Faith in the House

Track Listings

1. Come into His Presence

2. We Sing Praises

3. Victory Chant

4. We'll Be Faithful

5. Thy Word (Spoken Word)

6. Thy Word

7. I Was Created to Worship

8. Faith to Believe (Spoken Word)

9. Faith to Believe

10. Cover Me Lord

11. Cover Me Lord (Reprise)

12. Lord Thy God

13. There Is None Like You

14. Hallowed Be Your Name

15. Mustard Seed Faith

16. Only Believe (Spoken Word)

17. Only Believe

18. Call of Faith (Spoken Word)

19. I Live by Faith

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Detroit has birthed some of the greatest gospel albums in the world. Continuing that long tradition, Faith In The House was recorded live at Straight Gate Church. Combining passionate contemporary worship with Detroit's rich legacy of traditional gospel music, this album captures the excitement and celebration of that church. Produced by award-winning Steven Ford, it features Psalmists Elder Bruce Parham and Dana Powell, and includes Bishop Andrew Merritt and the Straight Gate Mass Choir. From the powerful declarations of "I Was Created To Worship You" and "Victory Chant" to the deep song of intercession "Cover Me Lord," written by Bishop Merritt. We pray that this album will bring you into the presence of God and build faith in your house. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

The A-Team - Nic Raine
The Addams Family - Nic Raine
The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine
Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth
The Avengers - Mike Townend
Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
Batman - Nic Raine
Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine
Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth
Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth
Bewitched - Nic Raine
Between The Lines - Mark Ayres
The Bill - Nic Raine
Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra
Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine
Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth
Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth
Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres
Casualty - Mark Ayres
Cheers - Mark Ayres
Dallas - Nic Raine
Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend
Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith

Tracks:

Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth
Dynasty - Nic Raine
The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth
Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth
Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth
The Fugitive - Nic Raine
Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine
The High Chaparral - Nic Raine
Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth
Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres
The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth
Jason King - Mike Townend
Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman
Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth
Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth
Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth
Kojak - Mike Townend
L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth
Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine
Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth
Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine
Lost In Space - Nic Raine
Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth

Tracks:

Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth
A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth
M*A*S*H - Nic Raine
Miami Vice - Mark Ayres
Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth
Mission Impossible - Mike Townend
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine
The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth
Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth
Newhart - Derek Wadsworth
North And South - Derek Wadsworth
Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth
NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
The Outer Limits - Nic Raine
Perry Mason - Mike Townend
The Persuaders - Mark Ayres
Peter Gunn - Mike Townend
Police Squad - Nic Raine
The Prisoner - Mike Townend
Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend
Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Roseanne - Dan Foliart

Tracks:

The Saint - Mike Townend
Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine
Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek - Mike Townend
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth
Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine
St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth
The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine
Stingray - Barry Gray
Taxi - Derek Wadsworth
Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth
Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth
The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine
Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth
U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth
The Virginian - Nic Raine
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine
Wagon Train - Paul Bateman
The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith
The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth
Young Riders - John Debney
Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman
The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews:

Quantity Over Quality.......2007-01-15

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

Mediocre.......2006-05-17

The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.

One Hundred Greatest TV Themes.......2005-08-06

I have watched almost all the shows that are on these 4 cd's. Many were made before I started watching TV. Most I've seen once or twice before.

Pretty close to original recordings.......2005-07-24

Definitely not as good as the originals. You'll probably notice the slight differences since it's stuff you saw and listened to every week or everyday in reruns growing up, but it's still an amazing collection.

Really Good Collection.......2004-07-11

I bought this in part because it had soundtracks to tv shows that are unavailable. My husband and I watch aome British programming. Many of the theme songs are for what seems like obscure British shows. That said; it has been enjoyable to hear music that I would normally never hear. Some music does sound tinny; some are very very rich, and some music is derived from actual preformances from the original artists. I think this is worth buying because is has a wonderful blend of music. The pieces are full soundtracks so they includes the parts of the theme song which are often edited out. I think the orchestra's who preformed the music did a great job. I have MonsterMania which redoes the soundtracks to the Godzilla movies. The interpretation is less heavy and stark than the preformance we associate with the original soundtrack; but I regard it as a new way to appreciate the music and all the componets which make the song unique.

