A Farewell Celebration
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1. This Ole House/When the Saints Go Marching In
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2. Climbing Higher and Higher
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3. That Day at Calvary
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4. Oh, What a Savior
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5. Life Will Be Sweeter
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6. Trying to Get a Glimpse
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7. There's Something About That Name/I Will Serve Thee
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8. Thanks to Calvary
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9. Going Home
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10. Sinner Saved by Grace
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11. Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
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12. Life's Railway to Heaven
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13. Wonderful Grace of Jesus
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14. In the Name of the Lord
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15. Farther Along
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16. Haven of Rest
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17. Champion of Love
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18. Suppertime
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19. We Shall See Jesus
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A Farewell Celebration, Music, The Cathedrals, Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music, Pop, Southern Gospel, Traditional Gospel
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Release Date: 2005-06-07 |
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- Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Academy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields
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- Thou Knowest, Lord - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Veni Sancte Spiritus - Choir Of The Monks Of The Benedictine Monastery Of Santo Domingo De Silos
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- And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth - New Philharmonia Chorus
- L'Adieu Des Bergers - Choeurs Rene Duclos
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Customer Reviews:
I love it and I give it as a gift.......2006-12-11
This is the first collection of choral music that I've purchased and I love it. I own copies of operas and requiems and masses, but if you attend choral concerts, as I have been recently, you learn there is a huge colletion of choral music appart from the forms I've been listening to. I appreciate the producers selecting "Song for Athene" by Tavener and "Celebration (Standing Stone)" by McCartney. They are new to me and I love them. Disk 1 ends with "Jerusalem" and Disk 2 ends with "Land of Hope and Glory." As an American I rarely hear these and I am so glad they were included. I believe this album was intended to help popularize choral music and I believe the selections do fine job towards that end.
I know snobs rage against popularizing classical music, but everyone deserves exposure to the beauty of song. I will also mention here "The East Village Opera Company" because they work to popularize opera by setting it to a rock beat. They do a fine job but also get criticized for attempting to popularize classical music.
"The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever" was so popular with my teen-age daughter that it was hard to get it back from her. I give the album as a gift to nephews and nieces.
MarMSED.......2005-08-27
The music selections are extraordinary. The only problem has to do with the balance of sound. There are some parts that are very loud, and some that are so very soft. You have to continually adjust the volume.
Diverse range but the songs are butchered..........2005-07-24
Well, this CD isn't horrible by any stretch, but it is irritating to someone who's more than a casual listener of choral music. I'm by no means as musically "literate" as many reviewers out there, but I have a collection of probably twenty-five or thirty choral CD's and this is one that will probably be gathering dust in the back of the CD book.
The peices are well-performed for the most part, but they are hopelessly edited. Beethoven's Ode to Joy is somewhere around twenty four minutes, but this CD only includes an arrangement of about five minutes. The beautiful Miserere is, uncut, almost eleven minutes but is cut down to five and a half minutes here.
Looking back, I should have realized the major editing that would be involved, just by the sheer number of peices on it. I'm familiar with a great many of them and I know they're too long to fit onto a seventy minute disc without some major cutting going on. I just didn't reason that out before I shelled out the money for it.
Bottom line. This CD has decent singing, but is nothing special. If you're a newcomer to this genre, you might get this as a quick overview of the different types of choral music out there, but if you're any kind of an avid listener, this CD will drive you insane with the severity of the cuts. Beginners, if you're looking for a great collection CD, you'd do better to look at "Choral Moods". It doesn't have the diversity in styles of this one, but it will introduce you to incredibly talented composers. To the old hats out there, steer clear of this one and look to CD's by your preferred individual composers themselves. It's more money, but much less frustration in the long run. The old sayings are sometimes the best: You get what you pay for.
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- NO FINER GROUP OF SINGERS
- The Cathedrals say farewell in style!
- MY FAVORITE MUSIC
- The Cathedrals - A Farewell Celebration
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A Farewell Celebration
The Cathedrals
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Release Date: 1999-11-16 |
Tracks:
- This Old House/When The Saints Go Marching In
- Climbing Higher And Higher
- That Day At Calvary
- O What A Savior
- Life Will Be Sweeter Some Day
- Trying To Get A Glimpse
- There's Something About That Name/I Will Serve Thee
- Thanks To Calvary
- Going Home
- Sinner Saved By Grace
- Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord
- Life's Railway To Heaven
- Wonderful Grace Of Jesus
- In The Name Of The Lord
- Farther Along
- The Haven Of Rest
- The Champion Of Love
- Suppertime
- We Shall See Jesus
Customer Reviews:
NO FINER GROUP OF SINGERS.......2006-02-14
I have the video tape of this performance. To watch them sing with such convition, there is no need in offering a money back gurantee, YOU WONT WANT IT OR NEED IT!!!!
The Cathedrals say farewell in style!.......2005-03-08
This is an awesome CD (and video too).
