | |
| 26 | 1996 | Adiemus | Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi | |
| 2 | 1996-02-26 | Anonymous 4 | Miracles of Sant'iago | |
| 82 | 1996-08-26 | Arvo Pärt | Litany | |
| 50 |  |
1997 | John Dunstable | JOHN DUNSTAPLE: Masses & Motets |
| 56 |  |
1997 | Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Christmas At King's |
| 85 |  |
1997 | Philip Glass | Koyaanisqatsi (Complete Original Soundtrack) |
| 94 |  |
1997 | Arvo Pärt | Te Deum |
| 6 |  |
1998-03-30 | Arvo Part | Kanon Pokajanen |
| 51 | 2000 | Zephyrus | Angelus | |
| 29 | 2000-09-25 | Adiemus | Adiemus IV - The Eternal Knot | |
| 40 |  |
2001 | Libera | Luminosa |
| 86 | 2001-09-10 | Karl Jenkins | The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace | |
| 1 |  |
2003 | The Tallis Scholars | Allegri's Miserere and Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli |
| 8 | 2003-02-26 | Emilie Autumn | Enchant | |
| 24 |  |
2004 | Various Artists | TAVERNER & TUDOR MUSIC I: The Western Wind |
| 31 |  |
2004 | Maurice Duruflé | DURUFLE: Requiem / 4 Motets / Prelude and Fugue |
| 63 |  |
2004 | Arvo Pärt | PART: Berliner Messe / Magnificat / Summa |
| 87 | 2004 | Libera | Free | |
| 32 |  |
2004-02-09 | Magna Canta | Sanctuary |
| 57 |  |
2005 | The Sixteen | Renaissance Music For Inner Peace |
| 68 |  |
2005 | Tonus Peregrinus | Leonin / Perotin: Sacred Music From Notre-Dame Cathedral |
| 77 |  |
2005 | Knauskoret | Zero to Hero |
| 48 |  |
2006 | Libera | Angel Voices |
| 30 |  |
2007 | Sequentia | Hildegard von Bingen - Canticles Of Ecstasy |
| 49 |  |
2007 | Alexander Goldscheider | STABAT MATER |
| 96 | 2007 | George Frideric Handel | Handel: Messiah | |
| 73 |  |
2008 | Karl Jenkins | Songs of sanctuary |
| 75 |  |
2008-03-03 | Libera | New Dawn |
| 84 | 2008-10-03 | Jun Miyake | Stolen From Strangers | |
| 67 |  |
2008-11-24 | The Priests | The Priests |
| 69 |  |
2009-02-20 | Arvo Pärt | De Profundis |
| 70 | 2009-04-07 | Libera | Eternal: The Best of Libera | |
| 19 |  |
2010 | Morten Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna |
| 99 | 2010-02-02 | E.S. Posthumus | Makara | |
| 25 |  |
2012-07-09 | Arvo Pärt | De Profundis - Theatre Of Voices - Paul Hillier |
| 64 |  |
2012-10-30 | Roomful of Teeth | Roomful of Teeth |
| 98 | 2013-07-20 | Julianna Barwick | Nepenthe | |
| 4 |  |
2014 | Arvo Pärt | Triodion |
| 78 |  |
2014 | Damjan Mravunac | The Talos Principle (Video Game Soundtrack) |
| 3 | |
2015 | Arvo Pärt | PART: Music for Unaccompanied Choir |
| 16 |  |
2015 | Arvo Pärt | Da Pacem |
| 52 |  |
2016 | Voces8 | Winter |
| 83 |  |
2016-08-19 | Myrkur | Mausoleum (Live) |
| 58 |  |
2017 | Ola Gjeilo | Gjeilo: Northern Lights |
| 81 | |
2017 | Ola Gjeilo | Winter Songs |
| 20 |  |
2019-02-08 | Karl Jenkins | Karl Jenkins & Adiemus: The Essential Collection |
| 54 |  |
2020 | Arvo Pärt | Beatus - Tonu Kaljuste |
| 91 |  |
2021-07-23 | The Red Army Choir | The Best of the Red Army Choir |
| 95 |  |
2022-05-20 | Marina Herlop | Pripyat |
| 72 |  |
2022-09-30 | Björk | Fossora |
| 80 |  |
2023 | Various Artists | ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC |
| 28 |  |
2023-10-17 | Blizzard Entertainment | Diablo III Soundtrack |
| 12 | Nana Vasconcelos & Sami Ateba | Lambarena - Bach to Africa | ||
| 15 | Daniel Elder | The Heart's Reflection (Music of Daniel Elder) | ||
| 18 | Ensemble Sreteniye | Ancient Church Singing of Byzantine Georgia and Rus | ||
| 21 | State Symphony Capella of Russia | Sacred Treasures V: From a Russian Cathedral | ||
| 23 | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | Trois histoires sacrées | ||
| 36 | State Symphony Capella of Russia | Sacred Treasures: Choral Masterworks From Russia | ||
| 37 | The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices | BooCheeMish | ||
| 41 | Thomas Weelkes | WEELKES: Anthems | ||
| 46 | Orlande de Lassus | LASSUS: Lagrime di San Pietro | ||
| 47 | Accentus | Fauré: Requiem | ||
| 61 | St.Petersburg Chamber Choir | Sacred Choral Music from Russia |