Billings, William

Seraphic Fire in signature works by Billings, Bermudez, Durufle, Ramirez, Hernandez et al.

1 CD / Seraphic Fire & Firebird / 2013-05-28

Works: William Billings: Invocation; Alvaro A. Bermudez: Padre Nuestro, for chorus; Shawn Crouch: The Road from Hiroshima; Jake Runestad: I Will Lift Mine Eyes, for chorus; Maurice Duruflé: Notre P...
Performers: Bermudez, Alvaro A.; Chester, Derek; Davies, Vincent; Fernandez, Pedro; Mueller, Kathryn; Tipton, Paul Max; Tresler, Matthew; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Quigley, Patrick Dupré
Ensemble: ; Seraphic Fire

Seraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (01/17/2012)....continue...

Awake the Dawn

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-25

Works: John Tebay: Psalm 87, for chorus & piano; David L. Brunner: Cloth of Glory, for chorus & piano; John Rutter: Be Thou My Vision for chorus, organ & orchestra; Charles Villiers Stanford: When Mary thro...
Performers: Clements, James; Jacobs, Sonya; Thoreson, Deborah; Wiram, Kristen; Yang, Guang

Recording information: Spivey Hall, Clayton State University (05/24/2011/05/26/2011)....continue...

Colonial Christmas

1 CD / Gourd Music / 2011-10-11

Works: John Playford: The Merry Wassail; Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master); New Year's Eve; Cold and Raw; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Christ...
Performers: Autumn, Jesse; Burman-Hall, Linda; Evans, Robert [Fiddle]; Grosjean, Deby Benton; Johannesson, Lars; Petrie, Robin; Phillips, Barry [Cello]; Phillips, Shelley; Stiner, Christa; Summers, Sarah-Jane

This recording is a collection of instrumental carols and dances from colonial America. Barry Phillips, cellist is joined by musicians performing a variety of music...continue...
Recording information: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA....continue...

That Eternal Day

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-04

Works: Traditional: There's a Meetin' Here Tonight; God's Gonna Cut You Down, song; Paradise; William Walker: Wondrous Love (from The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion); Hallelujah ("An let this feeble b...
Performers: Ellingsen, Eric; Foss, Chris; Humble, Aaron; Reinwald, Adam; Rudoi, Paul; Ruschman, Gary; Shah, Shahzore; Takach, Tim

Personnel: Adam Reinwald (programming).

Recording information: Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul, MN (07/20/2010-07/23/2010)....continue...

The Rose of Sharon: 100 Years of American Music, 1770-1870

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-05-10

Works: Addah Z. Potter: Lay me low; Benjamin Franklin White: The Morning Trumpet; American Traditional: He Comes, the Hero Comes!; The Death of General Wolfe; Jefferson and liberty, dance; Philip Phile: The...
Performers: Brotherton, Lydia; Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Haas, Andreas; Rentz-Moore, Deborah; Walthinsen, Karen; Wolf, Axel
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

On Rose of Sharon, Joel Frederiksen and the Ensemble Phoenix present a program of rarely heard American vocal music from the 18th and 19th centuries....continue...
Recording information: Reitstadel in Neumarkt (Oberpfalz) (05/2010)....continue...

Our Favorite Christmas - Live / Montana a Cappella Society

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-12-14

Works: Christmas Traditional: Christmas is coming; Angels We Have Heard on High; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Boar's Head Carol; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The W...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Montana a Cappella Society

Classic Album Collection

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-23

Works: Leroy Robertson: The Lord's Prayer for chorus; Anonymous: Come, Come, Ye Saints, Mormon hymn; Johannes Brahms: Deutsche Requiem; James McGranahan: Oh, My Father; James McIntyre: How Great the Wisdom ...
Performers: Asper, Frank W.; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Cornwall, J. Spencer; Condie, Richard P.

Liberty Tree: Early American Music 1776 - 1861

1 CD / Erato / 2010-11-16

Works: American Traditional: Yankee Doodle, song; Liberty Tree; The Boston March; Jefferson and liberty, song; Rights of Woman; The Appletree; Dormant; Hero & Leander; Mary's Dream; On the road to Boston, f...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Boston Camerata; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Collver, Michael; Delorey, John; Evans, Timothy Leigh; Falbel, Stephen; Frederiksen, Joel; Henderson, Megan; Lepkoff, Jesse; Mealy, Robert; Ro...
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA (09/15/1997-09/19/1997).

The Boston Camerata, led by Joel Cohen, has made dozens of excellent recordings of music from a variety of European...continue...

