Honor and Glory

Track Listings

1. Dare to Believe

2. Scars

3. Last to Be Chosen

4. Call/An Honor to Serve [Instrumental]

5. Does the Light Still Shine

6. This Is America

7. Fallen Not Forgotten

8. Jesus Real Loud

9. Bells Are Ringing

10. Defeated

11. Sinner's Prayer

Tracks:

Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
'Roun' About The Mountain - Various Artists
Swing Low , Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
Were You There - Various Artists
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
Deep River - Various Artists
Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
On Ma Journey - Various Artists
A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists

Tracks:

Holy, Holy, Holy - Leontyne Price
Lead, Kindly Light - Leontyne Price
Blessed Assurance - Leontyne Price
Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Leontyne Price
Amazing Grace - Leontyne Price
The Lord's Prayer - Leontyne Price
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior - Leontyne Price
The Church's One Foundation - Leontyne Price
Bless This House - Leontyne Price
I Need Thee Every Hour - Leontyne Price
Schlesische Volkslieder: Fairest Lord Jesus - Leontyne Price
I Wonder As I Wander - Leontyne Price
Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
Porgy And Bess: Summertime - Leontyne Price
America The Beautiful - Leontyne Price
Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing - Leontyne Price
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Leontyne Price
Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Leontyne Price

Customer Reviews:

The Price Club.......2005-04-28

"I am here," said Leontyne Price when interviewed as she opened the new Metropolitan Opera with Samuel Barber's underrated ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, "and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to." Back in the 1960s Price was one of the greatest divas in all of opera, and it wasn't just her voice but her magnificent stage presence, combined with her social activism. All of the above come into play in this collection of secular songs and ditties, some of them traditional plantation chanties and others, art songs and a scattering of pop music. And some of them, like Gershwin's "Summertime," cross the ever-permeable boundaries between Broadway and classical. These recordings were made at different times in Price's career, and her voice, while always angelic, has different shadings and reaches a different range of timbre in each separate recording date, but there is no question that, as time goes by, she is able to impart a richness of life experience noticeably absent from some of her earlier work.

"Ave Maria" sounds heavenly no matter which way you slice it, and as for "I Wonder As I Wander," it brings tears to your eyes. If you have a heart that's beating you will be moved by this rendition. "Ein feste Burg" is pretty strong, but Price seems more comfortable with the traditional spirituals, though perhaps it is the slightly off-kilter sounds of the Ambrosian Singers (what a name) who back her up on many of these tracks, that detract slightly from the experience. Compare "Lead Kindly Light" for a clear sense of what constitutes authority vs. what is a wee bit overproduced. If you had this compilation, and perhaps one of Leontyne Price's Christmas albums, you could attain nirvana any time you wanted to, just flip a switch and close your eyes, let her lift you up on wings of song.

A living legend.......2005-03-10

Leontyne Price (still alive) and already passing into immortality amongst vocal artists, both classical and popular. Leontyne Price stands at the pinnacle of her classical art, but those who only know her work in La Forza del destino or the Verdi Requiem are in for a heart rending treat with this album where Leontyne Price goes home to her roots in Mississippi and gives an unabashed account of the classic spirituals she sang as a young woman. Like John Mc Cormacks rendering of Irish songs there is a personal longing and devotion expressed here that reveals a side of the artist not known in the bulk of their "classical" repetoire. A sense of going home like Citizen Kane's rosebud, or as Dorothy Gale observes at the end of the Wizard of Oz "everything I could ever have wanted was right in my own backyard "

not your daddy's old timey spiritual.......2004-06-23

Agreed this is a good cd for a beautiful voice, but this is not, repeat not, for someone who wants to hear that old-timey religious fervor that you think of when you've been to a Black Baptist hand-clapping, standing, swaying, and singing service.

