Let's Praise Him
Editorial Reviews
GospelFlava, March 2001
"...filled with solid songwriting, worshipful solos and their distinctive mass vocal sounds..."
About the Artist
Hear the "west coast" flava in the sounds of the NORCAL band featuring: John "Jubu" Smith, Joel Smith, Carl Wheeler, Derrick Hall, Tommy Brown, Michael Bereal, and producer Aaron Lopez.
Album Description
NORCAL 2000: excitement, praise, worship, exaltation, encouragement...find it all right here. NORCAL MASS, a multicultural and diverse choir with a "west coast" gospel sound; a group of dedicated Christians who gather each year to lift up the Name of Jesus.
Let's Praise Him
Let's Praise Him, Music, Norcal Mass Choir, Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music, Pop
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- How can you call these "Hymns"
- wonderful collection of magnificent music
- Flawed but enjoyable
- Hymns through the Centuries
- A must own for classic church music lovers
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Hymns Through the Centuries
J. Reilly Lewis , Cathedral Choral Society , William Gardiner , Johannes Cruger , Melchior Teschner , William Henry Monk , Virgil Thomson , George Elvey , Thomas Hastings , and John [composer] Goss
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ASIN: B00003XB8M
Release Date: 2000-02-22 |
Tracks:
- When In Our Music God Is Glorified
- Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life
- O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded
- All Glory, Laud And Honor
- Abide With Me; Fast Falls The Eventide
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
- Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me
- Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
- Come, Risen Lord
- Carillon Hymn: St. Peter
- Eternal Father, Strong To Save
- Amazing Grace! How Sweet The Sound
- Holy, Holy Holy! Lord God Almighty
- Nearer, My God, To Thee
- Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind
- In Christ There Is No East Or West
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
- Crown Him With Many Crowns
- Word Of God, Come Down On Earth
- The Church's One Foundation
- God Of Our Fathers
- Father, In Thy Gracious Keeping
- Peal Bells
Customer Reviews:
How can you call these "Hymns".......2006-08-05
Not to harp on anyone here, but it's obvious that none of you grew up in a church or environment that had a good choir. I know, a Hymn is a genre of music, but a recording of a hymn isn't one if it doesn't contain HARMONY. If they're a "choir," then why don't the tenors sing a different note than the sopranos, altos, and basses? The organist is quite good, I'll admit, but you're wasting your time if you're looking for a good recording of these beautiful songs that were COMPOSED with harmony, not unison. If they want to sing in unison like this, they need to be stripped of their "choir" status and simply be called a "group."
wonderful collection of magnificent music.......2006-01-18
Most everything on this CD is very well done. The recording environment might have been less than perfect, but that shouldn't dimish one's enjoyment very much. Most of the arrangements are very traditional, with the notable exception of Amazing Grace, which though it isn't terrible, it isn't very good either. Some songs had verses removed, which is understandable, though it was poorly done in Eternal Father, Strong to Save -- they did verse 1 ("Eternal Father"), then they skipped(!!!) verse 2 ("O Christ, the Lord") and went on to the final verses ("Holy Spirit" and "O Trinity") -- which is skipping Someone important! However, outside of that, it was excellent.
If you like sacred music, or hymns, then you'll thoroughly enjoy this CD. If you're a Christian, you should enjoy this as well, no matter your taste in music (and you might just learn to like hymns as well!). It is a well-chosen set of some of the most magnificent, God-honoring music of all time, done is a mostly very traditional manner, and it was done well.
Flawed but enjoyable.......2005-04-15
The huge size and reverberating acoustics of Washington National Cathedral make it difficult to hear any kind of live choral performance clearly, even if you're sitting in the front rows in the nave. The Cathedral Choral Society is handicapped by having to record in this acoustically mushy space, and it shows in this CD, often creating an uneven balance between the organ and the chorus as noted by other reviewers. The repertoire is well-chosen, but the quality of the arrangements is uneven. Too often, the chorus seems to be singing in unison right out of the Hymnal, like any parish church choir at an ordinary Sunday service. Certain pieces do suggest the heights which the Society is capable of attaining. But the group never achieves the splendor that the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys displays every Sunday morning. Just when the Society seems to be getting there, the conductor pulls them back. And the shrill folk arrangement of "Amazing Grace" will have you covering your ears as the sopranos shriek clumsily, confusing volume with fervor.
Hymns through the Centuries.......2002-03-18
This is not a review. I just have a question. Does "Hymns through the Centuries" contain the hymn "It is Well with my Soul?" Thanks.
A must own for classic church music lovers.......2002-02-16
I purchased this CD just based on the titles and am very glad I did. There are only two downsides to the album. First is the fact that there isn't a companion CD with 26 more hymns! Second is picky, but I do agree with another rater that the organ could have been a little louder related to the singing. Hope you enjoy listening!
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- Inspirational!
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Abide With Me
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ASIN: B000024236
Release Date: 1996-06-10 |
Tracks:
- Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- All Glory, Laud and Honour - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Day of Resurrection - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Praise to the Holiest in the Height - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Praise to the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Church's One Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Crown Him With Many Crowns - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Now Thank We All Our God - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Abide with Me - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- O Praise Ye the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
- Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- Glory Be to Jesus - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- According to Thy Gracious Word - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- Glory to Thee, My God, This Night - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
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- Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
- On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
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- King of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
- Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
- For All the Saints - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
- O Worship the King - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
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- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Choir of King's College, George Guest
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- Jerusalem - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College, ,
Album Details
Compiled Here Are Fifty of the Most Beloved Hymns Performed by Three of England's Most Distinguished Choirs. Every Selection Here is Sung in an Appropriately Dignified Manner and If You're Up for Over Two Hours of Consistently Well-rendered Quintessentially English Treatments of These Vernacular Favorites it Simply Doesn't Get Any Better Than This.
