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New Vintage: Music for Trumpet & Organ
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A recording of newly-commissioned works for organ and trumpet by Clarion! Extensive notes on the music and the composers. Melody Turnquist Steed is currently organist at Westwood United Methodist Church in Westwood, CA, and has been the recipient of many awards, cinluding the Virgil Fox Award in ORgan Performance from USC, an award given only twice since its inception. Keith Benjamin is widely sought as a trumperer and has commissioned and premiered works by many contemporary composers. "New Vintage" is new music for a well-established pair of instruments.
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Six/King's Singers
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Six
The King's Singers
This is one of the most unusual CDs to come across our desk in a long time. It has only six pieces, and the total length is only 20 minutes. We think the Billy Joel lullaby is worth the price of admission, but for others it might be "Blackbird." Highly recommended.
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Hymns through the Ages/All Saints Beverly Hills
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World Premier Recordings!
On their second recording for Gothic, the choir of All Saints Beverly Hills provides a superb sampling of the current state of contemporary Anglican hymnody. Included here are numerous familiar tunes with descants old and new, and a few first recordings as well Among the latter is a tune by Thomas Foster honoring organ builder, C. B. Fisk. The choir is beautifully accompanied by Craig Phillips on an organ refined by Manuel Rosales.
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Craig Phillips: A Festival Song/All Saints Beverly Hills
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World Premier Recordings!
In addition to his work as a composer of religious music, Craig Phillips has composed a substantial number of works for organ as well as several chamber pieces scored for solo instruments with organ accompaniment. This recording includes works for a cappella chorus and accompanied chorus, as well as works for organ plus other instruments.
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Moody: Akáthistos Hymn/Cappella Romana (2 CDs!)
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World Premiere Recording!
British composer Ivan Moody's English setting of the Akáthistos Hymn, is sung here by Cappella Romana in this world premier recording. Probably written early in the sixth century to be sung shortly after Christmas, the hymn is a rapturous meditation in 24 stanzas (one for each letter of the Greek alphabet) on the cosmic role of the Virgin Mary (the Theotokos) as mother of the incarnate Word of God.
“New, substantial, and profound” —David Stabler, The Oregonian
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Argento: Walden Pond/Dale Warland Singers
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Nominated for Best Choral Performance Grammy in 2003!
Composer and librettist Dominick Argento is one of America's leading composers and among the most frequently performed 20th-century composers of opera. His chamber pieces as well have met with international acclaim. Argento has a long history of collaboration with the Dale Warland Singers; this new release features a world-premiere recording of the composer's Walden Pond, a song cycle based on text by Henry David Thoreau and scored for chorus, three cellos, and harp.
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Alice Parker: Listen, Lord/Melodious Accord
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World Premiere Recordings!
American composer, conductor, and teacher, Boston-born Alice Parker first came to public attention for her arrangements in collaboration with the late choral conductor Robert Shaw. Building on an international reputation, she has continued composing in many forms, researching folk music, conducting performances and workshops all over the continent, and speaking at large and small gatherings of choral musicians.
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Thompson: The Light of Stars/Choral Arts
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The Light of Stars
The Choral Music of Randall Thompson
Choral Arts, directed by Richard Sparks
Randall Thompson is one of the most important American composers of choral music. Writing in an unabashed Romantic style, this music is ideal for a choir like Choral Arts, which prides themselves in purity and breadth of choral sound.
This recording contains Thompson’s “Alleluia,” probably the most popular American choral work ever written, as well as six works never before recorded.
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Herbolsheimer: Let Us Sing/Opus 7
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World Premiere Recording!
A major collection of never-before-recorded music by Northwest composer Bern Herbolsheimer, performed in the beautiful acoustical setting of St. James Cathedral in Seattle. These lyrical works are interpreted with reverence and clarity by Opus 7 vocal ensemble under the direction of Loren Pontén. Opus 7 specializes in the performance of modern and contemporary works, and their previous recordings have received national praise.