Immaculate Vocals of Leontyne Price.......2003-12-31

IMMACULATE, SUPERB vocal range and style! There's no other words that can complement Miss Leontyne Price's vocal arrangements. Miss Price's voice is strong, and shrills very nicely to the instruments played on many songs listed on this double CD which is a joy to treasure; every song listed are songs I was raised to hearing and singing. Miss Price is the reason why many of these songs remain in popularity and presently used. Miss Leontyne Price has been incredible in many of her past performances. This is my fourth CD of Miss Price and I am glad to own this particular CD forever and ever. Many thanks to the executors who found this remarkable album and upgraded it to a CD format! **Angi**

Great Gospel Stuff.......2001-04-12

This is a great CD. The only problem I have with it is that on some of the selections there is a boy's choir screaming in the background, and this takes away (a bit) from her performance. That said, her best selections are those that are either unaccompanied or those where her voice is not buried. Songs that strike me are - His Name So Sweet, He's Got The Whole World, Were You There, I Wonder as I Wander, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and my all time favourite Summertime. Enough said.

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Great CD

Honor and Glory
Ray Boltz
Manufacturer: Ray Boltz Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Dare to Believe
Scars
Last to Be Chosen
Call/An Honor to Serve [Instrumental]
Does the Light Still Shine
This Is America
Fallen Not Forgotten
Jesus Real Loud
Bells Are Ringing
Defeated
Sinner's Prayer

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2003-06-26

This is a great CD. Fallen, Not Forgotten and It's an honor to serve are the best. All the other ones are good, in the typical Ray Boltz style. This CD is worth getting! Another patriotic song or two would have earned the CD 5 stars.

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God Bless America!
Hero For Today
This CD is awesome!
More Patriotic Dribble!
Terrific!

Hero for Today

Manufacturer: Altissimo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020HAVK
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Heroic Fanfare
Hymn To The Fallen (From Saving Private Ryan)
A Hero For Today
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
America The Beautiful
God Bless The U.S.A.
Here's To America
The Last Full Measure Of Devotion
We Were There
Duty, Honor, Country
This Is My Country
Ragged Old Flag
The Flag Still Flies High
God Bless America
The Armed Services Medley: Semper Paratus/The Air Force Song/Anchors Aweigh
The Stars And Stripes Forever

Customer Reviews:

God Bless America!.......2006-07-27

I listened with at least moist eyes - and often streaming tears - to this stunning collection as I enjoyed a scenic ride on Amtrak from Seattle, WA to Portland, OR. I could not help but be proud and grateful for our most honorable country and the dedication and sacrifice of the people who volunteer to protect and defend her. I bought 15 copies and gave them to my friends and family. I intend to give copies to my best clients. Needless to say, I commend A Hero for Today to all.

Hero For Today.......2006-07-05

I heard the title song first at the memorial marker ceramony for Paul R. Smith, the first Medal of Honor recipient of the WOT. I went searching for a CD and to my surprise, found it as the title.

Unlike some of the other reviewers, I have found the tone quality very good. My only 'complaint' is the lack of printed lyrics.

While I'm not usually a huge fan of military music, I found the lyrics time appropriate for occassional use in my social studies classes. While we have many discussions about the US policies, many of us can use a reminder of those few that are giving up so much for the many.

This CD is awesome!.......2005-08-15

I bought the CD for my mom who LOVES "We Were There". The 3rd infantry performs a great rendition of it during their concert series every year on the Ellipse in Washington D.C. which includes soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Army as they have evolved and a very stirring speech. Since the 3rd infantry is unable to sell recordings to the public, being able to at least get the song feor my mom was a wonderful present. The other music on the CD was also wonderfully patriotic and beautifully performed.

More Patriotic Dribble!.......2005-08-06

Another re-hash of Altissimo! recordings here. Once again recordings have been drawn together from the US Army Band Library which means the sound quality is often un-even, and nothing is original here.

The standard US Armed Forces Medley Altissimo! just uses from one CD to the next. I don't think they ever change the band playing it! So no mention of when these recordings were made either, or who was directing the Army band when they were done. Altissimo! has not reached that level of professionalism that other labels attained long ago.

Most of the patriotic material here has been issued before by Altissimo! There is very little new material on this CD. The redundant program presented here is a common feature with most US service bands. The musicianship is first-rate: The music they play often second or third rate! These bands can do a lot more than play this kind of dribble. Of course Altissimo! thinks that only the popular stuff will sell. And so they market the same thing over and over.

