GIA Music Education Catalog ? 2011 - GIA Publications

Innisfree
Choral Music of Hope,
Dreams, and Living
Featuring the voices of Anam Cara
James Jordan, Conductor
Choral/Vocal
Audiophile-quality recordings of some of the best choral music by top choral
composers, conducted and performed by premier choirs
Musicks Empire
North Texas Chamber Choir
and the University of North Texas A Cappella Choir
Jerry McCoy, conductor • Ling Yu Kan, pianist
This second release in the GIA ChoralWorks Series is
a captivating choral recording that simply makes great
listening. The selections on Musicks Empire speak for
themselves, an engaging mixture of contemporary
writing as well as timeless classics.
Listen to samples from this recording at www.
giamusic.com.
Dr. Jerry McCoy is conductor of the North Texas
Chamber Choir, the Texas Choral Artists, and the
UNT A Cappella Choir. He is president-elect of the
American Choral Directors Association.
CD-710 Compact disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.95
In Yeats’s poem, the Irish island of Innisfree was a place to contemplate the meaning of
one’s life. Music, if it is to have any value, must make our living better. Each piece on this
recording possesses this magical quality to teach us how to live: “Amazing Grace,” which
was born out of human despair, shows us that faith, hope, and belief can help even the
most darkened spirit. Morten Lauridsen’s “O magnum mysterium” shows us in sound the
awe and wonder of things we cannot explain but can experience. All works were recorded
in the acoustically spectacular Philadelphia Cathedral.
Contents: Britten: A New Year Carol; Custer: Innisfree (G-7005); Lauridsen: O magnum
mysterium; Hassler: Verbum caro factum est (G-7037); Gibbons: The Silver Swan; Copland:
Sing Ye Praises to Our King; Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden; Brahms: Geistliches Lied,
Op. 30 (G-6480); Sweelinck: Venite exultemus Domino (G-5930); Schein: Christ lag in
Todesbanden; Leavitt: Ose Shalom; Dilworth: I’ve Been ’Buked, Children!; Churchill: Black
Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair; Ames: Choral Reflection on Amazing Grace (G-5926,
G-7198); Ames: Down by the Riverside.
CD-723 Compact disc .............................................$15.95
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