Lift Up His Name

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Lift Up His Name was recorded LIVE at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City and captures the joy and sensitivity of worship with the Tommy Coomes Praise Band. Created with an urban gospel feel in mind, it mixes some of the most popular CCLI songs with great NEW additions in an album that is both creative and welcoming. Finding the fun and joy of favorites like "Ain't No Rock" and "Shout To The Lord," you'll rejoice with the dramatic new songs like "That City."

Tracks:

The Reproaches
Psalm VIII
Psalm XXIII
Psalm CXXII
They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships
Psalm LXXXIV
Psalm CXXX
The Lamentations Of Jeremiah
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Psalm CXXI
Psalm CXXXI
Like As The Hart
Psalm CXLVIII
Psalm CXLIX
Psalm CL

Customer Reviews:

A Beautiful Muiscal Rendition of the Psalms.......2004-04-19

To some extent, the title of this collection PSALMS FOR THE SOUL is a bit oxymoronic. The psalms that are set to music in this collection are from the Bible, and therefore all psalms from scripture would be psalms for the soul, so to speak. I would imagine that the person who came up with the title was trying to market the recording to a broader public than just those who would purchase a religious CD and thought it would be catchy. But I digress and should not poke fun of the people of Naxos who do a tremendous service to classical music lovers by providing a wide variety of music at affordable prices.

This collection contains musical settings of the psalms. Some of the settings are anthems from the Anglican tradition. Other settings are more liturgical stemming from the Benedictine monastic tradition. Some of the settings are contemporary, others traditional. The Choir of St. John's under the direction of Noel Edison and organist Michael Bloss, performs the pieces with both beauty and reverence.

This collection is relaxing. It makes wonderful background music while concentrating and could also be used as in prayerful reflective settings as well.
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Lift Up His Name
Average customer rating:

Great praise and worship CD!

not what i expected

Lift Up His Name
Tommy Coomes
Manufacturer: Integrity -- Word --
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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My Hope

ASIN: B00004WKC7
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Ain't No Rock
The Name Of The Lord
Lord, I Lift Your Name On High
Shout To The Lord
The Battle Belongs To The Lord
Open the Eyes Of My Heart
He Reigns
I Surrender All
He Has Made Me Glad
Only Your Love
Be Bold, Be Strong
The City

Album Description

Lift Up His Name was recorded LIVE at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City and captures the joy and sensitivity of worship with the Tommy Coomes Praise Band. Created with an urban gospel feel in mind, it mixes some of the most popular CCLI songs with great NEW additions in an album that is both creative and welcoming. Finding the fun and joy of favorites like "Ain't No Rock" and "Shout To The Lord," you'll rejoice with the dramatic new songs like "That City."

Customer Reviews:

Great praise and worship CD!.......2003-02-27

Outstanding performance of favorite praise and worship songs including "Lord, I Life Your Name on High" ,"Shout to the Lord", and "Ain't No Rock", as well as some newer songs. Has that "urban gospel" feel to it. This recording overflows with the love of the Lord. You can clearly understand every word of these beautiful songs. Recorded live. This is a great praise and worship CD!

not what i expected.......2001-12-01

I mainly ordered this CD for the song "Aint No Rock".
I was recently saved (last year) and that song was a big part of turning my life around. The version I learned was with more of a country beat though.

This was still a pretty good CD though. I really enjoyed it and I do recommend it.

Psalms of David Complete
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Brilliant Recordings

A- for effort

What can you say?

Psalms of David Complete
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006GO6J
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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This complete 12-disc survey of The Psalms of David from St. Paul's Cathedral is both a remarkable historical record of Anglican chant at its finest and an astonishing musical experience. Contained here are all 150 psalms in their traditional English garb from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, with revised or entirely new musical settings as published in The New St. Paul's Cathedral Psalter, edited by the choir's musical director John Scott, itself a revision of the 1875 Cathedral Psalter. As such, these recordings represent the very backbone of the Anglican liturgy, but even a casual listener will be in no doubt that they also offer music that is both contemplative and richly varied when removed from its liturgical context.