The picture on the front with the US soldier in desert tans is intended to pull in the patriotic buyer today. The funny thing here is that the recordings combined here were probably in the can pre-9/11! Buyer beware!

Terrific!.......2004-05-24

"Hero for Today" is a wonderfully balanced collection from the US Army Band and Chorus. There was a good selection of patriotic music, both old and new. The balance within the chorus was well executed, as was the balance between the band and the chorus. Their rendition of "Hymn to the Fallen" was thoughtful, almost prayerful, with a subtle choral overtone. The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was a fresh and full arrangement of an old favorite. "Here's to America" was an upbeat expression of faith in America, in good contrast to the reflective "A Hero For Today." "This Is My Country" was set with a majestic tone, while "God Bless America" was an upbeat expression of an old favorite. I'd recommend this CD to anyone who would like to hear both traditional and new expressions of patriotic music.

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A Great Reminder Of Our US Military And Our Great Nation
What they said, for me
What they said, for me
An excellent CD
Dare To Believe - what a challenge and encouragement

Honor and Glory
Ray Boltz
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Dare To Believe
Scars
The Last To Be Chosen
The Call/An Honor To Serve
Does The Light Still Shine
This Is America
Fallen
Jesus Real Loud
The Bells Are Ringing
Defeated
The Sinner's Prayer

Customer Reviews:

A Great Reminder Of Our US Military And Our Great Nation.......2001-03-21

This CD has touched my heart. I have listened to it over and over and I am reminded that we often take our US Military Personel for granted. It is by God that we live FREE. He has put it on the hearts of many young men and women to serve our country with Unconditional Love. They are willing to lay down there lives so that we can live in the most wonderful country in the world. An especially great song is "An Honor To Serve" This is totally inspirational and brings tears to your eyes as well as the song "This is America". I would recommend this to everyone who is a Ray Boltz fan and those who loves their country. You won't be disappointed.

What they said, for me.......2000-12-20

This is a great CD. I echoe all of the positive comments of the other reviewers.

What they said, for me.......2000-12-20

This is a great CD. I echoe all of the positive comments of the other reviewers.

An excellent CD.......2000-11-27

I'm a big RB fan. I first started listening to him in 94, and got saved due in part to his songs "For Only One" and "Watch the Lamb."

Just days after I bought this CD, it became the favorite CD for my 4-year-old daughter. After 6 months, she sings along with several tracks, including "The Call/Honor To Serve;" "Jesus Real Loud," and "The Bells are Ringing."

My 10-year-old son asked for this CD for his birthday; "The Call/Honor To Serve" seems to have opened his eyes to the sacrifices made by our veterans.

God had truly blessed Ray Boltz.

Dare To Believe - what a challenge and encouragement.......2000-02-21

The first song, Dare to Believe is such a testament to the power of God. I came across this CD at a time in my life where I am holding on to an "impossible" promise from God but was starting to lose hope. Praise God that "mountains still move".

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Superb

The Best of Organ & Brass

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The Queen

ASIN: B0002T2QDS
Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

Also Sprach Zarathustra
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All Glory, Loud, And Honor
All Hail The Power No. 1
Abide With Me
Monteverdi-Vespers
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
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God Of Our Fathers

Album Description

This CD contains 20 transcriptions including: "Also sprach Zarathustra," "Fanfare and Flourishes," "All Hail the Power," "Abide with Me, Monteverdi Vespers," "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," "Simple Gifts," "America the Beautiful," "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," "Holy Holy Holy," "God of Our Fathers," "Crown Him with Many Crowns," "Gabrieli Sacrae Symphoniae," and more. Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass provide the "best in sacred brass music." These Christian professionals from around the U.S. perform their own arrangements. For more than 20 years, The King's Brass have performed over 100 concerts each season. Playing a wide variety of music from Gabrieli to hymn classics, The King's Brass uses all corners of the concert hall to lift hearts and spirits.