Average customer rating:

Great worship and praise
Uplifting From Begining to end!!!
Simply the Best Choir Album I've heard this year...
faith is the answer
Got Faith?

Faith In The House
Bishop Andrew Merritt & the Straight Gate Mass C
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Expectations: I'll Praise
Hide Me
Holy One
He's Been Faithful
I Never Lost My Praise

ASIN: B0000507TX
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Come Into His Presence
We Sing Praises
Victory Chant
We'll Be Faithful
Thy Word (Spoken Word)
Thy Word
I Was Created To Worship
Faith To Believe (Spoken Word)
Faith To Believe
Cover Me Lord
Cover Me Lord (Reprise)
The Lord Thy God
There Is None Like You
Hallowed Be Your Name
Mustard Seed Faith
Only Believe (Spoken Word)
Only Believe
The Call Of Faith (Spoken Word)
I Live By Faith

Album Description

Detroit has birthed some of the greatest gospel albums in the world. Continuing that long tradition, Faith In The House was recorded live at Straight Gate Church. Combining passionate contemporary worship with Detroit's rich legacy of traditional gospel music, this album captures the excitement and celebration of that church. Produced by award-winning Steven Ford, it features Psalmists Elder Bruce Parham and Dana Powell, and includes Bishop Andrew Merritt and the Straight Gate Mass Choir. From the powerful declarations of "I Was Created To Worship You" and "Victory Chant" to the deep song of intercession "Cover Me Lord," written by Bishop Merritt. We pray that this album will bring you into the presence of God and build faith in your house.

Customer Reviews:

Great worship and praise.......2007-01-25

I never get tired of listening to this audio cassette. Whenever I'm in my car (I don't have a CD player) I pop this in. There is such an anointing of God on it, that I've determined it a classic. In everything I give thanks to the Lord and I thank God for Bishop Merritt and the Straight Gate Mass Choir.

Uplifting From Begining to end!!!.......2002-09-07

This is one of the very best that I have heard in a long time. The songs have such Spirit Filled singing that I can't get enough of listening to it. A must for everyone. (and that is a lot coming from me).

Simply the Best Choir Album I've heard this year..........2001-06-11

If you want to get into the mood to go to church this is it. From beginning to end, the cd blends spoken words of inspiration and encouragement with songs of faith. Mustard Seed Faith, I Was Created, and congregational favors The Lord Thy God and the Victory Chant will have you ready to worship when you get int the doors of your own sanctuary. The music and the songs are perfectly suited and the cd is not overloaded, like some of this genre, with too much word and not enough song. This is a wonderful cd and once you purchase it you won't be able to listen to anything else for a long time.

faith is the answer.......2001-01-05

This is a very moving album. I enjoyed every song. I think , Bishop Merritt and Stephen Ford did a great job of writing some of the songs and a great job of picking the people to lead the songs. I thought the choir and the performers were excelence and i really enjoyed Vanessa Williams

Got Faith?.......2000-10-16

I really enjoyed listening to this album. It's simply filled with faith. This is without doubt the best of the "In The House" series. The album was recorded amidst the Sunday morning worship in Bishop Andrew Merritt's Straight Gate Church in Detroit, and he lends his anointed voice to a few spoken words tracks like "Thy Word" based on Psalm 119:105. This is truly what you call a "Praise and Worship" album that ministers to the mind, heart and soul throughout with ease.

Pastor Bruce Parham, Elder Dana Powell, and Vanessa Williams all shine on this faithful musical masterpiece backed by the Straight Gate Mass Choir. If you need a word of faith through praise and worship music, then look no further. The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top 200 charts at #68, which is an amazing feat for any gospel artist, and it was only second to the phenomenal Yolanda Adams on the top Gospel charts. The album is filled with new songs of faith, plus some faithful classics. Sixteen musical tracks along with three spoken word selections by Bishop Andrew Merritt will leave you filled with faith!

Faith in the House: Instrumental Praise and Worship
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it's a treat...very relaxing

Bring Faith to your house!