Trav'ling Home / American Spirituals 1770-1870 / Cohen

1 CD / Erato / 2010-11-16

Works: Anonymous: Hatfield, spiritual; The Pilgrims (from "The Revivalist"); While Angels Strike (from "The Revivalist"); Cusseta (from "The Sacred Harp"); Confidence (from "The Christian Lyre"); Something ...
Performers: Azéma, Anne; Boston Camerata; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Frederiksen, Joel; Hite, William; McCabe, Daniel; Mealy, Robert; Swanson, Margaret
Conductors: Jodry, Frederick
Ensemble: ; Boston Camerata

These selections were recorded November 16-20, 1992 (Emmanuel Church, Boston) and August 20-22, 1994 (Campion Center, Boston).

Recording information: Campion Center, Boston (08/20/1994-08/22/19...continue...

The Cherry Tree / Anonymous 4

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-09-14

Works: Irish Traditional: Prophetarum presignata, prosa for vocal ensemble; Christmas Traditional: Nowell Sing We, carol (English); The Shepherd's Star (American); Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowe...

Back in the studio after a four year hiatus, Anonymous 4 returns with 'The Cherry Tree' - an instant holiday music classic featuring medieval English...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (02/2009); Skywalker Sound (02/2009); Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (11/2009); Skywalker Sound (11/2009)....continue...

Brackett: Simple Gifts, 'Tis the gift to be simple; Rutter, Copland, etc / Fullington, Tudor Choir, et al

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Joseph Brackett: 'Tis the gift to be simple, for chorus; Simple Gifts; Shaker Traditional: The Humble Heart, hymn; All at home, song; Susannie M. Brady: Star of Purity, for chorus; William Billings: ...

On the follow-up to the choir's successful CD of Shaker tunes, 'Gentle Words', the Tudor Choir expands the repertoire to include other British and American...continue...

Live from Loretto Chapel - An American Hallelujah, Romance

2 CD / Clarion / 2009-02-01

Works: Daniel Read: Windham; American Traditional: Holy Manna; Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal (Invitation); Shaker Traditional: Love Is Little, hymn; We Will Walk with Mother and Mourn (Shaker Gift Song fro...
Performers: Boswell, Michael; Buchanan, Daniel; Downs, Ronald Lee; Farwig, David; Harrison, Kimberly; Kim, Heidi; Mueller, Kathryn; Neill, Kelly
Conductors: Mack, Linda; Tresler, Matthew
Ensemble: Santa Fe Desert Chorale

A brilliant two-CD set with selections recorded at the historic Loretto Chapel during the 2006 Santa Fe Summer Festival. Using two small ensembles, under the...continue...

I Want To Be Ready

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-01-06

Works: Anonymous: Over My Head I Hear Music, spiritual; R. Nathaniel Dett: I Want To Be Ready, for chorus; Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice; Naomi Shihab Nye: Kindness, for chorus; So Much Happines...
Performers: Anderson-Cooprider, Theresa; Barnett, Gene; Bentzen, Natalie; Best, Jan; Borum, Jennifer; Brubaker, Margaret; Dixon, Jim; Dyer, Elizabeth Caswell; Fitzgerald, nancy; Gallotte, Danielle; Gallotte, Tam...

Includes i thank you god (pfautsch) / ubi caritas (durufle) by various composers....continue...

An American Christmas / Doug Fullington, The Tudor Choir

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2009-01-01

Works: R. Herron: Shepherd's Star (William Walker's The Southern Harmony, 1835); William Billings: Shiloh (Suffolk Harmony, 1786); Emanuel. For Christmas (Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection o...
Performers: Rogers, Wesley; Tudor Choir

A Loft Recordings perennial best seller, this disc showcases the Tudor Choir exploring Christmas tunes belonging to the American shape note tradition. Fascinating, truly unusual...continue...
Personnel: Jennifer Fanning (soprano); David Stutz, Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott, Mark Powell (tenor).

Recording information: Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA (02/01/2002-02/03/2002)....continue...

A Boston Camerata Christmas / Joel Cohen

3 CD / Erato / 2008-11-18

Works: Anonymous, American: Watchman of Zion, hymn; Kingsbridge, hymn; Bozrah, hymn; A Christmas Hymn; The Heavenly Courtier, hymn; Slow Traveller, hymn; Benjamin Franklin White: Baptismal anthem; Christmas...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fleagle, John; Frederiksen, Joel; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hargis, Ellen; Hildebrand, Herman; Hite, William; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kale, Christophe...
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music];
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble; Mediterranea Camerata