Tim Zimmerman, director of The King's Brass, has been a member of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and Chairman of the Music Department at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. Rebecca Kleintop plays the Ruffatti pipe organ at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Customer Reviews:

Superb.......2004-09-23

Outstanding!! This recording features original arrangements of well known music. The arrangements, performance, and recording are all excellent.

Touching the Father's Heart Live Worship: Glory & Honor

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Touching the Father's Heart Live Worship: Glory & Honor

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I've heard better
The Mother Lode

Sacred Songs of Russia

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Release Date: 1999-04-06

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Bogorodice Djevo, For Chorus
Choral Pieces (3) On Tolstoy's "Tsar Fyodor Ioanov: Bogorse ..."
Choral Pieces (3) On Tolstoy's "Tsar Fyodor Ioanov
Choral Pieces (3) On Tolstoy's "Tsar Fyodor Ioanov: PokayStih (A
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Sacred Concerto No. 6 ("Glory to God in the Highes
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, For Chorus, Op. 41: Milost' Mira (A ...)
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Svete Tihiy (Radiant Light), For Chorus No. 1
Hvalite Imia Ghospdne
O Mother of God Vigilantly Praying (Sacred Concert
Litany of Supplication
Our Father (Otche Nach)

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Over the past thousand years, Russian composers have created an immensely rich and varied body of choral music and chant to express the sacred texts of the liturgy. Sacred Songs of Russia portrays the musical legacy of the Russian people, which comes as a response to the depth of their faith.

Among the noteworthy works on this recording, which contains previously released material, are two stirring works by Rachmaninoff including Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin) from his All Night Vigil, opus 37, and V molitvah (The Mother of God, ever-vigilant in prayer). Perhaps most significant are the Three Choruses of Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998), composed during a time when sacred music was still actively suppressed by the Soviet regime. The three works by Peter Tchaikovsky, Milost' mira (A Mercy of Peace), Angel Vopiyashe (The Angel cried), and Hymn in Honor of SS. Cyril and Methodius, are also strong statements of the Russian faith and expression through music.

| Gloriæ Dei Cantores first toured Russia (then part of the U.S.S.R.) in the spring of 1990 to re-introduce Russian sacred choral music to their concert halls for the first time since the Russian Revolution of 1917, and participated in several liturgies of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the request of Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad, now Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias, Gloriæ Dei Cantores toured Russia a total of three times, returning in 1992 and 1998 to sing in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and throughout the Golden Ring. Gloriæ Dei Cantores were also among the first Western artistic groups to tour Siberia.

Customer Reviews:

I've heard better.......2006-10-04

This is not a recording that you must buy. If you really enjoy russian liturgical music, you won't hate it, but there are a lot of recordings that you would be better served with. It is true that for an american choir, they do a fine job with the language especially. Their general tone and vocal quality was a little bit lacking for me. Their basses were "ok". I thought the singing was just a little too "shouty", even for russian music. I would recommend getting a copy of the vespers as sung by the Dale Warland Singers. Another american group. . . This is the most accurate recording I have heard, and it was done live which impresses me even more!

The Mother Lode.......2005-12-13

If you are looking for a comprehensive survey of the best of the Russian Orthodox liturgical tradition, your search is over. This is the mother lode. First point: I must admit to being something of a purist, and I was at first skeptical that an American choir could perform music of this genre so convincingly; but hearing is believing. Yes, they clearly have included a few honest-to-God Russian basso ringers (and maybe one or two altos); but this is an American choir performing Russian Orthodox liturgical music the way it's supposed to sound - only better. Second point: The selection of pieces is fabulous. This choir's artistic director, Elizabeth C. Patterson, consulted with Vladimir Morosan, the Last Word on the Russian Orthodox choral tradition. The results of this collaboration are reflected in both the breadth and quality of pieces selected. This is literally a millennium of music, beginning with a sample of ancient znamenny chant and ending with three stunning meditations by the late Georgiy Sviridov. Each selection is both accessible and interesting, and a prime example of its composer and/or period. Third point: The individual pieces, with very few exceptions (such as No. 3, Rakhmaninov's `Ave Maria'), are NOT the most well-known and frequently performed warhorses of the Russian Orthodox liturgy. This is not a `Top Ten' recording. That makes this collection all the more interesting. In at least one instance (No. 15, the other Rakhmaninov offering) this may be the only recording available if you're not prepared to dig deep in the discography archives of several dozen universities and conservatories. Fourth point: This is not a new recording, but it marks a standard of quality that few performers in this genre - including native Russian choral ensembles - have since met or surpassed. Elizabeth Patterson has an innate feel for this music. In her previous life, she must have been a Russian monk. Final point: For serious musicians, musicologists and aficionados, this is a perfect gateway to a deeper understanding of this tradition. Buy it!