The art of "pointing"--or setting--psalm texts has been essayed by many English composers, from William Croft through the Wesleys and William Boyce in earlier times to the great flowering in the late 19th century under Stainer and Barnby, with further contributions from Parry, Stanford, Elgar, Howells, and a host of choirmasters and organists, including Sir David Willcocks and John Scott himself. All are represented here. Recorded throughout in the vast acoustic of their cathedral, the St. Paul's choristers enunciate the words precisely, backed by inventive though unobtrusive organ accompaniment. Taken individually, it's possible to isolate moments when the choir seem to drag their feet or fail to give due weight to the words (Psalm 125, "They that put their trust in the Lord," seems far too subdued, for example), and the massive Psalm 119 is awkwardly split across discs 10 and 11, but overall this set is nothing less than a document of invaluable cultural and musical significance. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Recordings.......2007-06-11

In our view the changes in pointing, and excellent selection of chants, give deeper meanings to the Psalms than those achieved in the "standard?" Parish Psalter.

We found great Spirituality and a wonderful sense of Worship whilst listening to this set. This is often sacrificed for brilliance of musical performance in other recordings.

Unfortunately the "St.Paul's Psalter" is not available (June 2007) but we are told that a new print run may happen within 12 months. This would be a most valuable companion to the recordings when and if it becomes available.

A- for effort.......2006-02-23

This grand undertaking deserves high praise, and I'm struck, listening to chant after chant, how much Anglican chant as it used to be until the changes of the 70s was one of the great Victorian contributions to English life and art. For anyone who wants to hear almost the entire repertoire of Anglican chant deployed in singing the whole book of Psalms, this is an unrivalled source. It is wonderful, too, to hear the Coverdale translation: you realize what the churches have lost by abandoning the proper & regular singing of the Psalms. So one is immensely grateful to Hyperion for putting out this recording. It's not perfect, though.

The rhythmic pacing, though a little slow for my taste, is steady and sensitive, the diction clear, and the organ accompaniment superb (Providing an expressive accompaniment to a choir singing in 4-part free rhythm, and improvising descants to the melody at the same time, isn't easy). And of course there's the cavernous acoustic of St. Paul's, very impressive in the more thunderous psalms. Unfortunately, though, the "forward" style favored for the St. Paul's boys produces a sound that's unpleasantly chesty in the lower registers and reedy in the higher ones. The poorly integrated choral sound caused by this kind of voice-production can be downright unpleasant for anyone used to, or trained in, the classic English choral style. In fact, one has to wonder why this choir was chosen for such a huge project: even allowing for the near-universal decline in standards of vocal training for boys in England, better sounds than this can still be heard.

What can you say?.......2003-01-03

I almost hate to criticize this terrific thing. After all, where else can you get all 150 Psalms in a single collection sung by one of the world's great choirs?

How much do I like it? I bought it *twice*. I originally bought all the CDs separately, before they came out with a single boxed set. They were stolen from my car (and, God willing, maybe they converted some poor thief to Anglican Cathedral Music and got him into church). After they were stolen, I immediately bought them again.

One of the great pleasures of life is listening to the Morning and Evening Psalms while driving to and from work, and making listening a regular feature of Morning and Evening Prayer.

So what's the criticism? The sound is a bit muddy, so the words can be rather difficult to understand without reading along (which is a real problem when driving), and personally, I prefer the Psalter from the 1979 BCP instead of the old one, from the Great Bible. But that's unreasonable. They ARE a British choir after all. Those are the only criticisms.

Tracks:

Psalm 139: O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me Out And Known Me
Psalm 140: Deliver Me, O Lord, From The Evil Man: And Preserve Me
Psalm 141: Lord, I Call Upon Thee, Haste Thee Unto Me: And Consider My Voice
Psalm 142: I Cried Unto The Lord With My Voice: Yea, Even Unto The Lord
Psalm 143: Hear My Prayer, O Lord, And Consider My Desire: Hearken Unto Me
Psalm 144: Blessed Be The Lord My Strength: Who Teacheth My Hands To War
Psalm 145: I Will Magnify Thee, O God My King: And I Will Praise Thy Name
Psalm 146: Praise The Lord O My Soul, While I Live Will I Praise The Lord
Psalm 147: O Praise The Lord, For It Is A Good Thing To Sing Praises Unto Our God
Psalm 148: O Praise The Lord Of Heaven: Praise Him In The Height
Psalm 149: O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song: Let The Congregation Of Saints Praise
Psalm 150: O Praise God In His Holiness: Praise Him In The Firmament
Alternative Settings: Psalm 150: O Praise God In His Holiness: Praise Him In The Firmament
Alternative Settings: Psalm 121: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills: From Whence Cometh My Help
Morning Canticle: Easter Anthem: Christ Our Passover Is Sacrificed For Us