Faith in the House: Instrumental Praise and Worship
Vince Redhouse
Manufacturer: Red Sea Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Go Unto Every Nation

ASIN: B000068UPQ
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

As The Deer
We Fall Down
Draw He Close
Amazing Grace
In This Place
Where You Are
I Will Rest In You
Come Now Is The Time To Worship
We Fall Down
Rainbow's Edge
Praise The King

Album Description

Contemporary Christian instrumental recording, featuring Praise and Worship songs.

Customer Reviews:

it's a treat...very relaxing.......2003-10-18

I heard Vince Redhouse play at Borders last night (Oct. 17, 2003) in Tucson and was lucky enough to hear this classically-trained musician offer some of his reflections on his life and work. He is a spiritual, soulful individual, a skillful, long-time woodwinds player who played the saxophone as well as the native flute. The music is exceptionally relaxing. It is wonderful background music and very meditative if you want to focus your full attention on it. His CDs are my favorite among the two dozen or so native flute CDs I own. I can't wait for his new release to come out early next year (2004).

Bring Faith to your house!.......2003-01-20

This Cd is a must have! especially if you love native flute.
remember this Cd is nominated for a Grammy! and I think it deserves it! you also get to hear more than just flute on this cd.. sax and powwow drum to name a couple.
it makes great background music for your home or office or business.

Leo Smit: 33 Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Leo Smit: 33 Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson

Manufacturer: Bridge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000JIRG
Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 1. I Was The Slightest..
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 2. Through Lane It Lay...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 3. It Troubled Me As...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 4. The Childs Faith Is New
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 5. Softened My Time's...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 6. Papa Above!
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 7. We Talked As Girls Do
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 8. They Shut Me Up In...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 9. I Cried At Pity--Not At
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 10. Let Us Play Yesterday
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 11. A Loss Of Something...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 12. Good Morning...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 13. Up Life's Hill With...
Cycle 1, Cholde Emilie, 14 Songs About Memories & Fantasies Of Childhood: 14. I'm Ceded--I've...
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 1. I Was A Phoebe--Nothing More
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 2. The Bird Her Punctual Music Brings
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 3. The Earth Has Many Keys
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 4. The Bobolink Is Gone
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 5. A Train Went Through A Burial Gate
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 6. I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 7. Upon His Saddle Sprung A Bird
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 8. Better-Than Music!--For I--Who...
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 9. Bind Me--I Still Can Sing
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 10. Within My Garden, Rides A Bird
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 11. Heart, Not So Heavy As Mine
Cycle 2, The Celestial Thrush, 12 Songs About Music & Birds: 12. I Shall Keep Singing
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 1. I Reckon--When I Count At All
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 2. I Dwell In Possibility
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 3. The Martyr Poets--Did Not Tell
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 4. The Poets Light But Lamps
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 5. I Would Not Paint--A Picture
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 6. To Pile Like Thunder To Its Close
Cycle 6, The White Diadem, 7 Songs About Poets & Poetry: 7. Me--Come! My Dazzled Face

Album Description

Leo Smit has an impressive pedigree as an American composer and musician. A virtuoso pianist, he has worked closely with such legends as Stravinsky, Balanchine, Copland and Stokowski. He has set more that 75 of Emily Dickinson's poems to music, grouping the works into cycles about related subject matter. The disc contains the world premiere recordings of three of those cycles- Childe Emilie- Memories and Fantasies of Childhood, The Celestrial Thrush- Songs of Music and Bird, and The White Diadem- Songs About Poets and Poetry. Smit's songs display great sensitivity to Dickinson's very personal world, and reflect the poet's emotional range by adopting an extremely colorful palette. The songs frequently veer from the simple and tonal to more rhythmically complex and chromatic settings, always alert to word and mood.

