The DeuxDuel Choral & Sacred lineup

18 songs · 16 artists · 1953–2025 · listed A–Z, not ranked

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 18 songs when it builds a Choral & Sacred matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for Choral & Sacred yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in Choral & Sacred

  1. Messiah, HWV 56: "For unto us a Child is born"
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields · 1976
  2. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: "Erbarme Dich"
    Annelies Burmeister, Gewandhausorchester, Erhard Mauersberger & Rudolf Mauersberger · 1953
  3. Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Wolfgang Seeliger · 1991
  4. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Confutatis
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Wolfgang Seeliger · 1989
  5. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Dies irae
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Wolfgang Seeliger · 1989
  6. Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu
    Bob Chilcott, Sir David Willcocks & Philharmonia Orchestra · 1968
  7. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
    Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre De Paris, Paavo Järvi & Stephen Betteridge · 2008
  8. Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: IV. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"
    David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Harolyn Blackwell · 2000
  9. Requiem: Libera Me
    Fritz Reiner, Jussi Björling, Leontyne Price, Rosalind Elias & Vienna Philharmonic · 2006
  10. A Gaelic Blessing
    Graham Ross, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & Dmitri Ensemble · 2025
  11. Ave verum corpus - B Part Left
    Matthew Curtis · 2013
  12. Requiem, Op. 9: Pie Jesu
    Paula Hoffman, Peter Mattei, Mattias Wager, Elemer Lavotha, St. Jacob's Chamber Choir & Gary Graden · 1983
  13. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus
    Roy Goodman, Sir David Willcocks & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge · 1964
  14. Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie
    Sistine Chapel Choir & Massimo Palombella · 2016
  15. Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. Magnificat
    St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester & Kurt Thomas · 1956
  16. All Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37: 6. Bogoroditse Devo, raduysya (Live)
    Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir & Antony Walker · 2000
  17. Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum
    The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Philharmonia Orchestra · 1968
  18. Spem in alium
    Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers, David Hill & Vocal Arts · 1990
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