Ferko, Frank

Beyond all Mortal Dreams: American a Cappella / Choir of Trinity College

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-07-12

Works: Rene Clausen: Tonight, Eternity Alone; Steven Stucky: Motets (3) in memoriam Thomas Tallis, for chorus; Ola Gjeilo: Sanctus, for chorus; Phoenix, for chorus; Frank Ferko: Hildegard Triptych, for chor...
Performers: Dayan, Ruby; Partridge, Hannah; Walker, Margaret; Williams, Laurence [Bass vocals]
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

On Beyond All Mortal Dreams, Stephen Layton and his acclaimed Trinity College Choir perform a magnificent selection of American a cappella choral works. The recording...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (07/02/2010-07/05/2010)....continue...

Frank Ferko: Stabat Mater / Choral Arts

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2011-05-31

Works: Frank Ferko: Stabat Mater, for chorus
Performers: Cannon, Gary; Merkovits, Sarah; Rambaldi, Juliana; Wingate, Lorin
Conductors: Bode, Robert

"Under the masterful direction of Robert Bode, Choral Arts demonstrated their supreme musicianship in producing a consistently rich, warm, and beautifully blended tone to shape...continue...
Recording information: St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA (03/20/2010)....continue...

Arise, Shine! / Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols in the style of Salisbury Cathedral

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Robert Lehman: Invocation and Matin Responsory; Vesper Responsory; Michael Praetorius: Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth; Spoken Word: The Bidding Prayer; Scripture Reading; Anonymous: O Sapientia (fr...
Performers: Hernandez, Levi; Hoskins, Richard Barrick; Kahrmann, Katherine; Lee, Lisa Rogers; Lee, Rosalind; Reardon, Patrick
Conductors: Barber II, Bruce J.
Ensemble: St. James Cathedral Choir

This Advent festival is taken from the liturgy used at the great English Cathedral at Salisbury in England. The service conveys a central theological and...continue...
Recording information: St. James Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois (04/23/2010-04/26/2010)....continue...

Earnest: First Day; Stroope, Mechem, Gawthrop, etc / Linda Mack, Santa Fe Desert Chorale

1 CD / Clarion / 2009-01-01

Works: John David Ernest: The First Day, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Z. Randall Stroupe: The Conversion of Saul, for chorus; Kirke Mechem: The World is Too Much with Us, for chorus; Judith Cloud: Words fr...
Performers: Boswell, Michael; Coggeshall, Theresa; Farwig, David; Loeffler, Jack; Lopez, Alfredo; Mann, Rochelle; Simpson, Rosalind; Tresler, Matthew
Conductors: Mack, Linda

This special 25th anniversary recording of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, captured during the 2006 and 2007 summer seasons, includes new and recent choral works...continue...

Across the Bar... Holst, Torke, Sitton, Debussy, Hawley, Schubert, Lange, et al / Menk, et al

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2008-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Michael Torke: Song of Ezekiel, for chorus; Michael Sitton: Missa Brevis, for treble voices & organ; Claude Debussy: Le Printemps ("Salut Printemps"), cantata fo...
Performers: Anderson, Linda; Anhut, Erin; Buck, Crystal; O'Brien, Mallory; Sult, Sarah; Thomas, Laurel
Conductors: Menk, Nancy
Ensemble: Saint Mary's College Women's Choir

This select, 40-voice ensemble regularly commissions and performs new music for women's voices. An outgrowth of this emphasis is the publication of the Saint Mary's...continue...

Organs of Chicago - Thirty-five Historic Pipe Organs

4 CD / Organ Historical / 2007-11-01

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony no 3 in E minor for organ, Op. 13/3; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Onder een linde groen (Unter der Linden grüne), varia...
Performers: Alden, Jason; Aylesworth, William; Balduf, MaryAnn Crugher; Beal, Frederick L.; Beggs, Sally Cherrington; Brown, James Russell; Brown, Thomas; Cowan, Ken; Crowell, Gregory; Dahl, David; Farmer, Krist...

This continues the Organ Historical Society's unique series exploring the many historical organs of the United States cities. In the past, we've heard the organs...continue...

Historic Organs of Pennsylvania

4 CD / Raven Records / 2005-12-01

Works: Georg Böhm: Capriccio for organ in D; Oliver Shaw: Trip to Pawtucket, for organ; Rondo, for organ; The Bristol March, for organ; Johann Pachelbel: Chorale Prelude "Allein Gott in der Höh se...
Performers: Armstrong, Agnes; Bailey, Thomas Lee; Balduf, MaryAnn Crugher; Barney, Robert; Beggs, Sally Cherrington; Britt, Michael; Brombaugh, Mark; Cornely, Bruce; Cowan, Ken; Dahl, David; Darling, James S.; D...

This latest release in the remarkable series goes all over Pennsylvania to capture the sounds of historic organs. It features a wide selection of unusual...continue...

Sing to the Lord New Songs! / St Paul's Church Choir

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2005-08-01

Works: Frank W. Boles: For God Alone, Psalm Motet, for tenor solo & chorus; A Song to the Lamb; Christ Being Raised from the Dead, for chorus; Christ Our Passover; A Song of Praise; As Panting Deer Desire t...
Performers: Akamatsu, Nami; Borschel, Michael; Coates, Katie; Cord, Edmund; Ellefson, Peter; Hanna, Stephen; Johnson, Edie; Lowe, Brandon; Martin, Dan; McCafferty, Dennis; Miller, Abby; Miller, Allen; Plexico, B...
Conductors: Boles, Frank W.

Serenely Cedille - Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: George Walker: Lyric for strings; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Lita Grier: Renascence, ...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Paperno, Dmitry; Salvatore, Ramon; Schrader, David; Stolper, Mary
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Kalmar, Carlos; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians; eighth blackbird; His Majestie's Clerkes

Say adios to the same old adagios you typically find on serenity-themed CDs of contemplative classical music. This new disc of calming classics drawn from...continue...

Visions of Eternity - Organ Music / Marcia Van Oyen

2 CD / Raven Records / 2002-01-01

Works: Jean Langlais: Hymne d'Action de Grâce; Herbert Howells: Rhapsodies (3) for Organ, Op. 17; Psalm Preludes for organ, Set 2, Op. 32/2; César Franck: Prière for Organ in C sharp minor,...

The performer, Marcia Van Oyen writes: "There is a growing body of religious symbolist organ music being written by North American composers, most notably Dan...continue...

Ferko: Stabat Mater / Anne Heider, Nancy Gustafson, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2000-01-01

Works: Frank Ferko: Stabat Mater, for chorus
Performers: Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Heider, Anne
Ensemble: His Majesties Clerkes