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Buy Now	Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time (more) »rank: 18535 by: Cambridge Singers, John Rutter : :It's good to have the clean-vowelled, fresh-voiced Cambridge Singers back in action with composer John Rutter, who demonstrates once again his considerable talents as a choral director. Here, he also had his work cut out arranging 15 of the tracks (and composing one other). Divided up into various categories, such as 'the Eucharist' and 'folk hymns,' this album will delight the confirmed hymn enthusiast, provided that he or she doesn't insist on the pure, as-written product. Rutter's reworkings range from the bold and brassy (occasionally deliciously over the top--what would Martin Luther have thought of the naughtiness in 'A mighty fortress is our ...	Buy Now	Conspirare: Through the Green Fuse [HYBRID SACD] (more) »rank: 92965 by: Conspirare : :It's good to have the clean-vowelled, fresh-voiced Cambridge Singers back in action with composer John Rutter, who demonstrates once again his considerable talents as a choral director. Here, he also had his work cut out arranging 15 of the tracks (and composing one other). Divided up into various categories, such as 'the Eucharist' and 'folk hymns,' this album will delight the confirmed hymn enthusiast, provided that he or she doesn't insist on the pure, as-written product. Rutter's reworkings range from the bold and brassy (occasionally deliciously over the top--what would Martin Luther have thought of the naughtiness in 'A mighty fortress is our ...
Buy Now	50TH Anniversary Harmonia Mundi (more) »rank: 23749 from: Harmonia Mundi Fr. :Album Description:To celebrate its 50th Anniversay, harmonia mundi presents 50 masterworks in the development of Western classical music, performed by undisputed masters in their field. This set features over 36 hours of music (all complete works, no excerpts) of music in audiophile-quality sound, elequently packaged in a deluxe boxed set and offered at a very low price. Whether you are an inquisitive novice or a discerning connoisseur, you will be thrilled to experience the sonic triumphs of the world's most innovative independent label.	Buy Now	Music for the Spanish Kings (more) »rank: 51072 from: EMI Classics :Album Description:To celebrate its 50th Anniversay, harmonia mundi presents 50 masterworks in the development of Western classical music, performed by undisputed masters in their field. This set features over 36 hours of music (all complete works, no excerpts) of music in audiophile-quality sound, elequently packaged in a deluxe boxed set and offered at a very low price. Whether you are an inquisitive novice or a discerning connoisseur, you will be thrilled to experience the sonic triumphs of the world's most innovative independent label.
Buy Now	Land of My Fathers: 100 Great Welsh Choir Favourites (more) »rank: 26636 from: Castle Pulse :Album Description:Choirs include The Morriston Orpheus Choir, The Pontadrddulais Male Voice Choir, The Caerphilly Male Voice Choir, The Cwrt-Y-Gollen Choir, The Treorchy Male Choir and The Lucknow Male Voice Choir.	Buy Now	11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula (more) »rank: 40033 by: Anonymous 4 : essential recording:All the world loves Hildegard--and the four women of Anonymous 4 may be the best interpreters of her music since the 12th century. St. Ursula was the legendary daughter of a British king who, with her army of virgin companions, was martyred in Cologne, perhaps in the fifth century; Hildegard wrote these Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula for use in a highly solemn celebration along with other liturgical chants. It is in this context that Anonymous 4 presents this program, interspersing chants and psalmody with Hildegard's compositions, sometimes employing drones and polyphonic embellishment. The musical effect is a mixture ...
Buy Now	Christmas in Vienna (more) »rank: 18011 by: Placido Domingo, Diana Ross, Jose Carreras : essential recording:All the world loves Hildegard--and the four women of Anonymous 4 may be the best interpreters of her music since the 12th century. St. Ursula was the legendary daughter of a British king who, with her army of virgin companions, was martyred in Cologne, perhaps in the fifth century; Hildegard wrote these Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula for use in a highly solemn celebration along with other liturgical chants. It is in this context that Anonymous 4 presents this program, interspersing chants and psalmody with Hildegard's compositions, sometimes employing drones and polyphonic embellishment. The musical effect is a mixture ...	Buy Now	Russian Easter (more) »rank: 59546 from: Philips : :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: RUSSIAN EASTERTitle: RUSSIAN EASTERStreet Release Date: 03/11/1997DomesticGenre: CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS-ARTIST DESC. :The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir and their director, Nikolai Korniev, show off subbasement basses, soaring sopranos and a rich, well-blended sound in 'Russian Easter,' a group of eleven settings for Easter worship by Alexander Grechaninov, Dmitri Bortnyansky and other masters of Russian church music. The compositions were written variously from the 18th century through the present, but all stay true to the spirit and aesthetic of the Orthodox tradition. Those who find plainchant a little on the monotonous side but are still looking for ...
Buy Now	Amazing Grace: The Songs Of The Reagan Memorial (more) »rank: 92532 from: Martingale : :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: RUSSIAN EASTERTitle: RUSSIAN EASTERStreet Release Date: 03/11/1997DomesticGenre: CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS-ARTIST DESC. :The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir and their director, Nikolai Korniev, show off subbasement basses, soaring sopranos and a rich, well-blended sound in 'Russian Easter,' a group of eleven settings for Easter worship by Alexander Grechaninov, Dmitri Bortnyansky and other masters of Russian church music. The compositions were written variously from the 18th century through the present, but all stay true to the spirit and aesthetic of the Orthodox tradition. Those who find plainchant a little on the monotonous side but are still looking for ...	Buy Now	Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas (more) »rank: 16039 by: Benjamin Britten, Spiritual Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Mark Daniel, Neal Rogers, Foster Sommerlad, Matthew Thompson, Kenneth Fitch, Karl Schmidt, Peter Maund, Chad Runyon, Tim Gibler, Kevin Baum, Steven Rickards, Mark Keller, Frank Albinder, Joseph Jennings : :The all-male, all-professional, full-time choir Chanticleer has developed a phenomenal following during the past couple of decades, and this Christmas disc contains some of the group's best-loved repertoire. Topping the list is Chanticleer's most-requested concert piece, Franz Biebl's intensely moving 'Ave Maria,' followed by Joseph Jenning's uninhibited, spirited 'Medley of Christmas Spirituals.' Along the way, we hear a wide variety of sacred works, from the 15th century ('There Is No Rose') to the 20th (Benjamin Britten's 'A Hymn to the Virgin'). Due to its exclusive use of male voices--even sopranos--Chanticleer projects a unique sound that usually blends beautifully. Occasionally, however, due to the ...