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Be Still, My Soul/All Saints' Beverly Hills
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World Premiere Recordings!
A stunning program of contemplative sacred texts set to some of the most beautiful singing we've heard. Slow, focused intensity creates a strong emotional response from many listeners, including us. The Martin piece alone is worth the price of admission. With premičre recordings of new anthems by Craig Phillips and Roland Martin, this CD is also the first recording of the widely admired Choir of All Saints, Beverly Hills, under its new director, Dale Adelmann.
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Cathedral Anthems/Choral Arts
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This CD includes both large and small-scale works for choir, with and without instruments, most recorded here for the first time. Hallock was the organist and choirmaster of St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle for forty years, composing an impressive array of original choral works in the Anglican tradition.
To listen to this disc is to be in the grip of a great magnetic force...visionary... breathtaking in every way.
Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians
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A Scandinavian Christmas/Choral Arts
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The rich musical heritage of Scandinavia is represented by one of the finest choirs in the country. David Dahl also plays seven organ works on the new Fritts organ at PLU in Tacoma. 24-bit recording.
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Advent Procession 'O' Antiphons/St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle
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The famous Advent Sunday service at St Mark's Cathedral consists of seven lessons and carols done in procession. Each is lesson/carol set is based on one of the "O" Antiphons," seven ancient Advent verses that each begin with the word "O". These antiphons later became the basis of the hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" and each one names a particular attribute of Messiahship (King, Ruler, Wisdom, etc).
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Gentle Words/Tudor Choir
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Shaker music is one of the richest bodies of folksong in American history and Kevin Siegfried's arrangements follow Shaker aesthetics of beauty, simplicity and utility. Sung by The Tudor Choir, this recording incorporates a variety of original choral arrangements, including unison singing and antiphonal performances.
This is one of the staff's favorite CDs...
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An American Christmas/Tudor Choir
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The Tudor choir explores Christmas tunes belonging to the American shapenote tradition. Contains an early American version of Joy to the World. Full texts and extensive notes on the music
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Bertali: Missa Ressurectionis/Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington, director
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World Premiere Recording! Easter Sunday in Imperial Vienna, 1666, Missa Ressurectionis by Antonio Bertali, with motets and incidental music by Froberger, Vejvanovsky and Geist. Simon Carrington directs the Yale Schola Cantorum, Spiritus Collective and Yale Collegium Players in this live, world premiere performance.
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An Hour to Dance/Choral Music by Gwyneth Walker
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17 World Premiere Recordings!
During the 2005-6 season, Gwyneth Walker traveled across the United States working with a variety of musicians as they premiered and recorded her works. During a week spent in Walla Walla, WA, she worked with the choirs at Whitman College as they rehearsed and recorded this new program of choral music, which employs evocative texts by Langston Hughes, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Virginia Hamilton Adair, among others. Notes include the full song texts.
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Praise the Spirit: Sacred Music of David Ashley White/Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
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David Ashley White is one of the most popular composers in the Episcopal Church today. From anthems to hymns, this recording offers a variety of music and texts. The Choir of Palmer Church has long been associated with White's music, and gives the program a polished performance in a reverberant setting. Recorded by the legendary John Proffitt.
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Cantate Hodie/Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
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A connoisseur's Christmas! One of the most exciting seasonal CDs to come around in a LONG time! Featuring the artistry of the world acclaimed Bach Choir of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, Cantate Hodie features an imaginative program of originals and arrangements that are sure to warm the heart and treat the ears! The Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas is hysterical. Arranged by Craig Courtney, and transcribed by Brady Allred & Daniel Shaw, each verse parodies a different genre of classical music.
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One is the All/The Choral Project
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The Choral Project's sixth recordiing features music that spans the globe and the centuries, including a world premiere by award-winning Broadway composer; lyricist Stephen Schwartz, written especially for this production.
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