From Bach’s Bm mass. Posted only because it is the pinnacle of the musically sublime.
I think Karl Richter’s interpretation of Bach’s choral and orchestral works is the best of the best; I know some think that contemporary, supposedly more authentic, versions are better – but I really don’t care. I don’t suppose Karl Richter does either, since he is dead.
I was in Munich for two years in that great man’s heyday. I also sang with the CUMS in my Cambridge period under David Willcocks, and we did that work one year. The English versions of the text are not always good.
I’d put Tallis’ Spem in alium pretty high!