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O Still Small Voice of Calm - works for chorus by Halley, Walton, Hailstrok, Proulx, Eyerly, Weelkes et al. / Cincinnati Cathedral Choristers

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2012-12-11

Works: Paul Halley: Bring Us, O Lord God, for chorus & organ; Traditional Spiritual: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Adolphus Hailstork: Crucifixion; They That Wait Upon the Lord, for chorus & organ; Richard Prou...
Performers: Beck, Anthony; Bideler, Nicholas; Bouley, Noel [Baritone Vocal]; Bruestle, Dawn; Dashiells, Robin; Scholten, Paul; Smith, Adam [Tenor vocals]; Wheeler, Angeline
Conductors: Hogan, Charles
Ensemble: ; Cincinnati Cathedral Choristers

This recording was made when Charles Hogan was director of music at the Episcopal cathedral in Cincinnati and is representative of the choristers' varied repertoire....continue...
Recording information: Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH (05/17/2009/05/21/2009)....continue...

Capitol Clarinets Duo / Goddaer, Nielsen, Adams

1 CD / Soundset / 2012-11-13

Works: Norbert Goddaer: Duets for B flat clarinets; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Ignacio Cervantes: Los tres golpes, danza for piano; Invitación, danza for piano; American Traditional: New Brita...
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Ensemble: Capitol Clarinets Duo

Walt Nielsen and Korbi Adams have been performing together as The Capitol Clarinets Duo since 2007 and their mission is to bring music to populations...continue...
Recording information: Shadow Rock United Church of Christ, Phoenix, Arizona (04/2011-10/2011)....continue...

The Best of the King's Singers - Music by Kodaly, Gibbons, Byrd, Sibelius, Whitacre, Bennett, Lennon, et al. / King's Singers

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud; William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Civitas sancti tui; Carlo Gesualdo: In monte oliveti, tenebrae lesson for 6 voices, W. 7/9; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; John ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: King's Singers

As part of Signum's 15th anniversary year we are delighted to release this celebratory collection of The Best of 'The King's Singers' - a 2-CD...continue...

15th Anniversary Collection

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-29

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; John Saw the Number; Brazilian Traditional: Tutú Maramb; John B. Lowitz: Don't Argify; Stephen Hatfield: Camino caminante, for children's chorus;...
Performers: Bennett, Erin; Carney, Caitlyn; Carter, Chelsea; Coates, Chloe; Conley, Lizzy; Curry, Peter; Desantis, Christine; Haskins, Colette; Haynes, Foster; Kiefer, William; Morris, Samuel; Rancka, Kate; Robe...

At the River

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-04-03

Works: Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Anonymous: Give me that old time religion; I am a poor wayfaring stranger; Shall We Gather At the River?, folk hymn; Jesu...
Performers: Fackler, Barbara Ann; Reddick, Jennifer Dolan; Salvatori, Gail

American Voices / The Chicago Brass Quintet, The Brown Singers

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-02-05

Works: Scott Joplin: The Entertainer; When Your Hair Is Like the Snow, song for voice & piano; Pine Apple Rag; Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; The Dodger, song for voice & piano (Old American Song...
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Ensemble: Brown Singers; Chicago Brass Quintet

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
The lone original work is tubist Anderson's CBQ Suite (1991), where each movement is named and tailored for a...continue...
Recording information: Comtrak Studios, Chicago (1999); Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago (1999); Comtrak Studios, Chicago (2009); Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago (2009)....continue...

Positive Energy

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

Works: Bradley Sowash: Positive Energy, for string quartet; Seventeen, for string quartet; Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80; Traditional Spiritual: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Vi...

Recording information: Studio AlfBerg, Dillon, Colorado (08/2011)....continue...

Sing Freedom!: African-American Spirituals / Company of Voices

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Po' Pilgrim of Sorrow (a.k.a. A City called Heaven); Hard Trials; Hold On, gospel song; Oh Graveyard (Lay This Body Down); Ain't That ...
Performers: Alber, Matt; Beauchamp, Cameron; Evans, Charles Wesley; Farwig, David; Gabrillo, Rick; Givens, Melissa; Greenidge, Nicole; Hella-Johnson, Craig [Choral Director]; Hornbuckle, Carr; Keim, Julie; Lenno...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig

One of the seminal American musical traditions, the spiritual is dramatic, powerful and profoundly beautiful - the bedrock for much of the American music that...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, IN (10/2010).

Performances of African-American spirituals by predominantly white choirs in what conductor Craig Hella Johnson calls "...continue...

Early One Morning: Folksongs and Spirituals

1 CD / Apex / 2011-05-31

Works: English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); Early One Morning, folk song; Down by the Salley Gardens, folk song; O No, John!, folk song; O Waly, Waly, folk song; Percy Grai...
Performers: Cave, Philip; Dougan, Eamonn; Hulett, Ben
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward

Recording information: New College Chapel, Oxford, England (1997-01-??&1997-04-??&1997-).

This is the recorded equivalent of those huge, well-worn books of 'Music All the Whole World Loves' wit...continue...

Jeann Gerville-Reache

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-12-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Charles Gounod: Sapho; La reine de Saba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Ju...
Performers: Cahier, Charles
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

The French contralto Jeanne Gerville-Réache had a short career that encompassed opera houses in France, Brussels, London and the Manhattan Opera House owned by Oscar...continue...

Art Of Roland Hayes

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-12-14

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie, pour Dieu; French Traditional: L' amour de moi, folk song; Tambourin; Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Orfeo; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella...
Performers: Boardman, Reginald; Hayes, Roland

Roland Hayes’s repertoire of lieder ranged from Dowland and Monteverdi to Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart, from Debussy and Wolf all the way to Villa-Lobos. While...continue...