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"bright, crisp and clear performances ~ Percy Faith"
Percy Faith House Of Flowers/Adventures In The Sun

House of Flowers/Adventure in the Sun
Percy Faith
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000CBL97
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

House Of Flowers
I'm Gonna Leave Off Wearing My Shoes
Waitin'
Slide "Boy" Slide
Don't Like Goodbyes
Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree
One Man Ain't Quite Enough
I Never Has Seen Snow
What Is A Friend For?
A Sleepin' Bee
Mardi Gras Waltz
Smellin'of Vanilla (Bamboo Cage)
Tropical Merengue
Bluebell
Carmellita
The Fiddling Bulfighter
Eleanora
Tambura (Merengue)
Hey Jose!
Bahama Lullaby
Bubbling Over (Gardebylaten)
Italiano!
Tropic Holiday
The Bandit (Theme from "O Cangaceiro")

Album Description

Percy Faith set the standard for colorful instrumentals - Harold Arlen (remember "Stormy Weather" or "Over The Rainbow?)" penned a beautiful score for Truman Capote's exotic Broadway play "House Of Flowers." Percy Faith brings humor and beauty to his orchestral treatment of these joyous tunes; in "Adventures In The Sun," Percy Faith, who came to us from the cold and snow of Canada, brings a sunny, up-tempo sound to a dozen stunning melodies, several of them his own compositions. (Bill Halvorsen)

Album Description

Full Title - Plays Music From Broadway Production Of House Of Flowers / Adventure In The Sun. 24 tracks. Collectables. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

"bright, crisp and clear performances ~ Percy Faith".......2004-02-09

During the mid '50s Maestro Percy Faith was churning out some of the best releases with top notch arrangements ~ thus enters the album at hand "House of Flowers/Adventure in the Sun", featuring Faith's Award Winning Orchestra. Each song has a signature arrangement tone to it, with "I'M GONNA LEAVE OFF WEARING MY SHOES" and the beautiful ballad "WAITIN'", both tunes from composer Harold Arlen, plus the entire Broadway score featuring Pearl Bailey ~ "I NEVER HAS SEEN SNOW", a haunting theme that goes on and on in your head, even when the music has stopped playing ~ "DON'T LIKE GOODBYES", beautiful violin solo entry as other members of the orchestra counter balance with each melodic fibre ~ 'TWO LADIES IN DE SHADE OF DE BANANA TREE", our favorite arranger takes liberties with this tune, gives the entire musicians union a work out.

Second half of the album features four Percy Faith tunes "CARMELLITA", "THE FIDDLING BULLFIGHTER", "HEY JOSE!" and 'TROPIC HOLIDAY", thus enters what we fans call "The Percy Faith Touch" sprinkles it's magic over the orchestration, simply unforgettable ~ "THE BANDIT (THEME FROM "O CANGACEIRO")", is truly a Faith gem, when this came out I played this track over and over again, couldn't get enough and I'm still under its spell .

Following the formula of previous Columbia Record releases ~ they've come up with two more winners for Percy Faith, featuring the classic style of sweeping strings that can only spell "Percy Faith" ~ hats off to all responsible for this outstanding package of both albums under one roof. This is one of those incredible albums in which each and every selection is excellently performed ~ it just doesn't get any better than this ~ gotta love it!

Total Time: 65:49 on 24 Tracks ~ Collectables 7612 ~ (11/25/2003)

Percy Faith House Of Flowers/Adventures In The Sun.......2003-12-30

Percy Faith not only did beautiful music he tried other types too.This album proves that.House of Flowers/Adventures In The Sun offers a variety of instrumentals from bright and brassy to lush and beautiful and even a couple of big band tunes.Here is the track list and other info.

Plays House Of Flowers 1955 Liner Notes Yes
1)House Of Flowers-Lush
2)I'm Gonna Leave Off Wearing My Shoes-Big Band
3)Waitin-Light Strings and Brass
4)Slide Boy Slide-Brass
5)Don't Like Goodbyes-Lush
6)Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree-Brass
7)One Man Ain't Enough-Brass
8)I Never Has Seen Snow-Lush
9)What Is A Friend For?-Light Strings And Brass
10)A Sleepin Bee-Lush
11)Mardi Grass Waltz-Light Strings
12)Smellin Of Vanilla-Brass

Adventures In The Sun 1957 Liner Notes Yes
13)Tropical Merengue-Up Tempo
14)Bluebell-Up Tempo This is one of my favorite songs on this cd.
15)Carmellita-Lush
16)Fiddling Bullfighter-Brass
17)Eleanora-Up Tempo
18)Tambora-Brass
19)Hey Hose-Brass

Tracks:

Thick Dick - Insatiable (Original Vocal Mix)
Interflow - Storyreel (Chris Hampshire "Flyin' At Earth" Mix)
Dolce - Sorrow (Orange Factory Vocal Mix)
EN Feat Ceevox - Don't Leave Me This Way (Friburn & Urik Tribal Mix)
Ceevox - My Imagination (Hi-Intensity Club Mix)
Faith Trent - Body (Reach Out) (Widelife Club Mix)
Vicki Shepard - I Got A Feelin' (Haarmeyer Circuit Anthem Mix)
Shauna Solomon - You Can Get Over (Ralphi Rosario Vox Mix)
Jesika - Come With Me (DJ Volume Break Mix)
Eddie Amador - Psycho X-Girlfriend

Album Description

SCENE is the new dance mix CD series showcasing today's top club and circuit anthems and house favorites. Number one smash hits from Dolce, Faith Trent and Shauna Solomon combined with Eddie Amador, Interflow and EN featuring Ceevox highlight this collection mixed by producer Todd G.

A Festival Song: The Music of Craig Phillips

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And this is only the tip of the iceberg...
A Triumph!

A Festival Song: The Music of Craig Phillips
Choir of All Saints Beverly Hills , Jay Tuttle , and Camille King
Manufacturer: Gothic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00013D4W2
Release Date: 2004-01-06

Tracks:

Song Of Zechariah: Benedictus Dominus Deus
Teach Me, My God And King
Serenade For Horn And Organ
Psalm 34
Pastorale For Bassoon And Organ
The House Of Faith Has Many Rooms
And I Saw The Holy City
Ride On In Majesty
Fanfare For Organ
Keep Watch, Dear Lord
A Song, Without Words For Cello And Organ
A Festival Song

Customer Reviews:

And this is only the tip of the iceberg..........2004-09-20

Craig Phillips is a gifted composer, and this disc reveals only a part of his genius. As a brilliant yet practical organist, he has written a large number of organ works based on hymn tunes that are possibly the finest works in this genre being written today. So many composers are content to just come up with a counter-theme and set the tune pretty much straight through, but Phillips uses the melody as a basis for a work, fragmenting and rhythmically altering it so that you know what the piece is based on without being hit over the head with the tune. And there is a wealth of other very fine choral works that are not recorded here.

But enough about what's not here. What is here is a wonderful recording of much wonderful music. To any choral director contemplating programming the first work, the Benedictus Dominus Deus, be forewarned that you will need to have a fine organist at hand. This is a joyful and exuberant work. It is followed by the more introspective "Teach me my God and King", one of the finest settings of George Herbert poetry around.

I know that some church musicians are a little put off by the text of "The House of Faith has many rooms", because it does not subscribe to the "my way (Jesus) or the highway" approach of some groups. I would only remind them that Jesus said that in his Father's house were many mansions, and that he also said that he had sheep that were "not of this fold" (meaning his followers). It is a beautiful work, and in this time when religious tolerance is much-needed, it has a message that needs to be heard.

"And I saw the holy city" was unpublished (to my disbelief) at the time this recording was issued, but was just released by Oxford University Press this past July (2004). This work is constructed as a great arch, with the capstone being the revelation of "the glory of God". "Ride on, ride on in majesty" underlines the cruel irony of Palm Sunday: the rapturous greetings of the crowd as a prelude to the Crucifixion. Many settings of this text focus on the "majesty" without giving weight to the phrase "in lowly pomp ride on to die." Phillips manages to do both, and in doing so has created a classic Palm Sunday anthem. "Keep watch, dear Lord" is a setting of a prayer often used at Compline in the Episcopal Church, and it seems to evoke a quiet confidence that the prayer will be answered.

It is interesting to me that the three works for instrument and organ all involve instruments that play in the tenor/bass range. I would be interested to know whether that was a function of the availability of musicians to play those parts, or a function of who commissioned the works, or a deliberate timbral choice. While all are fine works that deserve to be heard, I was powerfully struck and profoundly moved by "A Song Without Words for Cello and Organ" composed by Craig in memory of his brother. This is truly a masterpiece, and the publishing industry has lost its collective senses if this does not find a publisher soon.