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Greatest Hits Of The Organ

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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A Blessing....
Thank you Lord for letting me hear her song....
Wonderful Woman of God
Angela Spivey and VOV Have Done It Again!!!!
Excellent!!Excellent!!Excellent!!

Glory, Honor and Praise!
Angela Spivey & the Voices of Victory
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ASIN: B00004W560
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Let Him Work It Out
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These Thorns
Right There For You
Worthy To Be Praised
Step Out On Faith
Thank You For Keeping Me
Your Grace And Mercy
I Want To Be Worthy
Under The Blood

Customer Reviews:

A Blessing...........2004-11-05

I do not own this cd yet, but I intend to purchase it. One night while driving home from work, I heard this song and it brought tears to my eyes....I was not in the church, and I could not understand why I was crying........but give God the glory...he was with me then and I did not even realize it.....These Thorns....can help you find your way.....Excellent..

Thank you Lord for letting me hear her song...........2003-10-02

Back in June 2001 I lived in Austin, Tx and I was going threw alot! I was hurt by family and friends: lied on, talked about, laughed at, looked down on! My heart was "SO" heavy and I just wanted it all to be over! I was into more things than I should have been! One morning I was listening to the radio before I went to work and a song came on, "These Thorns"! I listened to the words to this song and I cried so heavy because that's what I was going through! I just couldn't catch the name of the singer! I heard it again and recorded it and I listened to it all the time! This is 2003 and I lost the tape I had it on until a few weeks ago! I heard it and it brought back memories! I wanted to do a praise dance to it but then I lost it again! I was talking to a friend today and I asked him if he knew the song and who sings it and he told me Angela Spivey! Yall when I got to this and saw that song I wanted to cry because I've been searching for a long time! This song means so much to me because I still have "thorns in my flesh" and they're hard to let go and I ask that the Lord remove them because they're hendering me! I know there's alot of people that can relate to this song that's why I want to do a praise dance to it! A thorn can be almost any sinful/hurtful thing you can think of...fornication, lusting, lieing, backstabbing, shame and other things of that nature! Thank you Jesus for allowing me to hear her song and I also thank you Angela Spivey you're a legend...God Bless you all!!!!!!

Wonderful Woman of God.......2002-07-05

Angela Spivey is a true inspiration to me. The song "These Thorns" really send out a healing message to the people of the world. The words of that song seem to fit everyone that is here on this earth. We all have thorns in our flesh. As christains,our prayers should be for God to remove all of our thorns so we can live holy.

Angela Spivey and VOV Have Done It Again!!!!.......2000-09-12

As a avid gospel music listener and purchaser, rarely is there such an album that blesses the soul of man from beginning to end. Well, this is that album. From the very first track to the final selection, Angela and The Voices of Victory ministers the unadulterated gospel truth through song. No CD library will be complete without the classic in the making.

Great Job!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent!!Excellent!!Excellent!!.......2000-09-07

This CD is a very annointed one!!!!!! The song "These Thorns" is the reason I am living 100% for God. If anyone is struggling with anything in your life that shouldn't be.....get this cd and I guarantee your life will never be the same.. #3 is the best!!!!

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1. Dare to Believe
2. Scars
3. Last to Be Chosen
4. Call/An Honor to Serve [Instrumental]
5. Does the Light Still Shine
6. This Is America
7. Fallen Not Forgotten
8. Jesus Real Loud
9. Bells Are Ringing
10. Defeated
11. Sinner's Prayer