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Christmas With the Vienna Choir Boys/Placido Domingo/Hermann Prey
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Sales rank: 43906
Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir by The Vienna Boys' Choir This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Praetorius - Mass for Christmas Morning
Release Date: 1994-10-11
Sales rank: 7072
This exhilarating disc is arguably the most important record Paul McCreesh has made. Praetorius, the first great composer of Lutheran church music, wrote countless pieces based on popular Lutheran chorale tunes, ranging from simple harmonizations to flamboyant fantasias for multiple choirs with instruments. He also provided detailed instructions regarding various performance options--including ways to involve the congregation. Here, for the first time, McCreesh puts these instructions into practice, reconstructing an extravagant Christmas service. We hear elaborately scored Mass movements, simple harmonizations, the Creed (with Luther's own music), lusty congregational singing, and spirited organ improvisations. Many of the Christmas chorales Praetorius used are still well-known today, including Wachet auf (Sleepers wake) and In dulci jubilo, which gets a magnificent setting with trumpet-and-drum fanfares. --Matthew Westphal |
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King's Singers Christmas
Release Date: 2003-10-21
Sales rank: 69904
Five centuries, seven languages, and six singers with 35 years of remarkable experience inform this rare collection of choral music. In the world-renowned King's Singers resplendent voices, ancient and modern choral music comes to life with all the blazing immediacy and timeliness of the gospel of the nativity. With 25 pieces of music--ranging from familiar works such as "Coventry Carol" to the obscure Tchaikovsky piece "The Crown of Roses"--the King's Singers move through this hallowed and festive set with the vocal mastery that only three-and-a-half decades of accomplished work together is capable of creating. A number of contemporary carols written in the last century by composers such as John McCabe, Philip Lawson, John Rutter, and others are balanced by pieces by Bach and a host of traditional works. Lawson's "You Are the New Day," performed with a string quartet, stands out as one of the more notable performances. Like most of their music throughout Christmas, it reminds listeners that the art of music often interprets divine aspects gladly realized here on Earth. --Martin Keller |
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Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas
Release Date: 1992-12-15
Sales rank: 47923
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 nature of the piece or arrangement, the balance overemphasizes the highest voices and the blend suffers. But overall, the singing is outstanding, the arrangements are tasteful, and the repertoire is unassailable. --David Vernier |
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A Renaissance Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata
Release Date: 1991-09-13
Sales rank: 71749
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The Little Drummer Boy
Release Date: 1995-10-17
Sales rank: 41356
The Little Drummer Boy by The Vienna Boys' Choir This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge
Release Date: 2005-01-01
Sales rank: 31735
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Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection
Release Date: 1996-07-23
Sales rank: 21184
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Christmas with the Academy
Release Date: 1994-11-15
Sales rank: 46101
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Christmas with Thomas Hampson
Release Date: 1991-11-01
Sales rank: 16874
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