Canadian Safari / Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Diane Loomer (Director)

Track Listings
1. Fogarty's Cove    
2. The Water is Wide    
3. Vive l'Amour    
4. Away from the Roll of the Sea    
5. Ave Maris Stella    
6. Chi Mi Na Mor Bheanna    
7. Song for the Mira    
8. She's Like the Swallow    
9. Red River Valley    
10. The Carrion Crow    
11. Potlatch Fair    
12. Northwest Passage    
13. Four Strong Winds    
14. Dondaine La Ridaine    
15. Wood River    
16. Oh Mary, Come Home    
17. Grand Hotel    
18. Drunken Sailor    
19. Barrett's Privateers    
20. Make and Break Harbour    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Well known for its imaginative programming, Vancouver based Chor Leoni Men’s Choir has done it again with a new recording entitled Canadian Safari. Director Diane Loomer leads her “choir of lions” on a musical ride across the Canadian landscape in these innovative arrangements of some of Canada’s best loved folk music. Virtually every style of traditional music is represented here: Stan Rogers’ Fogarty’s Cove, Barrett’s Privateers, Northwest Passage and Make and Break Harbour ; Dondaine la Ridaine from Quebec; Connie Kaldor’s Wood River and selections of the best mariner’s songs from both coasts.

Chor Leoni’s entertaining delivery and adventurous approach to choral music has made it one of Canada’s most recognized vocal ensembles. The choir has commissioned, performed and recorded numerous works by Canadian composers and consistently won prizes in the CBC national choral competitions. It has performed with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver New Music Society, and its Remembrance Day and Summer Solstice concerts are highlights of the Vancouver choral calendar.

Canadian Safari / Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Diane Loomer (Director), Music, Anonymous, Connie Kaldor, Alistair MacGillvray, Stan Rogers, American Traditional, British Isles Traditional, Canadian Traditional, Ian Tyson, Henry Clay Work, Diane Loomer, Alex Whittaker, Eric Hominick, Stephen G. Smith, Classical, Classical Vocals, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Vocal, Vocal Music
Canadian Safari / Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Diane Loomer (Director)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great recording of great performances of great arrangements
  • Canadian Safari
 Canadian Safari / Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Diane Loomer (Director)

Manufacturer: Skylark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K2WI
Release Date: 1998-06-01

Tracks:

  1. Fogarty's Cove
  2. The Water is Wide
  3. Vive l'Amour
  4. Away from the Roll of the Sea
  5. Ave Maris Stella
  6. Chi Mi Na Mor Bheanna
  7. Song for the Mira
  8. She's Like the Swallow
  9. Red River Valley
  10. The Carrion Crow
  11. Potlatch Fair
  12. Northwest Passage
  13. Four Strong Winds
  14. Dondaine La Ridaine
  15. Wood River
  16. Oh Mary, Come Home
  17. Grand Hotel
  18. Drunken Sailor
  19. Barrett's Privateers
  20. Make and Break Harbour

Album Description

Well known for its imaginative programming, Vancouver based Chor Leoni Men's Choir has done it again with a new recording entitled Canadian Safari. Director Diane Loomer leads her “choir of lions” on a musical ride across the Canadian landscape in these innovative arrangements of some of Canada's best loved folk music. Virtually every style of traditional music is represented here: Stan Rogers' Fogarty's Cove, Barrett's Privateers, Northwest Passage and Make and Break Harbour ; Dondaine la Ridaine from Quebec; Connie Kaldor's Wood River and selections of the best mariner's songs from both coasts.

Chor Leoni's entertaining delivery and adventurous approach to choral music has made it one of Canada's most recognized vocal ensembles. The choir has commissioned, performed and recorded numerous works by Canadian composers and consistently won prizes in the CBC national choral competitions. It has performed with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver New Music Society, and its Remembrance Day and Summer Solstice concerts are highlights of the Vancouver choral calendar.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great recording of great performances of great arrangements.......2004-10-31

The Chor (Greek for Choir) Leoni (Italian for Lion) have voices and arrangements that are not superficial. While the soloists are not Pavarotti, they are also not Michael Bolton or Justin Timberlake, and when the entire chorus comes in with harmonies as hearty and robust as prime rib, yet as feathery fine as angels wings well.... the effect is musical magic.

I'm interested in all types of music, but there's a special place in my heart for talented musicians who commit themselves to mastery of musical artforms that they KNOW are not going to get them a triple-platinum CD. A capella men's chorus's are a special breed - dating back before sea chanty's all the way to Gregorian chants.

The music here is as varied as music sung by about 25 men without instrumental accompaniment could be. Sometimes it soars. Sometimes it is robust and up-tempo. The old ballads "The Water is Wide" and "Red River Valley" sound like a heavenly host. Robert Shaw's arrangement of "Vive L'Amour" sounds like the musical equivalent of Shakespeare's St. Crispin's Day speech from "Henvy V": full of life and shared accomplishment.

While I don't expect to see Chor Leoni on "The Tonight Show", the listening pleasure I get from this CD tops that of any 10 "Special Musical Guests" on "Tonight" or "Saturday Night Live".

Admittedly, this is music for those with a taste for it - but I get the same kind of thrill hearing a great Mariachi band, or Ray Charles or a great Bluegrass Band like Alison Krauss and Union Station. This is music that is as far removed from the lip-synced techno-pop of today as it can be.

Enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars Canadian Safari.......2002-02-24

Beautiful choral arrangements of songs displaying the rich cultural diversity of music from across Canada. A must for all lovers of choral music. TWO THUMBS UP.
Canadian Safari 2
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Canadian Safari 2

    Manufacturer: Cypress Choral Recordings
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00076T3OQ
    Release Date: 2004-11-04

    Tracks:

    1. Royal Hudson
    2. Rise Again
    3. The Skye Boat Song
    4. The Old "Mayflower"
    5. Watching the Apples Grow
    6. Feller From Fortune
    7. Dondaine la ridaine
    8. Indian Reels
    9. Trinque L'amourette
    10. In the early Morning Rain
    11. The Maple Leaf Forever
    12. Ammazing Grace
    13. All the Diamonds

    Tracks:

    1. The Nancy
    2. Heather Bonn/Island Ferry
    3. The Black Fly Song
    4. April in Whitehorse
    5. The Mary Ellen Carter
    6. Blow the Wind Southerly
    7. Springtime In Alberta
    8. Frobisher Bay
    9. The Field Behind the Plow
    10. Kettle Valley Railroad
    11. Williams Lake Stampede
    12. Canadian Pacific

    Album Description

    Canadian Safari 2 is a two disk set full of folk music from Canada that reflects Canadian culture with insight and humour. The songs are great music, fun to sing and hear, and are quintessentially Canadian. This music reflects common events in the course of our lives - often with an ironinc poke at the establishment. Sung by Canada's internationally renown Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Canadian Safari 2 presents a plethora of audience favorites.

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