The Cathedrals cap off their ministry with an outstanding concert of a lifetime. They sing many of their hits and old favorites with energy and enthusiasm.
An added little "extra" is special appearances Sandi Patty, The Statler Brother and The Oak Ridge Boys.
Wonderful CD and I highly recommend it.
MY FAVORITE MUSIC.......2003-10-20
I LIKE THIS CD, I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT SO MUCH
ONLY SONGS I DON'T LIKE IS NUMBER 11-13
The Cathedrals - A Farewell Celebration.......2002-09-21
What a classy group of gentlemen. Talk about an absolutely awesome tribute and an even greater talent. Truly God's gifts at work.
The presentation of this work is so inspiring and uplifting, I believe it's what God gave us gospel music for. I play it over and over and over. The talents of Glen Payne and George Younce are showcased wonderfully! The "supporting cast" isn't bad either.
Get a copy for yourself a.s.a.p.
Best Album on Earth!.......2001-07-18
This is my second review because I can't say enough about this CD. I just placed another order for an additional two CD's for Christmas. The selections on this CD had to have been sent from Heaven and are sung with such heart and love put forth by the Cathedrals. If you are ever down in the dumps, this Cathedral CD will bring you up. Best music on the face of this earth.
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- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Tenor Solo: This Does Our Fertile Island With Glory Crown
- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Chorus: Now Does The Glorious Day Appear
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- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Tenor Solo: No More Shall We The Great Eliza Boast
- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Symphony
- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Chorus: Now With One United Voice
- ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: O Dive Custos - Elegy On The Death Of Queen Mary
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Customer Reviews:
a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-01-27
Purcell compositions for Queen Mary span the whole of her brief reign. He provided music for her coronation, on April 11,1689; for the formal celebraton of her birthday on April 30 each year; and for her funeral, on March 5, 1695. At the coronation of William and Mary his 'I was glad' was one of 9 anthems performed during this ceremony. Purcell, in his position as Abbey Organist had tailored the music with precision. The opening passage is in stately block chords-straightforward for the choir to co-ordinate while proceeding along the nave, and arriving in their places just in time to watch the conductor for the closing bars. Later in the service the 2nd anthem by Purcell was sung:"Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem",
The centerpiece of this disc is the Ode for Queen Mary's birthday"Now does the glorious day appear" and glorious it is!!! It is divided into 14 sections; some solos, some duets and some choruses. It was easily the finest royal ode he had as yet composed, and also the most richly scored; laid out for five part strings, the violas being divided. Thanks to this exotic scoring, the ode abounds in moments of gorgeous opulence. For Mary's funeral services (she died at the age of 33) Purcell composed 3 pieces all included in this disc and all memorable.
The performers include Westminster Abbey Choir; the New London Consort; soloists: sopranos Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb-countertenor Michael Chance-tenor Ian Bostridge-basses Stephen Richardson and Simon Birchall. All of this under the direction of Martin Neary.
The notable distinction of this recording is as follows and I quote from the accompanying jacket:"Complete music for Queen Mary's funeral, newly assembled and edited, and performed in Westminster Abbey by the Abbey Choir for the first time since 1695". The recording is beautifully adorned inside and out, and the sticker on the outside proclaims that it is music featured in the Westminster Abbey Funeral service fo Diana, Princess of Wales.
Joy and sadness perfectly combined.......2000-02-19
This CD is subtitled "A Celebration of the Life and Death of Queen Mary" and it thus divides into two sections. To begin with, we hear a number of works written for the Queen during her life, among which are short songs by John Blow (including "The sullen years are past" which has never been recorded before) and a massive setting of one of many odes for the royal birthday celebrations by Henry Purcell - "Now does the glorious day appear," which is a sweeping and powerful work with a variety of ground bass arias, duets, recitatives, choruses and orchestral symphonies - all making for a fine and rewarding listening experience.
In the second section, the focus moves onto music written during the mourning period after Queen Mary's death. Purcell continues to prove himself the greatest composer of the time, in his semi-sacred songs (in Latin) mourning her death, and in the music he wrote for her funeral. This section is indeed a highlight of the disc as it attempts, in a very scholarly way, to recreate the funeral in the Abbey as it might have sounded in 1695, with the Funeral Sentences by Thomas Morley interspersed with Purcell's own material and a number of Farewell Marches for trumpets and drums only.
The members of the Abbey Choir under Martin Neary do an admirable job of stepping into the shoes of their forebears under Purcell; accompanied by the period instrument-equipped New London Consort, the sound is truly magnificent. In addition, a number of prestigious soloists appear, including Emma Kirkby and Ian Bostridge (undoubtedly key performers for capturing the purity and delicacy of this music), Michael Chance (who seems a little under-utilised), Stephen Richardson (a rich and profound bass voice if ever I heard one) along with members of the Abbey Choir itself. Of special note- one does not often find a choral CD on which all three senior musical officials at the cathedral (Organist, Assistant Organist and Organ Scholar) are heard playing, but this is one such recording: Martin Baker and Stephen Le Prevost fill in organ continuo parts in various places, as does Dr Neary himself (who also plays the harpsichord for most of the solo pieces).
