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: :This recording celebrates some of Britten's finest choral music for Christmas, together with his Missa Brevis. It is headed by the much-loved A Ceremony of Carols, a masterpeice composed on board ship as Britten returned to England from the U.S.A. in 1942. The telling use of the harp as accompaniment helps to suggest a touching evocation of boyhood lost but never forgotten.
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: :This recording celebrates some of Britten's finest choral music for Christmas, together with his Missa Brevis. It is headed by the much-loved A Ceremony of Carols, a masterpeice composed on board ship as Britten returned to England from the U.S.A. in 1942. The telling use of the harp as accompaniment helps to suggest a touching evocation of boyhood lost but never forgotten.
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: :This recording celebrates some of Britten's finest choral music for Christmas, together with his Missa Brevis. It is headed by the much-loved A Ceremony of Carols, a masterpeice composed on board ship as Britten returned to England from the U.S.A. in 1942. The telling use of the harp as accompaniment helps to suggest a touching evocation of boyhood lost but never forgotten.
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(more) »rank: 78886from: Collector's Choice
:Album Description:Take a look at the 1963 'Billboard' album charts, and right there alongside the hit releases by Andy Williams, Peter, Paul & Mary and Allan Sherman are not one, not two, but 'three' charting albums from U.S. military bands, all of which peaked during the month of June! Can you imagine the same thing happening today? Not even in our most patriotic moments would a military band crack the charts these days! But with this release, we harken back to a time when the strains and swells of our boys set chests-a-puffing and hearts-a-pumping, as we present three albums and 33 tracks ...
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(more) »rank: 69935from: Naxos
:Album Description:Take a look at the 1963 'Billboard' album charts, and right there alongside the hit releases by Andy Williams, Peter, Paul & Mary and Allan Sherman are not one, not two, but 'three' charting albums from U.S. military bands, all of which peaked during the month of June! Can you imagine the same thing happening today? Not even in our most patriotic moments would a military band crack the charts these days! But with this release, we harken back to a time when the strains and swells of our boys set chests-a-puffing and hearts-a-pumping, as we present three albums and 33 tracks ...
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:Album Description: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, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Mr. QuasthoffÂ’s warm, expressive bass-baritone voice perfectly suits this music—a genre that has always been both central to his artistic life and close to his heart. Pieces include HandelÂ’s Â'The trumpet shall soundÂ' from the Messiah, Â'Schon eilet froh der AckermannÂ' from HaydnÂ’s Die Jahreszeiten, and excerpts from BachÂ’s St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio. The album also includes a special version of the spiritual classic Â'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Â' With Thomas QuasthoffÂ’s ...
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:Album Description: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, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Mr. QuasthoffÂ’s warm, expressive bass-baritone voice perfectly suits this music—a genre that has always been both central to his artistic life and close to his heart. Pieces include HandelÂ’s Â'The trumpet shall soundÂ' from the Messiah, Â'Schon eilet froh der AckermannÂ' from HaydnÂ’s Die Jahreszeiten, and excerpts from BachÂ’s St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio. The album also includes a special version of the spiritual classic Â'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Â' With Thomas QuasthoffÂ’s ...
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:Album Description: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, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Mr. QuasthoffÂ’s warm, expressive bass-baritone voice perfectly suits this music—a genre that has always been both central to his artistic life and close to his heart. Pieces include HandelÂ’s Â'The trumpet shall soundÂ' from the Messiah, Â'Schon eilet froh der AckermannÂ' from HaydnÂ’s Die Jahreszeiten, and excerpts from BachÂ’s St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio. The album also includes a special version of the spiritual classic Â'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Â' With Thomas QuasthoffÂ’s ...
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:Album Description: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, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Mr. QuasthoffÂ’s warm, expressive bass-baritone voice perfectly suits this music—a genre that has always been both central to his artistic life and close to his heart. Pieces include HandelÂ’s Â'The trumpet shall soundÂ' from the Messiah, Â'Schon eilet froh der AckermannÂ' from HaydnÂ’s Die Jahreszeiten, and excerpts from BachÂ’s St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio. The album also includes a special version of the spiritual classic Â'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Â' With Thomas QuasthoffÂ’s ...
