In the prestigious Complete Beethoven Edition, Beethoven's works for choir and orchestra are collected on 5 CDs, performed by the great orchestras and renowned conductors:

• Auf den Tod Kaiser Josephs II, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, WoO 87;
• Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zweiten, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, WoO 88;
• Der glorreiche Augenblick, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, Op. 136;
• Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80;
• Mass for soloists, choir and orchestra in C major, Op. 86;
• Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt, cantata for choir and orchestra, Op. 112;
• Mass for soloists, choir and orchestra in D major ("Missa Solemnis"), Op. 123;
• Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), oratorio Op. 85.
  

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These two cantatas, composed at twenty years of age, were considered too difficult to play at the time. They are accompanied by two other works with choir:

• Auf der Tod Kaiser Josephs II, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, WoO 87;
• Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zweiten, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, WoO 88;
• Opferlied ("Die Flamme lodert"), for soprano, choir and orchestra, Op. 121b;
• Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt, cantata for choir and orchestra, Op. 112.

Performed by the Corydon Orchestra, with John Mark Ainsley, Corydon Singers, Jose van Dam, Jean Rigby, Janice Watson, conducted by Matthew Best and Maciej Rakowski.

Das Neue Orchester and the Chorus Musicus Köln, with Eike Wilm Schulte (bass), Simone Kermes (soprano) and Steve Davishim (tenor) under the direction of Christoph Spering perform:

"Christ on the Mount of Olives", the oratorio opus 85.

A work full of passion and fervour.