| Description |
2 audio discs (148 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
007650 007051 |
| Description |
digital optical 1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
mixed chorus 1 1 |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College faculty member publication. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Westminster Choir College of Rider University ; The Westminster Williamson Voices ; James Jordan, conductor ; USC Thornton Chamber Singers ; Jo-Michael Scheibe, conductor. |
| Note |
Notes on conductors and ensembles (8 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
"This two-CD set contains premier recordings of 39 of the most significant works composed for choir, levels 1-4, as selected by leaders in the choral art ... For more information about each piece, as well as conducting insights ... refer to the book, Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, Volume 4 ... published by GIA Publications, Inc."--Container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Level 1. The road home / Stephen Paulus (4:33) ; The ways of love / Norman Luboff (2:16) ; Velvet shoes / Randall Thompson (4:01) ; And I'll kiss thee yet / Jackie O'Neill (3:29) ; Jubilate Deo / anonymous, arr. Spevacek (3:04) ; Soldier's elegy / Michael Kregler (3:20) ; Tshotsholoza / Jeffery Ames (2:00) -- Level 2. And dream awhile / Blake Henson (5:59) ; Fa una canzona / Orazio Vecchi ; arr. Parker, Shaw (1:16) ; Hine ma tov / Cindy McTee, arr. Ginsberg (3:04) ; Kyrie : from Requiem / Tomás Luis de Victoria (6:34) ; Th spheres / Ola Gjeilo (4:29) ; Shenandoah / arr. Paul Basler (2:44) ; Bright morning stars / arr. Paul Carey (3:51) ; Follow the drinking gourd / arr. Dan Davidson (3:11) ; Good-night / Matthew Emery (2:56) ; Christmas dance of the shepherds / Zoltán Kodály (2:00) ; Sound the trumpet / Henry Purcell, arr. Hermann (2:36) ; De animals a-comin' / Maginel Wright-Barney, arr. Bartholomew, Heath (1:36) ; Down in the valley / arr. George Mead (3:48) -- |
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Disc 2. Level 3. Alleluia / Robert "Ralph" Manuel (5:14) ; A red, red rose / James Mulholland (3:08) ; As I walk the silent Earth / Thomas LaVoy (6:12) ; At the river / Aaron Copland, arr. Wilding-White (3:10) ; Da pacem Domine / Arvo Pärt (4:02) ; Earth song / Frank Ticheli (3:25) ; Good night, dear heart / Dan Forrest (5:16) ; I carry your heart with me / David Dickau (4:24) ; I hear a voice a-prayin' / Houston Bright (2:32) ; It was a lover and his lass / Matthew Harris (2:35) ; Canticle of Mary / Jeffery Ames, Scott Leaman (5:10) ; Tota pulchra es / Maurice Duruflé (1:33) ; Veni, Domine : from Drei Motetten, op. 39 / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (4:39) -- Level 4. Tantem ergo / Maurice Duruflé (2:52) ; Pilgrim's hymn / Stephen Paulus (3:36) ; Rise up, my love, my fair one / Healey Willan (1:42) ; She weeps over Rahoon / Eric Whitacre (4:47) ; Hark, I hear the harps eternal / arr. Alice Parker (2:48) ; Locus iste / Anton Bruckner (3:43). |
| Language |
Sung in English, Latin, Italian or Hebrew. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choral music -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Choral music -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Choirs (Music)
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Choirs (Music) |
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Choral music -- Instruction and study.
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Choral music -- Instruction and study. |
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Choral music. |
| Genre/Form |
Art music.
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Art music.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Jordan, James Mark, conductor.
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Scheibe, Jo-Michael, conductor.
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Spevacek, Linda, arranger of music.
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Parker, Alice, 1925- arranger of music.
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Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999, arranger of music.
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Ginsberg, Neil, 1969- arranger of music.
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Basler, Paul, arranger of music.
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Carey, Paul, arranger of music.
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Davison, Dan, 1956- arranger of music.
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Hermann, William, arranger of music.
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Bartholomew, Marshall, 1885-1978, arranger of music.
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Mead, George, arranger of music.
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Wilding-White, Raymond, 1922-2001, arranger of music.
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Leaman, S. Scott, composer.
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Container of (work): Paulus, Stephen.
Road home.
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Container of (work): Luboff, Norman, 1917-1987.
Ways of love.
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Container of (work): Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984.
Velvet shoes.
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Container of (work): O'Neill, Jackie.
And I'll kiss thee yet.
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Container of (work): Kregler, Michael C.
Soldier's elegy.
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Container of (work): Ames, Jeffery L., 1969-
Tshotsholoza.
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Container of (work): Henson, Blake R.
And dream awhile.
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Container of (work): Vecchi, Orazio, 1550-1605.
Canzonettas, voices (4), book 2. Fa una canzone senza note nere.
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Container of (work): McTee, Cindy, 1953-
Hine ma tov.
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Container of (work): Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
Officium defunctorum. Kyrie.
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Container of (work): Gjeilo, Ola, 1978-
Spheres.
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Container of (work): Emery, Matthew, 1991-
Good-night.
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Container of (work): Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
Karácsonyi pásztortánc. English.
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Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Sound the trumpet, beat the drum.
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Container of (work): Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966.
Animals a-comin'.
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Container of (work): Manuel, Ralph.
Alleluia.
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Container of (work): Mulholland, James.
Robert Burns ballads. Red, red rose.
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Container of (work): LaVoy, Thomas, 1990-
As I walk the silent Earth.
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Container of (work): Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
Old American songs, set 2. At the river.
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Container of (work): Pärt, Arvo.
Da pacem Domine, mixed solo voices.
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Container of (work): Ticheli, Frank, 1958-
Earth song.
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Container of (work): Forrest, Dan.
Good night, dear heart.
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Container of (work): Dickau, David C.
I carry your heart with me.
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Container of (work): Bright, Houston.
I hear a voice a-prayin'.
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Container of (work): Harris, Matthew, 1956-
It was a lover and his lass.
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Container of (work): Ames, Jeffery L., 1969-
Canticle of Mary.
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Container of (work): Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-1986.
Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens. Tota pulchra es.
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Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Motets, women's voices, organ, op. 39. Veni Domine.
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Container of (work): Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-1986.
Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens. Tantum ergo.
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Container of (work): Paulus, Stephen.
Three hermits. Pilgrims' hymn.
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Container of (work): Willan, Healey, 1880-1968.
Liturgical motets. Rise up, my love, my fair one.
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Container of (work): Whitacre, Eric, 1970-
She weeps over Rahoon.
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Container of (work): Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896.
Locus iste.
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Westminster Choir, singer.
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Westminster Williamson Voices, singer.
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University of Southern California. Chamber Singers, singer.
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| Standard No. |
785147099123 |
| Music No. |
CD-991 GIA Publications |
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GIA CD-991 GIA Publications |
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