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Inspirational!.......2004-10-08
Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.
hymns we sang in church.......2003-02-16
i grew up in a traditional presbyterian church that had a pipe organ. i wanted a cd of many of the hymns that we sang in church sung by a choir and accompanied by a pipe organ. this cd fulfilled my wishes perfectly. the hymns are performed in a very straight-forward fashion with no show-boating or excess flourishes which is exactly what i wanted. this is not gospel music but what i refer to as liturgical music to indicate that it is religious music but not gospel music. i would give it 5 stars but there is a slight hiss. other than that the recording quality is very good.
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- Essential Purcell compositions
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Henry Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B000002ZR3
Release Date: 1993-11-19 |
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- O Give Thanks Unto The Lord: That I May See The Felicity Of Thy Chosen...
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- Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears: Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears...
- Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears: We Acknowledge, Lord, Our Wickedness
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Essential Purcell compositions.......2004-10-07
According to the liner notes, this first volume contains works that span throughout the whole (short) career of Purcell. Even his earliest anthems written when he was a teenager demonstrate that he was a genious from the beginning. The King Purcell demonstrates a composer at the same level as Bach in talent and depth.
The performances could not be bettered. The singers, choir and orchestra bring their all to these pieces.
The 11 volumes are expensive but really belong in every classical music lover's collection. Buy as many as you can afford.
The entire set is outstanding.......2003-01-16
While some of the works are superior to others the entire set is great in the realm of production. Mostly all of these pieces are just superb and if you are someone who enjoys English Baroque then you absolutely MUST purchase these cds. If you enjoy complex, melancholic or heroic music then I urge you to purchase this cd and the rest of the volumes in the set...you won't be disappointed.
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- great, great!!!
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Sacred Music Complete
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great, great!!!.......2006-12-05
This is the way ,I think, Purcell should sound. No pomp and surcomstance but only great music.
ALL THE MUSIC YOU EVER NEED!!.......2003-05-23
This boxed set is by far one of the best purchases I have ever made. As a Purcell freak, this hits every button I have. The cast of characters include the inequitable Robert King, New College Choir, Bowman, and a host of other venerable persons. Likewise the attention to period performance of these works makes it an essential addition to the library of any serious anglophile/Musicologist etc. Now if only the Britten Realizations of all Purcell's songs could be recorded alongside the originals! You will Love this set!
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Like No Other Sound
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- Behold Man
- Simple Gifts
- America the Beautiful
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- Psalm 150
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- Bring Him Home
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- In This Heart of Mine
- I Shall Miss Loving You
- Looking Forward
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- Spaseniye Sodelal (Salvation Is Created)
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Songs of the Cherubim - Modern Sacred Choir Music - Tchernokov, Gretchaninov, Arkhangelsky, Stravinksy, Penderecki [St. Petersburg Classics]
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About this CD.......2004-01-16
Songs of the Cherubim
Chamber Choir "Lege Artis"
Boris Abalyan, director
Track listing:
1.-6. Pavel Tchernokov (1877-1944): In Days of Battle, Op. 45
7. Gretchaninov: To the Mother of God
Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846-1924)
8. Thou that look down from on high
9. Psalm 41: Blessed is he that considers the poor
10. I am mindful of the Day of Judgement
Igor Stravinsky
11. Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)
12. Hail to Thee, Mother of God
13. Penderecki: Song of the Cherubim
14.-18. Smirnov: Prayers (fromt eh Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom)
Sung in russian, polish
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Russian Chant-A Millenium of Chants and Hymns
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Release Date: 1995-06-20 |
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- Peal Of The Bells/All Our Sacred Hymns We Offer/With The Voices Of The Archangels
- Behold, The Bridegroom Cometh
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- Lord, Now Lettest Thou
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Psalms of David Complete
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral , and Scott
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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.
Anyhow, if you have a taste for choral cathedral music, this is genuinely indispensible. St. Paul's has given the world a great blessing.
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- Handel's 'Messiah': Overture - The London Philharmonic Orchestra/Walter Susskind
- Handel's 'Messiah': And The Glory Of The Lord - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Behold A Virgin Shall Conceive - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': For Unto Us A Child Is Born - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Behold The Lamb Of God - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': He Was Despised And Rejected Of Men - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Hallelujah - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Since By Man Came Death - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
- Handel's 'Messiah': Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain/Amen - The London Philharmonic Choir/Frederick Jackson
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- How Great Thou Art
- Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
- I Believe
- Lord Hear Our Prayer
- Now The Day Is Over
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- Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
- The Lord Is My Shepherd
- All The People That On Earth Do Dwell
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
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Let's Praise Him
Norcal Mass Choir
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- Let's Praise Him
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- Just For Me
- Mighty God
- Take Me Jesus
- I Thank You Lord
- Glory, Honor
- Because of Who You Are
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NORCAL 2000: excitement, praise, worship, exaltation, encouragement...find it all right here. NORCAL MASS, a multicultural and diverse choir with a "west coast" gospel sound; a group of dedicated Christians who gather each year to lift up the Name of Jesus.
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Awesome CD.......2002-05-03
Lively! Joyous! Spiritualy Enriched!
These are just a few words to describe this choir. Men and women singing with conviction and Holy Ghost anointed voices.
Songs such as: "Just for Me", "Because of Who You Are", "All My Praise" and "Shout Now"
Will have you praisin, dancin, and worshiping God!
This is a must have for any christian who looks for anointed choir music or just sit back meditation with Christ Jesus!
-Clifton
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