Artist	Song
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Tenebrae Choir	Messiah: Part II, No 44. Hallelujah
from Handel: Messiah (2007)
Andrea Bocelli	Agnus Dei
from Sacred Arias (2003)
Fred Hammond	Celebrate (He Lives)
from The Essential Fred Hammond (2007)
Hillsong Live	My Redeemer Lives
from Ultimate Worship: Hillsong (Live) (2010)
Susan Boyle	How Great Thou Art
from I Dreamed a Dream (2009)
Chris Tomlin	Let God Arise
from Passion: God of This City (2008)
NewSong	Arise My Love
from The Very Best of Newsong (2004)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir	I Know That My Redeemer Lives
from Rock of Ages: 30 Favorite Hymns (1992)
Michael W. Smith	Crown Him With Many Crowns
from I'll Lead You Home (1995)
Aaron Neville	Morning Has Broken
from Gospel Roots (2005)
Matt Maher	Christ Is Risen
from Alive Again (Extended Edition) (2011)
Joslin Grove Choral Society	Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
from 100 Best Loved Hymns (2004)
The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day
from Oh Happy Day (2003)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Ian Tracey & Yan Pascal Tortelier	Organ Symphony No. 5 In F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1: V. Toccata: Allegro
from Poulenc: Organ Concerto - Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5 - Guilmant: Organ Symphony No. 1 (1994)
Chris Tomlin	Raise Up the Crown
from Raise Up the Crown (2009)
Whitney Houston	I Go to the Rock (feat. The Georgia Mass Choir)
from The Preacher's Wife (Original Soundtrack Album) (1996)
Third Day	Communion
from Wherever You Are (2005)
Michael Olson	On the Third Day
from Where Fear & Faith Collide (2007)
Phillips, Craig & Dean	The Wonderful Cross
from Phillips Craig & Dean Ultimate Collection (2006)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside
from The Gospel of the Blues (2003)
Jadon Lavik	Nothing But the Blood
from Moving On Faith (2002)
Cindy Cruse Ratcliff, Israel Houghton & Lakewood Church	He Lives
from Cover the Earth: Lakewood Live (2004)
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir	Worthy Is the Lamb
from I'll Say Yes (2008)
Yolanda Adams	Still I Rise
from The Best of Yolanda Adams (1990)
Paul Baloche	All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises
from Arise - A Celebration of Worship (2006)
Keith Green	Easter Song
from Keith Green: The Greatest Hits (2008)
Joseph Garlington	We Declare Your Majesty
from Live Worship (1995)
Thomas A. Dorsey	(There'll Be) Peace In the Valley
from Precious Lord Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey (1994)
Fee	Beautiful the Blood
from We Shine (2008)
King's College Choir & Philip Ledger	This Joyful Eastertide
from Music for Holy Week (1995)
Sixpence None the Richer & Bebo Norman	Beautiful Scandalous Night
from City On a Hill: The Gathering (1994)
Gaither Vocal Band	Because He Lives
from Reunited (2009)
Barbara Bonney, Catherine Wyn Rogers, Jamie MacDougall, Steve Gadd, The English Concert, The English Concert Choir & Trevor Pinnock	Mass in C, K.317 "Coronation": 2. Gloria
from Mozart: Mass in C "Coronation", Exsultate, jubilate & Vesperae solennes (1994)
Shane & Shane	He Is Exalted
from Clean (2003)
Paul Baloche	Hosanna
from 7 Essential Songs for Easter (2007)
Rebecca St. James	Above All
from The Ultimate Collection - Worship (2006)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir	Alleluia
from Heavensong: Music of Contemplation and Light (2010)
Troy Sneed	Hallelujah
from In His Presence (2008)
Glad	And Can It Be
from Acapella Project, Vol. 1 (1988)
Benedictine Nuns of Sainte Marie de Maumont	Easter Dawn: Regina Caeli: Antiphon, 6th Mode
from Easter Dawn: Gregorian Chant (2007)
Lincoln Brewster	Everlasting God
from Let the Praises Ring - The Best of Lincoln Brewster (2008)
Niyoki	Joy
from Rest (2008)

Comment:

All around the world, from the grandest cathedral to the humblest country church, in the richest classical work or the simplest folk traditional, the Easter Sunday celebration of Christ's resurrection rises up through the holy sounds of sacred music. It's there in the drama of death and rebirth described in Christian Contemporary superstars NewSong's "Arise My Love," and in the radiant gospel glory of the Edwin Hawkins Singers' "Oh Happy Day." It lives in the pop-rock inspiration of Chris Tomlin's "Let God Arise," and the tapestry of voices lifted in praise that is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's "I Know That My Redeemer Lives." And though Easter Sunday may come but once a year, with our [i]Easter Sunday Service[/i] Essentials, its musical expressions can be, like Christian life and love, eternal.

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