Northwest Chamber Chorus Live! 40th Anniversary Edition

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-12-04

Works: César Alejandro Carrillo: O Magnum Mysterium, for chorus; Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; John Joubert: ...
Performers: Baker, Tom; Bristow, Sheila; Brockman, Betsy; Espeseth, Miriam; Johnson, Kevin; Mabin, Jay; Sandven, Lauren; Schaefer, Jim; Shields, Valerie; Stern, Denny; Stromquist, Chris
Conductors: Filibeck, Judy; Conlon, Joan Catoni; Demorest, Steven M.; Sams, Carol; Scandrett, Robert; Kloepper, Mark; Bristow, Sheila

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Holiday Light

2 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: James F.: Holiday Light; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Angels We Have Heard on High; The Cherry Tree Carol; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sung"); I Saw Thr...
Performers: Boerger, Kristina; Davis, Patricia; Downey, Roma; Eisenstein, Robert; Frizzell, Todd; Herreid, Grant; Levine, Elliot Z.; Morgan, Gayla; Slade, Richard; Western Wind

As heard on public radio! Here is a wonderful collection of Christmas music from the Middle Ages to the present, combined with reflections on the...continue...
Personnel: Richard Slade (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Kristina Boerger (guitar); Elliot Levine (banjo); Robert Eisenstein (vielle, fiddle); Grant Herreid (lute, vihuela); Patricia Davis (vio...continue...

Happy Journey - Early American Music Vol II / Western Wind

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: Traditional: Calvary; Laughing John's Interrogatory; Captain Robert Kidd; The Drowsy Sleeper; Weepin' Mary; To the Land; The angels done bowed down; Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass; Wondro...
Performers: Arnold, Johanna; Bennett, Lawrence; De Ruitaer, Albert; Lee, William Lyon; Levine, Elliot; Russell, Elaine; Zukof, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

I Am the Rose of Sharon - Early American Vocal Music Vol 1

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: Andrew Law: Bunker Hill; Daniel Read: I send the joys of earth away (tune Newport); Justin Morgan: Judgement Anthem ("Hark, ye mortals"), hymn; Amanda ("Death like an overflowing stream"); Healey Wil...
Performers: Bennett, Lawrence; Fleischer, Paul; Herman, Allen; Hermann, Allen; Lee, William Lyon; Lesnick, Mary; Levine, Elliot; Levine, Elliot Z.; McDowell, Bonney; Murcell, Raymond; Schulman, Stuart; Steele, J...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

Angel Voices - Collection for Christmas / Western Wind

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: William Billings: Boston; Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The Cherry Tree Carol; If Anybody Ask You (Spiritual); Anonymous: I Believe This Is Jesus; Includemur n...
Performers: Arnold, Johanna; Bennett, Lawrence; De Ruitaer, Albert; Karpienia, Joseph; Lee, William Lyon; Levine, Elliot Z.; Rowe, Cheryl Bensman; Rowell, Mary L.; Western Wind; Zukof, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind

An inspiring collection of medieval, renaissance, early American, and contemporary music celebrating the holiday - a treasury of familiar and rare holiday musical treats!...continue...
Personnel: Johanna Arnold (soprano); Lawrence Bennet, William Lyon Lee (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Albert De Ruiter (bass voice); Mary L. Rowell (violin).

Recording information: Rutg...continue...

Sweet Seraphic Fire - Holden, Billings, Wood

1 CD / New World / 2005-08-01

Works: Oliver Holden: The Lord Jehovah reigns (tune New Canaan); I'm not ashamed to own my Lord (tune Lynn); Why do we mourn departing friends? (tune Funeral Hymn); William Billings: And must this body die ...

George Washington - Portrait in Song / Douglas Jimerson

1 CD / Amerimusic Inc. / 2003-07-29

Works: Philip Phile: The President's March ("Hail, Columbia"); Anonymous: George Washington's March (18th cent.); When The Rosy Morn Appearing; Chloe; The Rakes Of Marlow; American Traditional: Yankee Dood...
Performers: Adamski, Stephen; Browder, Risa; Jimerson, Douglas; Lazar, Terri

Music in the Air / Silvester, Eastern Wind Symphony

1 CD / Klavier / 2003-01-01

Works: John Cheetham: Fanfare and Steeplechase, for symphonic band; Clark McAlister: Symphonies de Noël, for band; Alfred Reed: Joyeux Noël, for symphonic brass; Music in the Air!, for symphonic b...
Conductors: Silvester, William

Classical Express - Early American Choral Music Vol 1

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-05-01

Works: William Billings: O Praise the Lord of Heaven, for chorus; Is Any Afflicted, hymn; Emmaus, for chorus; Africa; Samuel the Priest, for chorus; Shiloh (Suffolk Harmony, 1786); Jordan; I Am the Rose of ...
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: His Majesties Clerkes