There are hardly enough superlatives for the music on this disc, and, while the performances were fine, there were a few times when I thought the choir, particularly the sopranos and tenors, took on an edginess in their tone that did not serve the music well. This is music that benefits from a warm choral sound. I suspect that part of the problem was that the conductor prefers a sound with little or no vibrato, and that can lead to stridency in the upper register of all but the very finest singers. A little more red-bloodedness in the singing would not have been amiss.

That said, all I really want to know is when does volume 2 come out? And when will Craig issue a recording of his organ works?

A Triumph!.......2004-02-03

Craig is one of the most gifted, accomplished, and prolific composers in the United States. From the festive opening Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus) to the brilliant closing A Festival Song (text of Walt Whitman, with full orchestra, commissioned by CoroAllegro, Jack Warren Burnam, Music Director), this disc is a stunning treasury of Craig's work. His setting of Psalm 34 is melodic and compelling. A George Herbert text is heard to delightfully gentle music. Carl Daw's inspired text The House of Faith Has Many Rooms receives a sensitive choral treatment. The Revelation verses for the triumphant And I saw the Holy City were set on commission (appropriately) for All Sants' Church; this splended work, now published by Oxford University Press, would be a great addition to an All Saints' Day Sunday service. The Evening Prayer mission collect Keep Watch, Dear Lord would grace a Choral Evensong. The signature Palm Sunday text Ride On in Majesty makes an excellent and largely lyrical anthem, a contrast to any of the competing hymn tunes.

Four wonderful instrumental works provide contrast: a rich Serenade for Horn and Organ, a Pastorale for Bassoon and Organ, a jubilant Fanfare for Organ, and A Song without Words for Cello and Organ (this last written in memory of Craig's brother Brooks). Three of these are (or were at the time of release) unpublished, bu I hope that these eminently usable works will find their way into the repertory. Soloists Paul Klintworth, William Wood, and John Walz (respectively) are all excellent. Craig's musical language is always accessible and appealing, as well as lovingly crafted.

Tracks:

Our Father
I Sacrifice the Voice of the Prodigal Son to You, God
Get Rid of Existing Shortcomings of Fatherly Estate
On the Jordan
As in the Ancient Times
Be Prior to the Divines in Great Daring
Thou Has Vouchsafed the Good Thief the Paradise
Thy Coffin, Thou the Saviour
Oh, Mother of God, Thy Sweet Voice
He Throve Like Phoenix
Oh, Exceeding Glorious Wonder
Be Glad, Life-Giving Cross
He Intricately Prophesied a Lot
Upholder of the Orthodox Faith
Today the Pastor of Kronshtadt
He Has Taken the Divine Grace from Heaven
Thy Last Supper
Come the Lawful Canopy
Under Thy Shelter, Sovereign
House of Ephrathah
May Every Man Begin
Be Glad, Russian Land
Having Fallen Asleep With Flesh
You, Christ, Was the Luminary, Set Before the Sun in the Coffin
Telling Before the Morning, Earlier Than Maria
Angel Cried
From Rising of the Sun Till Its Setting the Name of Lord Is to Be ...
Arise, God

Joy in the House: Songs from Faith Bible Chapel--Page, Arizona

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Joy in the House: Songs from Faith Bible Chapel--Page, Arizona

Manufacturer: John Green Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000AL37TU

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Faith (In the Power of Love)
Rozalla
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

CD Singles | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DSO9
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Faith (In the Power of Love) [7" Mix]
Faith (In the Power of Love) [Technokraft Edit]
Faith (In the Power of Love) [Music Out of Control Mix]
Faith (In the Power of Love) [Space Station Mix]
Faith (In the Power of Love) [12" Mix]
Faith (In the Power of Love) [Technokraft Mix]

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Music Review

Music Review

1. Come into His Presence
2. We Sing Praises
3. Victory Chant
4. We'll Be Faithful
5. Thy Word (Spoken Word)
6. Thy Word
7. I Was Created to Worship
8. Faith to Believe (Spoken Word)
9. Faith to Believe
10. Cover Me Lord
11. Cover Me Lord (Reprise)
12. Lord Thy God
13. There Is None Like You
14. Hallowed Be Your Name
15. Mustard Seed Faith
16. Only Believe (Spoken Word)
17. Only Believe
18. Call of Faith (Spoken Word)
19. I Live by Faith