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Kofi

by: Donald Byrd

Release Date June 17, 2008
This album is some of the funkiest jazz I have ever heard. This album is to die for, the bass lines are superb, the flute playing in suave' and Byrd's timing is out of this world. Occasionally I have a few long night drives through the darkness and this album is absolutely perfect.... it makes one feel like a "mean sort of cool" and would be perfect for a good movie score. Insanely terrific.

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King David

by: Honegger

Release Date March 23, 1999
I sang with a chorus that performed this years ago and wanted an English version; I already had the Dutoit CD. Most of the recording was okay; the narrator was very good and parts of the orchestra. Unfortunately, the final movement just "comes apart". It's probably my favorite, and trademark Honnegger; I was so dissatisfied, I immediately had to get out the Dutoit and listen to the finale.

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Flight into Egypt/The Natural World/Concerto for Double Brass Choir and Orchestra

from: New World Records

Release Date December 08, 1992
I sang with a chorus that performed this years ago and wanted an English version; I already had the Dutoit CD. Most of the recording was okay; the narrator was very good and parts of the orchestra. Unfortunately, the final movement just "comes apart". It's probably my favorite, and trademark Honnegger; I was so dissatisfied, I immediately had to get out the Dutoit and listen to the finale.

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Sing We Noel: Choral Music From Saint John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver

from: Delos Records

Release Date July 06, 1994
This choir is terrific and I highly recommend this CD. Their is a bunch of great Christmas songs on it and the Choir sound terrific as well as the organist. Their is traditional and some not so traditional songs for Christmas on this CD. The quality is very good. the songs are great and it brings you in the Christmas mood. I would highly recommend this CD to anybody who is looking to add to their Christmas music collection.

Sincerely, Jason Pielak.

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Sing We Merrily: Choral Music from St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver

from: Delos Records

Release Date December 11, 1992
This choir is terrific and I highly recommend this CD. Their is a bunch of great Christmas songs on it and the Choir sound terrific as well as the organist. Their is traditional and some not so traditional songs for Christmas on this CD. The quality is very good. the songs are great and it brings you in the Christmas mood. I would highly recommend this CD to anybody who is looking to add to their Christmas music collection.

Sincerely, Jason Pielak.

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Hovhaness: Magnificat Op157; Symphony No12

from: Delos Records

Release Date July 18, 1995
Here we have a religion-based symphony (with features of a tone poem), beautifully sung and played along with a number of other religious short vocal works. Hovhaness's oriental techniques focus more on "the journey" than they do on "the destination". He presents us here with a celebration of the mysterious and mystical rites, transcending materialism. You do not have to be a particularly religious person to much enjoy these compositions.

The focus of this body of work manifests the spirituality of ancient and Byzantine Christianity, favoring the community rather than the individual. The music, overall, is a nice blend of harmony, melody, and occasional dissonance.

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Flashbacks: Music by Mario Davidovsky

from: Bridge

Release Date June 27, 2000
Davidovsky's music is startling in its use of the opposites. Precision on the micro-level is frequently juxtaposed with spontaneous formal and dramatic designs. You will find yourself listening again and again to these works.

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America: The Golden Dream

from: Delos Records

Release Date June 18, 1996
Davidovsky's music is startling in its use of the opposites. Precision on the micro-level is frequently juxtaposed with spontaneous formal and dramatic designs. You will find yourself listening again and again to these works.

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Emily Dickinson a Different Slant of Light

from: Capstone

Release Date April 30, 2002
Davidovsky's music is startling in its use of the opposites. Precision on the micro-level is frequently juxtaposed with spontaneous formal and dramatic designs. You will find yourself listening again and again to these works.

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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

by: Choir of St. John's Cathedral - Denver Colorado, Donald Pearson

Release Date September 15, 1998
Having owned this CD for several years now, I've easily listened to it over a hundred times. Additionally, as an organist and choir director, I have gone to great lengths to purchase and perform several of the pieces with my groups, namely: Bring A Torch, Mid-Winter, My Dancing Day, Betelehemu, He Is Born, Do You Hear What I Hear?(hint: look for Oxford's OOP supplier), and Joy To The World.

I've recommended this recording to several people and all have echoed my sentiments, just as my choir members and congregants have thoroughly enjoyed the repertoire I've taken from it.

For those for whom only Handel "Messiah" or Bach "Christmas Oratorio" suffices as Christmas choral repertoire, this recording may not suffice: the program ... Read More: