Make a Joyful Noise

Track Listings

1. Let Everybody Praise the Lord

2. Come into His Presence

3. In Him We Live

4. Arise and Sing

5. Sing a Song of Praise

6. Stand up and Sing

7. Come into the Holy of Holies

8. He Is the King of Kings

9. Thou Shalt Love the Lord

10. Hear Oh Israel

11. Sing Unto the Lord

12. Make a Joyful Noise

13. Let God Arise

14. What a Mighty God

15. Change My Heart, Oh God

Tracks:

The Creation: Awake The Harp
Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Mass In G Major: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Heavenly Father (Ave Maria)
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
St. Paul: Rise Up, Arise
St. Paul: See What Love
Onward, Christian Soldiers
The Lord's Prayer
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Messa di Gloria: Gloria
Gloria: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Requiem: Sanctus
Gloria: Laudamus Te
Lord Nelson Mass: Sanctus
Mass In C Minor, K. 427: Gloria
Praise The Lord
Mass In E-Flat Major, D. 950: Gloria
Requiem Mass: Sanctus
Messiah: Hallelujah

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Moving, intense music.
peaceful moment to soothe you and draw you closer to Him.
Aural Delight
Excellent Russian Music
Slavyanka: Small Chorus - Large Sound

Russian Church Music

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000007DX
Release Date: 1992-10-01

Tracks:

Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)
Blessed is the Man
Behold, Bless The Lord
O Lord, Save Thy People
Having Fallen Asleep
By The Rivers Of Babylon
Make A Joyful Noise
With My Voice
For The Mercy Of Peace
Salvation Is Created
O Gladsome Light
It Is Fitting (A Hymn To The Virgin Mary)
The Shadow Of The Law Passed Away
Lord, Now Lettest Thou Servant Depart
For the Mercy of Peace
Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)
Glory To God In The Highest

Customer Reviews:

Moving, intense music........2006-04-30

I've had this album for a little over a year now and still listen to it regularly. It's a favorite in my car, especially in the early morning while driving my kids to school. The combination of the sunrise and the moving vocals combine to leave me feeling full of life, ready to move on with my day. The chorus is truly incredible, and with a decent sound system the feeling of being in the midst of all those deep voices is something memorable.

I love the sound and style of Russian music, and this CD has been wonderful when I'm in the mood for something more meaningful.

I'm not a music expert or Russian linguist, nor will you find me in a church on Sunday. I enjoy good music of all forms, and no matter what your religion or linguistic affiliation, this is excellent music that is sure to add something to your collection.

peaceful moment to soothe you and draw you closer to Him........2001-08-03

The themes and songs remind me of an ancient Russia when the Church is at peak and predominantly practiced at the whole of Russia.Just imagine yourself in one of those great cathedral with the choir singing and the priest celebrating the mass.The song that echoed in the great cathedral wall will surely put ones to heavenly realm,a sense of calm and joy one will always remember....

Aural Delight.......2001-02-06

Of all the music I own this cd is my favorite at this time. This group has a very rich and powerful sound. When I buy choral music this represents exactly what I am looking for. If you are like me you bought a Gregorian Chant cd and were disappointed becuse it is in unison and rather flat sounding: this is harmonious and lush. Each track is four part a capella. I cannot adequately express the pleasure I receive from this cd. I am not an audiophile or vocal technique expert but I know good music when I hear it; this certainly qualifies. The group has a very good blend and sings what seem to be difficult pieces very smoothly. I would describe the mood as invigoratingly soothing. If you like all-male choral works you will enjoy this. I will certainly be purchasing more work by this group in the future.

Excellent Russian Music.......2000-10-04

This is an excellent performance and resource. These days, it can seem that nothing less than an authentic performance will do, whether that necessitates playing Bach on 300 year old violins or Liszt being played by a full-blooded Hungarian. And with the amount of recordings becoming available from countries with few previous U. S. releases, it can seem that only a Russian ensemble can truly perform Russian music. Slavyanka's CD proves that philosophy to be false: an American choir can deliver an excellent account of Russian choral music.

I'm not sure if this is professional, semi-professional, or a group that meets weekly, but the results are quite good. Recording quality here is generally good and the choir has the requisite low bass section (the first track will let you know that). There are times when intonation and ensemble seem to slip away slightly, which keeps this recording from cracking the upper echelon. Some of the soloists seem uncertain at times, as well.

The inclusion of texts in Cyrillic letters, transliterated Russian, and English is an excellent addition that I wish CDs used more often. The texts make it easier to understand the message and to learn about the Russian language (definitely not the easiet language in which to sing). In fact, the CD booklet is so big that it scarcely fits into the jewel box.

I enjoy having this CD in my library and I would encourage those interested in choral music, Russian music, or even those learning Russian to buy it. I can't think of a better way to learn about a language and a culture.

Slavyanka: Small Chorus - Large Sound.......2000-03-29

Slavyanka Men's Chorus has the ability, through magnificent dynamic contrasts, to sound small and intimate, but can sound large as a Russian theological academy chorus. Their work on this disc is impeccable. The accompanying booklet of program notes is superior, and is in multiple languages. The inclusion of the text of the liturgical music in several languages, including Slavonic and transliterated English pronunciation of the Slavonic, is a wonderful addition. Can't recommend it highly enough!

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If you like African American Spirituals you will love this one.

United We Sing

Manufacturer: Turtle Creek Chorale
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YC0A
Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

N'Kosi Sikelel I'africa
Amen Siakadumisa
Betelehemu
Something Inside So Strong
Over My Head
Soon-Ah-Will Be Done
Keep Your Lamps
This Little Light of Mine
Hush, Hush
Little Innocent Lamb
Ring Dem Bells
Witness
Elijah Rock
Deep River
Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
Balm in Gilead
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Rainbow Round My Shoulder
Hope for Tomorrow

Tracks:

Ride on King Jesus
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
Psalm 133:1 Brethen in Unity
Holy Spirit
Available to You
I've Got Something This World Can't Take Away
Call Him Up
I'm a Testimony
Shadow of Your Wings
Make a Joyful Noise
Perfect Praise
Call Him Up (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

If you like African American Spirituals you will love this one........2005-09-07

Large male chorus singing traditional African American spirituals with great harmony and arrangement.

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One of the 2 first excellant Mother Earth albums
Definitley a Desert Island Disc

Make a Joyful Noise
Mother Earth
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00061XA14
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Stop the Train
What Are You Trying to Do
I Need Your Love So Bad
Soul of the Man
Blues for the Road
You Win Again
Come on and See
Then I'll Be Moving On
Fly
I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
Wait, Wait, Wait

Customer Reviews:

One of the 2 first excellant Mother Earth albums.......2007-01-05

My personal favorite on this album is "You Win Again," and she can still sing like that. This is full of good ones, besides that. Just slightly not as great as the first one by them, but it's close enough to be called great.

Definitley a Desert Island Disc.......2004-12-14

Although hard to believe, this follow-up may even be better than Living With The Animals -- the groups first release. If I am not mistaken, the group had moved to Tenn from Calif before producing this masterpiece. Although the country influence is clearly present, the recording still rocks out with some very bluesy and soulful cuts...and then there is "The Fly" by R.P. Saint John, which is hard to describe, but accomplishes to convey a netherworld experience within the context of a pop song, and in the process rises to a genuine level of poetic art. Of course Tracy Nelson's singing is as good as ever, and the song selection and ordering on this release form a progression of song types that work together to produce an emotionally satisfying listening experience. Great to see this release now available on CD.

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Very Pretty
It grows on you
American and English Psalmody
A good introduction to some little-known music

Make A Joyful Noise: American Psalmody

Manufacturer: New World Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000030FK
Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

An Anthem Of Praise
Chesterfield
Newburgh
Crucifixion
Invitation
Montague
Providence
New Jordan
The Dying Christian's Last Farewell
Washington - Washington
Sunderland
Heroism
Richmond
Macedonia
Ode On Martyrdom
Summons
Middletown

Customer Reviews:

Very Pretty.......2006-10-12

Nice collection of very pretty songs of praise to the Almighty YHWH GOD and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Simple songs, beautifully displayed and sung.

It grows on you.......2005-04-25

I'd like to echo what Mr. Cole wrote 6 years ago: the apparent youth of the singers is a benefit. This CD grows on you. It has staying power, variety, honesty, vigor... and sopranos that excel. Listen to what offsetting effect they have against the young basses on track 2, Chesterfield. Or the seductive tracks 5 and 13.

