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Frederick Swann Plays the Gillespie Concert Organ
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Best-known as the former organist of The Crystal Cathedral, Frederick Swann delivers the premiere recording of the new Fisk organ in Costa Mesa, CA. Swann plays a diverse program specifically chosen to showcase the wide and colorful tonal spectrum of this superb new organ.
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Messiaen: Les Corps Glorieux/Colin Andrews
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Each of the seven movements of this powerful work presents a musical and theological statement, expressed in Messiaen’s unique musical vocabulary. The haunting opening creates a mystical, mantra-like atmosphere that lays the path for an hour of extraordinarily compelling music. Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen’s mystical masterpiece.
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When I Was A Young Man / Washington Men's Camerata/Allbinder
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Under the direction of Frank Albinder (formerly of Chanticleer) the Washington Men’s Camerata has become one of the nation’s foremost men’s choirs. In this recording, they focus on classic glee club literature, a testament to the power of men’s voices raised in song.
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Solemn Splendor/Adoramus Vocal Ensemble
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Adoramus is the premier resident vocal ensemble of First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. This first nationally released recording on Clarion features four world premier recordings. Adoramus has a clear and relaxed vocal sound, and has developed a national following with imaginative and popular programming.
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The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass/VocalEssence
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Minnesota composer Carol Barnett offers this unusual Mass setting in more-or-less classical style, orchestrated with Bluegrass instruments. The result is tailor-fit for VocalEssence a vocal ensemble which hasmade a reputation for first-rate performances of this type of crossover music. This CD also includes ten American choral masterpieces spanning the centuries, including Randall Thompson, William Billings, Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, Ned Rorem, Eric Whitacre and others
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The Songs We Sang: Favorite American Folksongs/VocalEssence
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As comforting as an old patchwork quilt, these beloved folksongs are presented in charming choral arrangements with guitar, harmonica, accordion, bass and piano by Philip Brunelle and the 32-voice VocalEssence Ensemble Singers.
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Bach: Trio Sonatas/Rakich et al. (2 CDs!)
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Scored for organ (or pedal clavichord), the Bach trio sonatas can be played on a variety of instruments, as Christa Rakich demonstrates in this imaginative program. Six different organs, six different organ builders, and an assortment of period chamber music instruments are used on this double-CD set!
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Organ Works of Melchior Schildt / Annette Richards
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The organ works of Melchior Schildt (1592/3-1667) were discovered in 1955, in a manuscript containing his monumental Magnificat. That manuscript reveals a highly accomplished organist-composer whose dramatic music expresses his eccentric personality.
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Watjen Concert Organ (Seattle Symphony Hall) / Carole Terry
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The first solo recording of the Watjen Concert Organ at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall! Carole Terry puts the new Fisk organ through its paces in a varied program of works by Mendelssohn, Sweelinck, Bach, Albright, Stanley, Schumann, Vierne and Widor.
“Carole Terry is a musician's musician who plays with great elegance, but also, when needed, with fire.” — THE AMERICAN ORGANIST
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Master of the Dutch Renaissance/Dimmock
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Known as the “Orpheus of Amsterdam,” Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was the greatest single influence on the succeeding generation of north European organists and composers, including H. Scheidemann, J. Praetorius II, M. Schildt, and both Samuel and Gottfried Scheidt.
Jonathan Dimmock brings these influential works to life on three landmark mean-tone organs in Holland and Sweden.
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Choral Music of Edward Elgar/Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Marlow
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Richard Marlow's final recording as director of the Trinity Colleg echoir (Cambridge, England)! The choral works of Edward Elgar are gems of the English Romantic tradition. Under the direction of Marlow, the choir of Trinity College was the first mixed choir in a Cambridge college. As an adult mixed choir, they have the distinctive, clear English sound we admire, but with the power that only mature voices can produce. Highly recommended!
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Shenandoah: Songs of the American Spirit/John Alexander Singers/John Alexander, conductor
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The history of our country is written in our song, and what a variety of song it is! War songs, tunes from Appalachia, gospel—all have been mined over the years by composers and arrangers of every era. This recording offers a varied program of these American works, from the well known (Shenandoah, Buffalo Gals) to the less familiar, expertly arranged for choir and sung by this nationally acclaimed American choir.
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Christmas in the Grand Tradition/The Wanamaker Organ/Peter Conte with the Philadelphia Brass
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Christmas carols on a grand scale! Under the dazzling fingers of organist Peter Richard Conte, the world's largest musical instrument teams up with the Philadelphia Brass in this program of Christmas favorites. A sonic spectacular!
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Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols/Washington National Cathedral Choir
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Appointed in 2003, McCarthy was the founding director of the London Oratory School Schola. The Schola recorded for the film scores of both The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the Harry Potter film series. McCarthy brings a fresh approach to Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols, and delightful readings of many other Christmas carols. One of America's finest Anglican choirs!
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Simple Gifts/Tudor Choir/Doug Fullington, director
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A follow-up to their successful CD of Shaker tunes, “Gentle Words,” The Tudor Choir expands the repertoire to include other British and American music of simple character and enduring melody.
“[The Tudor Choir’s] lovely shaping of phrases, impeccable intonation and unadorned, clean sound allow the words and music to become the Shaker “prayer language,” to free the mind from the world, to visit the soul.”
—The Living Church
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