Weekly Top 10 Choral Tracks You Need To Listen To

This week, we have a mixture of very interesting and different choral works both old and new. One of my favorite tracks is #5. It's taken from BBC's mini-series War and Peace and has an awesome combination of synthesizer, choir, orchestral instruments, and more. check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/user/bearbacon/playlist/5KhaafTmEk9vBCPba1PPuP?si=2DIft5dKTkasGxbusUjnIg

Here is the list:

1. Four2 - John Cage, Latvian Radio Choir
2. Parismaalase Lauluke (An Aboriginal Song) - Veljo Tormis, Estonian National Male Choir
3. Rise Up, My Love - Howard Skempton, Ars Nova Copenhagen
4. 4 Opera Choruses: No. 4, Final Chorus - Thomas Jennefelt, Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir
5. St. Petersburg - Martin Phipps, Latvian Radio Choir, from War & Peace mini-series
6. Mass: Gloria: Trope, "Half of the People" - Leonard Bernstein, Jubilant Sykes
7. Stabat Mater: Movement 3 - Paul Mealor, Tenebrae
8. Days of Beauty - Ola Gjeilo, Choir of Royal Holloway
9. Lucis Creator Optime - Vytautas Miskinis, Westminster Choir
10. Immortal Bach - Knut Nystedt, Ensemble 96
11. Lord, Now Lettest - Nicholas Reeves, William Jewel Choir

Which one is your favorite?

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