The name of the hänssler Classic label has been of outstanding quality since its inception for sacred music. Long-term collaborations with outstanding artists such as Helmut Rilling have enabled the label to build up an exceptionally good catalog of sacred music. This prestigious set of no less than 50 individual albums features masterpieces of sacred music by Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Haydn, Schütz, Cherubini, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Wagner and many other composers in outstanding, often award-winning studio and live productions. Beginners in the world of sacred music will find here a compendium, with which they can become happy for the rest of their listener life. Experts enjoy the quality of the recordings presented and many pieces that even they did not even know.

Tracklist :

CD 1-3
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio

CD 4-5
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Mass in B Minor

CD 6-8
Johann Sebastian Bach:
St. Matthew Passion

CD 9
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Easter Oratorio
Ascension Oratorio

CD 10-11
Johann Sebastian Bach:
St. John Passion

CD 12
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Mangificat BWV 243 & Cantata BWV 147

CD 13
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Magnificat WQ 215

Johann Ludwig Bach
Missa Brevis

CD 14
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa Solemnis

CD 15
Ludwig van Beethoven
Christ on the Mount of Olives

CD 16-17
Hector Berlioz
Requiem

CD 18
Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Reqiuem

CD 19
Anton Bruckner
Mass no. 3 in F minor (WAB 28)

CD 20
Luigi Cherubini
Messe Solennelle No. 2

CD 21-22
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater

CD 23
Charles Gounod
Messe Solennelle De Sainte-Cecile

Georges Bizet
Te Deum

CD 24-25
Georg Friedrich Händel
The Messiah, arranged by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart KV 572

CD 26
Joseph Haydn
Lord Nelson Mass HOB XXII:II
Creation Mass HOB XXII:13

CD 27
Joseph Haydn
The Seven last Words of Christ HOB XX/2
Requiem “Opus Ultum” (Fragment)

CD 28
Joseph Haydn
Theresa Mass HOB XXII:12
Mass in Time of War HOB XXII:9

CD 29-30
Joseph Haydn
The Creation HOB XXI:2

CD 31
Johann Ritter von Herbeck
Grosse Messe

CD 32-33
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
The Birth of Christ

CD 34-35
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Elias Oratorium nach Worten des Alten Testamentes Elijah Oratorio for soli, choir and orchestra op. 70

CD 36
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa in C KV 257
Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277
Regina coeli, K. 276
Verspere solennes de confessore, K. 339 Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Te Deum, K. 141

CD 37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Messe C-moll KV427 (417a)

CD 38
Gioachino Rossini
Messa di Gloria

CD 39
Heinrich Schütz
Christmas Oratorio SWV 435
Symphonie Sacrae III (Selection)

CD 40
Franz Schubert
German Mass D 872
Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167

CD 41
Franz von Suppe
Missa pro defunctis in d-Moll

CD42-43
Georg Philipp Telemann
St. Matthew Passion

CD 44-45
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem

CD 46
Richard Wagner
The Holy Supper of the Apostles, WWV 69

Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Op. 48

CD 47
Georg Friedrich Händel
For the victory of Dettingen HWV 283

Karl May
Ave Maria, Vergiss mich nicht

CD 48
Joseph Haydn
Mass No. 14 in B-Flat Major, Hob.XXII14, Harmoniemesse
Mass No. 9 in B-Flat Major, Hob.XXII10, Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida, Heiligmesse

CD 49
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Psalms 98, 115, 114, 42

CD 50
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 2 B flat Major op. 52