GIA Music Education Catalog ? 2011 - GIA Publications

Instrumental Choral Music Music New Releases
“...a magnificent outpouring of intimate and
forceful choral artistry.”
—Gramophone
Angels in the
Architecture
Choral Music of Bartok, Britten, Erb,
Henson, Lauridsen, MacMillan,
Mendelssohn, Sandstrom, Sisask,
Stravinsky, and Whitbourn
The Voices of Anam Cara
James Jordan, Conductor
Ken Cowan, organ
 • Eric Schweingruber, trumpet
 • Marilyn Shenenberger, piano
Premiere recording of Blake Henson’s “My Flight from Heaven”
In this brilliant audiophile recording from James Jordan and The Voices
of Anam Cara (composed of singers from Jordan’s Westminster ensemble,
The Westminster Williamson Voices), it is truly the angels that are in the details.
Jordan selects his favorite works by the great masters of choral composition…and
then pairs each work to its ideal acoustical environment. The choir is joined on the
recording by organ virtuoso Ken Cowan and Eric Schweingruber, trumpet.
The seven-second reverb in the Immaculate Conception Church in Trenton,
New Jersey, and the pristine resonances of the Lawrenceville School Chapel, the
Girard College Chapel, the Philadelphia Cathedral, and St. Clement’s Church in
Philadelphia provide the stunning acoustics for this musical and sonic adventure.
This recording includes two works by Moses Hogan, “Wade in the Water” and
“Ole Time Religion,” a tribute to Hogan’s musical genius. The premiere recording of
“My Flight for Heaven” by Blake Henson is destined to be a classic. This recording also
includes one of the rare recordings of the choral masterpiece by Sandstrom, a mystical
setting of “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.
Works by Morten Lauridsen (Sure on This Shining Night), James Whitbourn
(Hodie), James MacMillan (In Splendoribus Sanctorum), Felix Mendelssohn (Psalm
100), and other master composers make this an essential recording for any lover of
the choral arts.
Contents: My Flight for Heaven (Blake Henson) • Jauchzet dem Herrn (Mendelssohn)
• In Slendoribus Sanctorum (Macmillan) • Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming
(Sandström) • Oremus from Glrioa Patri: 24 Hymns for Mixed Choir (Sisask) •
Pater Noster (Stravinsky) • Four Slovak Folk Songs (Bartok) • Wade in the Water
(Hogan) • Ole Time Religion (Hogan) • Sure on This Shining Night (Lauridsen) •
Shenandoah (Erb) • The Birds (Britten) • Hodie (Whitbourn).
CD-837 Compact disc .............................................$15.95
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