April 10, 2010

Bemidji Choirs - There's Room For All

"There's Room For All is another stellar collection of classic Christian inspirational songs, with a handful of nice secular selections, from Dr. P. Bradley Logan's Bemidji Choir, Women's Chorus, Musikanten and Chamber Singers, from Minnesota's Bemidji State University. Favorite religious tunes are Jacob Handl's "O Magnum Mysterium," Palestrina's "Alma Redemptoris Mater," Roland Martin's "Ave Maria: O Auctrix Vitae," Joshua Nice's "Peace I Leave With You," the traditional "By and By," the Chamber Singers' Exultate Deo" and Jesse Padgett's spiritual "Plenty Good Room." Secular favorites are Kenneth Neufeld's 3 selections from "Twelfth Night," "O Mistress Mine," "Come Away Death" and "I Am Gone, Sir;" Women's Chorus's "Remember," by Donna Schultz, Musikanten's "Ward the Pirate" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the Chamber Singers' "This Marriage," by Eric Whitacre. There's not a weak cut in "There's Room For All," so enjoy this wonderful collection from the shores of Lake Bemidji with confidence! 2767 CD 15.95

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The University of Utah Singers - How Can I Keep From Singing?

This CD represents a compilation of repertoire from the Singers' 2007 European Tour, including "La Rose Complete" and "Dirait-on" by Morten Lauridsen, "When Daivid Heard" by Eric Whitacre, "Elijah Rock" by Moses Hogan, "Where is Love" arr. by Gene Puerling, "How Can I Keep from Singing?" in both English and French, arr. by Ronald Staheli, as well as Europe folk songs such as "Sing a Song of Sixpence" arr. by John Rutter. 4269 CD 15.95

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