Arc of Light have done it again- a recording of extreme loveliness, going right down to the packaging which features some beautiful artistry (in fact, the main cover photograph is given an explanation in the booklet notes owing to the special way in which it was produced). A true gem in all respects.
Good music, okay performances.......1999-03-26
This disc presents a somewhat eclectic collection of music devoted to Queen Mary (mostly by Purcell, but by some other contemporaries as well). Despite the common theme I couldn't get rid of the feeling that the pieces didn't "click." Neither did the soloists sound at ease. Michael Chance, perhaps, deserves the most praise. But alas, some of the pieces that he normally sings (e.g. Incassum Lesbia) were given to sopranos, who couldn't do them nearly as much justice. The voice of one of the sopranos kept cracking up (don't know which one: the past-her-prime Emma Kirkby or whoever-she-is Evelyn Tubb). Ian Bostridge is undeniably a great performer, mainly known for his brilliant lieder interpretations. I don't want to say that baroque is not his cup of tea because he is vocally well suited to this repertory. Yet I didn't think he was as great in Purcell as many of his countrymen, such as John Mark Ainsley, Charles Daniels or Mark Padmore (to the extent one recording is enough of a basis to judge, which perhaps it is not). I don't want to be unfair, but I've heard Purcell performed better. This is not a bad recording, just not the best.
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ASIN: B0002VEQIY
Release Date: 2004-09-07 |
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- El Combat Del Somni - Victoria De Los Angeles
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- Violin Concerto No.1 - David Oistrakh
- Boris Godunov - Boris Christoff
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- La Boheme - Jussi Bjorling
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- Die Zauberflote - Herbert Von Karajan
- Preludes II - Walter Gieseking
- Symphonie Fantastique - Sir Thomas Beecham
- Il Trovatore - Maria Callas
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Interesting, and so cheap!.......2005-03-17
In response to the reviewer below, yes, some of the recordings do not have the best sound quality. But that's not what this is about, it's about great recordings of the century.
There are two discs, each with about 18 tracks, averaging about 4 minutes each, of excerpts and individual movements of the some of the most famous of the 150 "GROCs."
In the booklet it has a few interesting (sometimes not that interesting) facts about each of the 150 performances.
If you don't mind excerpts of pieces or isolated movements, this would be a worthwhile purchase, especially for the bizarrely reasonable price.
Not that great.......2004-11-19
If this is supposed to be an album of "the greatest" -- I wasn't too impressed. The quality didn't seem that good and the selections, well, not all that popular to my mind.
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Hans Christian Lumbye Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 4
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ASIN: B000058UUL
Release Date: 2001-04-17 |
Tracks:
- Happy New Year! Galop From Christmas And New Year, Ball-Bouquet
- Adolphine Polka (Greetings To Jutland, Polka)
- March In C Major
- Christian Polka
- Dagmar Waltz
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- My Farewell To Berlin, Waltz
- Constitution Celebration Galop
- The Battle At Idsted, Fantasy
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- Alice Polka
- La Constance, Polka
- Helga Polka-Mazurka
- Congratulations Galop
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A Strauss Celebration
Manufacturer: Chandos
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ASIN: B00001T6KV
Release Date: 1999-10-19 |
Tracks:
- Tritsch - Tratsch - Polka, Op. 214
- Kaiser Franz Josef Marsch, Op. 67
- Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307
- Fata Morgana, Op. 330
- Morgenblatter, Op. 279
- Auf der Jagd, Op. 373
- Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388
- Annen - Polka, Op. 117
- An der schonen, blaunen Donau, Op. 314
- Elijen a Magyar, Op. 332
- Tausend und eine Nacht, Op. 346
- Furioso - Polka quasi Galopp, Op. 260
- Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 324
- Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 325
Tracks:
- Banditen - Galopp, Op. 378
- Wiener Blut, Op. 354
- Quadrille nach Motiven der Operette Der lustige Krieg, Op. 402
- Cachucha - Galopp, Op. 97
- Ohne Sorgen, Op. 271
- Aquarellen, Op. 258
- Moulinet, Op. 57
- Perlen der Liebe, Op. 39
- Die Libelle, Op. 204
- Farewell!, Op. 211
- Leuchtkaferln, Op. 161
- Weyprecht - Payer - Marsch, Op. 120
- Schleier Und Krone, Op. 200
- Saat Und Ernte, Op. 159
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Dame Joan Hammond: A Celebration
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Garlands For The Queen - Music for the Celebration of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - The Bristol Bach Choir
Manufacturer: Priory Records UK
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A Strauss Celebration
Manufacturer: Chandos
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