Dallas Christmas Gala / Litton, Davidson, Dallas SO & Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 2000-01-01

Works: John Williams: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Anonymous: Seasonal Sounds; Personent hodie; Bellsong fantasy; Alfred S. Burt: Caroling, caro...
Performers: Davidson, Blake; Gomez, Teresa Maria
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Davidson, David R.
Ensemble: Dallas Handbell Ensemble; Dallas Symphony Chorus; Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Mnemosyne / Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble

2 CD / ECM Import / 1999-10-05

Works: Traditional: Quechua Song; Remember me my dear; Eagle Dance; Mascarades; Thomas Tallis: O Lord, in thee is all my trust; Antoine Brumel: Agnus Dei; Hildegard of Bingen: O ignis spiritus Paracliti; Ve...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Garbarek, Jan; James, David [Countertenor]; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Potter, John [Tenor]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble

A Festival of Carols / Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Patapan; O come, O come Emmanuel; Go tell it on the mountain; O Sanctissimus; Fum, fum, fum; March of the Kings; My dancing day; What child is this?; Un flambeau, Jeanne...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Chernet, Al
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw Orchestra

An American Sampler / Brensinger, Atlanta Singers

1 CD / Aca Digital / 1998-10-01

Works: William Billings: Cobham; Kittery; When Jesus Wept; Hopkinton; Traditional: God is seen; Hark, I hear the harp eternal; Blow the candles out; Black is the color of my true love's hair; My love is lik...
Performers: Beard, Heather; Blalock, David; Gunter, Timothy; Lower, Cheryl Bray; Snow, Phoebe; Timmerman, Frank
Conductors: Brensinger, David
Ensemble: Atlanta Singers

Old Pennsylvania-German Organs Vol 1 / Philip Cooper

1 CD / Afka / 1998-04-01

Works: Anonymous: Marionet's Cotillion; Aria; Sweet Patty; Country Dances; Prelude for keyboard in G major; New Jersey; Presto Vivace; La chasse; Constance; Greenwich, folk hymn; Reel in D major; Vice Presi...
Performers: Cooper, Philip T.D.

William Billings: Wake Ev'ry Breath

1 CD / New World / 1998-02-01

Works: William Billings: Wake ev'ry breath; Africa; Mourn, mourn, mourn; Work(s); I Am the Rose of Sharon; Was not the day "Retrospect"; Chester; They that go down to sea "Euroclydon"; Chesterfield; Creatio...
Performers: Billings, William
Conductors: Appling, William
Ensemble: William Appling Orchestra; William Appling Singers

"Good recordings of the vocal works of William Billings do not come along very often, but when they do they are welcome, especially since they...continue...
Personnel: Cynthia Richards Wallace (soprano); Michael Steinberger, Neil Farrell (tenor); Mark Wagstrom, Walter Richardson, Gregory Purnhagen (bass voice); Jennifer Leshnower, Muneko Otani (violin); M...continue...

Make a Joyful Noise - American Psalmody 1770-1840

1 CD / New World / 1996-07-01

Works: William Billings: Chester; The Dying Christian's Last Farewell; Washington; Richmond; Supply Belcher: An Anthem of Praise; Heroism; Amos Munson: Newburgh; M. Kyes: Crucifixion; Jacob Kimball: Invitat...
Conductors: Jeffers, Ron
Ensemble: Oregon State University Choir

Music of the American Revolution / Milnes, McCoy, et al

1 CD / New World / 1996-06-01

Works: Traditional: The Brickmaker March; March for the 3rd Regt. of Foot, Lord Amherst's; Regimental Quick March Of The Grenadier 'The British Grenadiers'; Lovely Nancy; Stone Grinds All; William Billings:...
Performers: McCoy, Seth; Milnes, Sherrill; Richman, James; Spong, Jon
Conductors: ; Pyle, Thomas [baritone]; Bruce, Neely
Ensemble: ; American Fife Ensemble; Continental Harmony Singers

America - The Golden Dream / Pearson, St. John's Choir

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Bob Moline: Golden Dream; Samuel A. Ward: America the Beautiful; Shaker Traditional: Simple Gifts; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; Down by the Riverside, song; America ("My Country 'Tis ...
Performers: Repulski, John; St. John's Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
Conductors: Pearson, Donald

An American Sampler - From Billings to Bolcom / Paul Sperry

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-08-01

Works: Louise Talma: Pied Beauty; Leap before you look; Rain Song; William Schuman: Orpheus and his Lute; Hugo Weisgall: My Sweet Old Etcetera; Morten Lauridsen: When frost moves fast; And what of love; Kur...
Performers: Sperry, Paul; Vallecillo, Irma