The Platinum Collection

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Herbert Kretzmer: Here I am Again, song (from "Kristina"); Rolf Lovland: Yo...
Performers: Ryder, Shaun; Watson, Russell; Westenra, Hayley

With nine Top 20 albums and several classical Brit Awards under his belt, tenor Russell Watson has been an instrumental figure in the success of the classical crossover genre, with his collaborations ...continue...

The Best Of Brass Bands

3 CD / Delta (UK) / 2010-07-06

Works: Gordon Langford: Marching with Sousa; Anonymous: The Old Rugged Cross; All in This April Evening, hymn; Crimond (The Lord's my shepherd); When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, hymn; Praise, My Soul, the ...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Negro Spirituals

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Plenty Good Room; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Git on Board, L'il Chillen, spiritual; Oh! What a Beautiful City, spiritual; His...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

Betrachte, mein Seele, Thomas Quastoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Mathias; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

BBC Music Magazine
... there's much to enjoy in Quasthoff's jaunty ploughman's song from Haydn's The Seasons, his majestic invocation to 'Herr Gott Abrahams' from Mendelssohn's...continue...

Consider, My Soul - Thomas Quasthoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Markus; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Dresden State Opera Orchestra

Thomas Quasthoff follows his internationally acclaimed and Grammy winning 'Bach Cantatas' recording with an atmospheric program of sacred arias, including selections from oratorios by Bach,...continue...

Viva La Compagnie / Notre Dame Glee Club

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2005-07-01

Works: Anonymous, American: Vive l'Amour (Scout Song), song; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Canadian Traditional: On the Banks of the Don; English Traditional: What shall we do with a drunken sailor?; ...
Performers: Bird, Mario; DiDonna, D. J.; Duvall, Adam; Erhardt, Ben; Fister, John; Rinner, Bill; Schreck, Tom; Siegwarth, John; Torres, Gabriel; Wendler, Eric

Includes irish backs (burke/casasanta) / on down the line ( by various composers.

Includes mcnamara's band (stamford/o'connor) / clancy lower by various composers.

Includes you gotta be ...continue...

The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Apr...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Beroff, Michel; Dalberto, Michel; Fox, Eldon; Gothoni, Ralf; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lapu, Radu; Lundkvist, Erik; Pires, Maria-Joao; Pontinen, Roland
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ericson, Eric; Gardiner, John Eliot; Bátiz, Enrique; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos

Details TBA. EMI. 2005....continue...

Spirituals in Zion - A Spiritual Heritage for the Soul

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-08-01

Works: Traditional: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen; A little more faith in Jesus; And He Never Said a Mumblin' Word; Tryin' to get ready; City called Heaven; I'm a rolling thro' an unfriendly world; Lis...
Performers: Moses, Oral

Stephen Foster's America / Douglas Jimerson

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

Works: Stephen Foster: Oh! Susanna; Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground; Swanee River; Camptown races; Beautiful dreamer; Nelly Bly; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Gentle Annie; Hard times come again no mor...
Performers: Adamski, Stephen; Edelbrock, Dennis; Jimerson, Douglas

The Civil War / Douglas Jimerson

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

Works: Walter Kittredge: Tenting on the Old Camp Ground; R. Bishop Buckley: Wait for the Wagon; Henry Rowley Bishop: Clari; Harry Macarthy: The Bonnie Blue Flag, song; S.M. Grannis: Do They Miss Me at Home?...
Performers: Adamski, Stephen; Edelbrock, Dennis; Gilmour, Andrew; Jimerson, Douglas

Includes america....continue...

Lullabies - A Songbook Companion / Baird, Tenenbaum, Kapp

1 CD / Essay / 2001-11-01

Works: Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; American Traditional: All the Pretty Little Horses, folk song; By'm Bye, traditional lullaby; Anonymous: All Night, All Day; Armeni...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Kapp, Madeline; Kapp, Richard [Conductor]; Tenenbaum, Mela

Personnel: Richard Kapp (piano); Madeline Kapp, Julianne Baird (vocals); Mela Tenenbaum (violin, viola).

Recording information: Purchase College, New York, NY (05/08/1997-05/09/1997)....continue...

The Essential Leontyne Price - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Hector Be...
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Decker, George; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, Edward; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Reiner, Fritz; Leinsdorf, Erich; Henderson, Skitch; Paur, Leonard de
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchest...

The Essential Leontyne Price - Spirituals, Hymns, etc

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-01-14

Works: Harry: Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit; Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler; Lawrance Collingwood: Let Us Break Bread Together; Traditional Spiritual: His Name So Sweet; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Deep River...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Decker, George; Price, Leontyne; Walton, Connally
Conductors: Holmes, Lassaye Van Buren; Henderson, Skitch; Gerhardt, Charles

Hallelujah / Sandefjord Girl's Choir

1 CD / Norway Music / 1996-05-21

Works: Melchior Vulpius: The Strife is o'er; Martin Luther: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Bundeslied ("Lasst uns mit geschlungnen Händen"), s...

The Voice of Wales / Tredegar & Rhos Orpheus Male Choirs

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-09-01

Works: Henry Brinley Richards: God Bless the Prince of Wales; Welsh Traditional: David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen), folk song; Codiad yr Hedydd (The Rising of the Lark), song; Ar Hyd y Nos (All ...

Copland: Old American Songs I & II, etc / Willard White

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-06-01

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Go Down Moses; Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray; Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?; When I lay my Burden down; Steal Away to Jesus, spiritual; De Gospel Train; Swing Low, Sw...
Performers: McNaught, Graeme; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]

Recording information: Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, England (01/24/1991-01/26/1991)....continue...