The choices

Brahms Alto Rhapsody

Jessye Norman; Philadelphia Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti Phillips 426 2532

Blow the Wind Southerly

Kathleen Ferrier Decca 4582702

Bach St John Passion

Academy of Ancient Music, King’s College Choir/stephen Cleobury KGS0018

Nkosi Sikelel’ iafrika

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Heads Up HEADS 3109

Mozart Strauss Idomeneo

Gambill, Nylund et al; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/fabio Luisi Orfeo C701072