The choir members are now pushing 50 years old. I would like to thank them for the pleasure and joyous renewal that they give so many years after these performances.

American and English Psalmody.......2003-01-24

The music of American psalmodists such as Billings and Belcher, while it does represent some of the great achievements of the psalmody tradition, is not the whole of this tradition. The fuging tune and related music (anthems etc.) stem originally from English psalmody (the "West Gallery tradition"), the works of men such as William Tans'ur and Aaron Williams. They, their music and the people who sang it in England, as in the US, were very much not of the elite: they were of "the folk", hence their folk music. Pieces by Tans'ur can be found, for those who are interested, in US psalmodies still in print, such as "Harmonia Sacra"

A good introduction to some little-known music.......1999-03-09

I first heard this recording on an old scratchy LP in a college course on American music. Like most people, I was ignorant of the existence of 'fuging tunes', which are an odd and uniquely American blend of baroque counterpoint and homespun harmonies. This extended polyphony is often tacked onto the end of the homophonic chorales or hymns which constitute the standard fare of modern American Protestant church services (and are often boring and bland by comparison, in my opinion). What was in Europe a past-time for the elite became music for the masses in the New World: These tunes were sung not by choirs but by congregations, and proliferated in folk tunebooks such as the 'Southern Harmony', which still survives today.

Tracks:

Make a Joyful Noise
Psalm 1: Truth Is God's Gift
Psalm 8: The Majesty And Glory Of Your Name
Psalm 23: The Lord's My Shepherd (arr. Kurt Kaiser)
Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands
Psalm 91: The Secret Place
Psalm 93: The Lord Reigneth
Organ Improvisation
Psalm 92: It Is A Good Thing To Give Thanks
Psalm 100: A Festive Psalm
Psalm 103: Bless The Lord, My Soul
Psalm 121: I Will Lift Up Mine eyes
Psalm 85: A Psalm Of Peace
Psalm 150: Praise The Lord!

Customer Reviews:

Borders on show tunes.......2005-02-09

The audio quality is great, as is most often the case with Reference Recordings. However, there are far better chorales and compositions than represented on this cd. The content strikes me as saccharine. We're not allowed to mention other recordings in reviews, but I put one idea of some good choral music (chorale la) in the recommended instead section.

Adrenaline and tears this CD fills the soul. a GEM.......1999-10-28

I really like heoric choral/organ/orchestra music. But this is the ONE disc that I think everyone should experience. I recently played this disc at a HiFi Event in Norway. About half the listeners clamored for info on where to buy it. This one is magic, trust me.

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A remarkable compilation of 20th century American psalmody.

Make His Praise Glorious

Manufacturer: Gloriae Dei Cantores
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JXXD
Release Date: 1998-10-13

Album Description

Recording of twentieth-century American psalm settings features many recorded premieres, including works by Hovhaness, Nelson, Adler, and Hanson. Other composers included are Ives, Starer, Thompson, and Pinkham. This album was recorded in the splendid setting of Methuen Memorial Music Hall with its marvelous organ and acoustics. |

Gloriæ Dei Cantores has a mission to preserve and perform the finest sacred music. From its beginnings, the choir has also felt a special mission and an affinity for American music. There is a rich bounty of great American music that is rarely heard, and for that reason, Gloriæ Dei has now embarked on a series of recordings of American psalm settings.

Customer Reviews:

A remarkable compilation of 20th century American psalmody........2004-05-19

Elizabeth C. Patterson and her Gloriae Dei Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) chorus had been total unknowns to me prior to about a year ago. The group had been brought to my attention then by Mark O'Connor's publicist, at which time he had been the guest artist on their "Appalachian Sketches" album. But that album, excellent as it was, turned out to be just the small tip of a significant iceberg in terms of choral singing, and particularly the American traditions of sacred choral singing over the last half-millennium.

I've since collected quite a few of their albums, and, to switch metaphors, this "Make His Praise Glorious" album may turn out to be the mother lode. Actually a religious choral community based on Cape Cod, MA, Gloriae Dei Cantores members have literally dedicated their lives to this music genre. In addition to recording at their "home base," they have also recorded frequently in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA and at Methuen Memorial Hall, Methuen, MA (where this particular recording was made). (For those who aren't familiar with the organ tradition in America, Methuen Memorial Hall is where the original organ in Boston's Symphony Hall found its "final resting place" after the formation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra rendered it redundant. Fully restored, reconstructed and revoiced in 1947, this organ is one of the finest historical organs in the U.S., and its permanent home-Methuen Memorial Hall-was built specifically for its properties, and for its perpetual preservation as well.)

The music on this album is as wide a variety of settings of the Psalms by 20th century American composers as one could ask for, covering a variety of liturgical points of view. Samuel Adler and Robert Starer (both Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria respectively who settled in the U.S and built significant careers in music afterwards) take their own individualistic approaches to their choices of psalms. Adler's, in English, is heroic, resplendent with two trumpets supporting the chorus. Starer's, in Hebrew, with piano accompaniment, are more reflective and smaller in scale, but equally well-done.

Alan Hovhaness's "Make a Joyful Noise" is a cantata in four parts based on Psalms 54, 55 and 66. Like much of Hovhaness's music, with its reflection of his Armenian roots, "Make a Joyful Noise" is otherworldly; simply a beautiful piece of writing. The opening Prelude is for trombone solo and organ; quite a piece by itself. The remaining three parts are the actual psalms; all three of them have the Methuen organ supporting the chorus and the second and fourth parts in addition have a brass quartet of two trumpets and two trombones. A joyful noise indeed!

There are four brief a capella motets set to psalms by David Pinkham, and excellent sacred choral works by Ronald A. Nelson, Howard Hanson and Randall Thompson. Thompson's setting of Psalm 23 ("The Lord is My Shepherd") is particularly beautiful, with the chorus accompanied by harp. (The booklet notes point out that Thompson set this for chorus plus optional organ, piano or harp. I believe that Elizabeth Patterson made a very wise choice in the harp option; it fits the music perfectly.)

All of the works already described were written in the middle third of the 20th century. All are readily accessible, and none could truly be called "modern." That description best fits the remaining work on the album,Charles Ives's setting of Psalm 90. Originally written in 1894, and possibly performed a few years later, when Ives was organist at the Central Presbyterian Church in New York, the work was then lost, and then reconstructed by Ives in 1923, partially from sketches he had preserved but largely from memory. (Ives had a prodigious memory, apparently, and could reconstruct works decades after they had been lost or abandoned.) Its first true public performance didn't take place until 1966,when the Gregg Smith Singers presented the official premiere. (The Robert Shaw Chorale then performed it the following year.)

This remarkable work is full of many Ives compositional touchstones, made famous in his later works, that belie its original date of composition. Written for chorus, organ and bells, it is in every sense a visionary work, full of unusual harmonies, stacked chords, harmonic ambiguities, and even tone clusters, and, as well, transcendent atmosphere (provided by the bells). Yet, despite this fearsome description of its constituents, the work is fresh and accessible, and, like the very best of Ives, very moving. In a phrase, it is an eleven-minute masterpiece, and easily the shining star of this album. And to think that it is the oldest work on the album, and by so many years!

Gloriae Dei Cantores do a splendid job with this difficult work, and this performance easily suffices as the best example of an Ives psalm in the absence of a remastering of the Gregg Smith Singers LPs that had so many good Ives choral works on them. Better yet, other albums by Gloriae Dei Cantores have additional Ives psalms on them.

As I finish writing these thoughts, we are less than 24 hours away from official observance of the 50th year since Ives's passing. A fitting tribute, I'd like to think.

Bob Zeidler

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Russian Christmas
AWESOME CD!
Wonderful, but...

Russian Christmas

Manufacturer: Philips
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Release Date: 1998-10-20

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'Voskliknite Gospodevi vsya zemlya' Op. 19 No. 2 - St Petersburg Chamber Choir
'Bororoditse Devo' - St Petersburg Chamber Choir
'Tebe Poem' - St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Perelozheniya iz obikhoda: No. 1 'Salava v v'ishnikh Bogu' - Liadov
Perelozheniya iz obikhoda: No. 2 'Rozhdestvo tvoe, Christe bozhe nash' (Tropar) - Liadov
No. 9 'Khavlite Gospoda s nebes' - Liadov
Op. 93: 'Velichit dusha moya Gispoda', Op. 93 - Cesar Cui
'Deva dnes' - Anonymous
Sacred Choral Works,op.43: No. 1 'Presvyataya Bogordiste' - Chesnokov
No. 3 'Miloserdiya dveri otverzi nam' - Chesnokov
No. 4 'Ne umolchim nigkoda. Borgorditse' - Chesnokov
No. 6 'Zastupnitse userdnaya' - Chesnokov
1. 'Dobr'ii verchir Tobi' - Anonymous
2. 'Rozhdestvo Christovo angel priletel' - Anonymous
3. 'Bebo i zemlya' - Anonymous
4. 'Pavochka khodit' - Anonymous
5. 'Noch' tikha, noch syvata' - Anonymous
6. 'Nova radist' stala' - Anonymous
7. 'Vzglyani syuda' - Anonymous
8. 'Rozhdestvo Khristovo ves' prazdnuet' - Anonymous

Customer Reviews:

Russian Christmas.......2007-03-08

It is very important for me because it is very difficult to found russian Christmas records. I would like to get Southamerican Christmas.

AWESOME CD!.......2002-10-19

This CD is very good, and is one of the best Russian CD's I could find in America. The singers are very clear, and give you a feeling of the Russian Christmas season, with a wide variety of tunes. Growing up in Russia, this CD provides me with the comfort of the Christmas season I was brought up with...and I recommend this CD everyone. One downfall however is that the tracks and songs are sung is Russian...this was not a major point for me, since Russian is my first langauge, but for anyone who cannot understand the language....this entire CD is NOT in English, and if that bothers you, I recommend that you find a CD that has translations for you to follow, since this cd does not provide them, and you will have no idea what the songs are about.

Wonderful, but..........2002-01-15

I have purchased this CD after encountering some of Korniev's other work with the St Petersburg Chamber Choir, and the quality of the singing (as well as the music) does not disappoint. The choir has a beautiful (rather misty) focus, soaring sopranos and basses to give any subwoofer a serious workout.

The anthology is interestingly chosen, containing better and lesser-known composers.

Tracks:

Joy To The World
The Holly And The Ivy
Medley: Away A Manger/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Good Christian Men, refjoice
The First Nowell
Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Angels We Have Heard On High
God Rest You Merry, Gentelmen
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Make A Joyful Noise
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Deck The Halls
Good King Wenceslas
What Child Is This
Silent Night
O Tannenbaum
O Holy Night
O Come, All Ye Faithful

Customer Reviews:

What? I'm the first to review this?.......2006-02-21

How can brass Christmas music get any better that this? The musicianship is second-to-none and the arrangements are lively, intricate, and interesting to listen to over and over again. Yet, they still retain that traditional sound without sounding experimental or cute. I don't even like brass music so much but I love this recording.

Just put this through your headphones and be instantly transported to a another place and time. Perhaps the business district of a small town in England or the Eastern US in the 19th century. Snow covers ground and is still falling, but there's no wind at all. Folks are bundled up milling about doing their last-minute Christmas preparations, and they've all got smiling faces and are greeting each other. A brass band is playing on the street corner. You see a big Christmas turkey in a store window and you ask the shopkeeper how much is costs. "A pittance!" you think! You buy that turkey and throw a feast for all the children in the orphanage!

Anyway, it's a great CD and I still can't believe I'm writing the first review.

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Toccata Festiva

Manufacturer: Mark Masters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BL02LK
Release Date: 2004-12-01

Tracks:

Make a Joyful Noise
Heart's Music
A Hymn for the Lost and the Living
Magneticfireflies
Scenes from "The Louvre"
Scenes from "The Louvre"
Scenes from "The Louvre"
Scenes from "The Louvre"
10. O Magnum Mysterium
Toccata Festiva

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Music Review

Music Review

1. Let Everybody Praise the Lord
2. Come into His Presence
3. In Him We Live
4. Arise and Sing
5. Sing a Song of Praise
6. Stand up and Sing
7. Come into the Holy of Holies
8. He Is the King of Kings
9. Thou Shalt Love the Lord
10. Hear Oh Israel
11. Sing Unto the Lord
12. Make a Joyful Noise
13. Let God Arise
14. What a Mighty God
15. Change My Heart, Oh God