A diverse selection of Naxos recordings presents the best music expressing the solemnity of the Lenten season, the drama of Christ’s last days during Holy Week and the miracle of his resurrection on Easter Sunday. The lamentations of Jeremiah, the passion stories from the Gospels and the glory of Easter have inspired composers from the Middle Ages to the 21st century and their finest works are available here.
Gregorian Chant for Good Friday
DVOŘÁK: Stabat Mater • Psalm 149
HAYDN: The Seven Last Words • String Quartet No. 68
DUPRÉ: Works for Organ, Vol. 11
MICHEL: Leçons de Ténèbres
JS BACH: St. John Passion
LEIGHTON: An Easter Sequence • Crucifixus Pro Nobis
Passiontide: Music for Solace and Reflection
Paschale Mysterium: Gregorian Chant for Easter
FOERSTER: Symphony No. 4 • Festival Overture • My Youth
HANDEL: Messiah (1751 version)
CAPLET: Le miroir de Jésus
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’
FASCH: Passio Jesu Christi • Suite in D Minor
RENDINE: Passio et Resurrectio
PENDERECKI: St. Luke Passion
LASSUS: Lagrime di San Pietro
POULENC: Stabat Mater • Gloria • Litanies
PERTI: Lamentations • Liturgy for Good Friday
LISZT: Sacred Choral Music
MYSTIC VOICES – Divine Music from the Heavens
STABAT MATER – Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation
MISERERE – Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation
