Home to Thanksgiving

Track Listings
1. Rainbow: Tis By Thy Strength The Mountains Stand    
2. Colchester: O 'Twas A Joyful Sound To Hear    
3. The Apple Tree    
4. O Quanta Qualia    
5. Schenectady: From All That Dwell Below The Skies    
6. Thanksgiving Anthem: O Praise The Lord Of Heaven    
7. Brigg Fair    
8. Audivi Vocem    
9. The Year Begins To Be Ripe    
10. Benedicamus Domino    
11. Jordan: There Is A Land Of Pure Delight    
12. Worcester: How Beauteous Are Their Feet    
13. Benedictus    
14. Epithalamica    
15. It Was Summer Now    
16. The Keel Row II    
17. Give Good Gifts One To Another    
18. Chester: Let The Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod    
19. Evening Hymn: The Day Is Past And Gone    

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
An album celebrating harvest's end, Home to Thanksgiving is a harvest itself, selected from nearly a dozen Hillier CDs. The only thing that suffered as the result of Paul Hillier's separation from the Hilliard Ensemble was his albums' graphic design. By leaving Hilliard, the men's vocal group he'd helmed, Hillier abandoned the elegant packaging afforded him by ECM Records. On ECM, his penchant for plainchant was matched by stark photography, lending a steady visual horizon while his group darted maverickly between liturgical music and Arvo Pärt's minimalism.

Somehow at Harmonia Mundi, a new Hillier collection calls for a Currier and Ives painting. So be it. Hillier listeners understand that no marketing feat can fill the gaps that punctuate the 12th-century "O quanta qualia"; only a faith in his distinct musical agenda (or, perhaps, His) can bridge such pauses. There is communal cheer ("The Apple Tree," dating from the Revolution, has a catchy chorus), but it's tempered by introversion. Secular Puritan John Cage shows up, having set lyrics by Thoreau. That follows a 16th-century snippet of Thomas Tallis, and is followed itself by a 12th-century piece that attenuates 13 syllables of benediction for over four minutes. Currier and Ives may greet listeners at the cabin door, but Hillier waits inside with a sermon straight out of Jonathan Edwards. --Marc Weidenbaum

Home to Thanksgiving, Music, Paul Hillier, Anonymous, Italian Anonymous, William Billings, John Cage, Paul Hillier, Jeremiah Ingalls, Nehemiah Shumway, Howard Skempton, Timothy Swan, Thomas Tallis, William Tans'ur, English Traditional, Elisha West, Abraham Wood, Andrew Lawrence-King, Alan Bennett, Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier, Theatre Of Voices, His Majestie's Clerkes, Andrew Lawrence-King, Choral, Choral Music, Christmas / Chanukkah, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Mass Section, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Renaissance Motet, Vocal, Vocal Music
Home To Thanksgiving
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good Thanksgiving Album
 Home To Thanksgiving

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0006IC400

Product Description

An attractive selection of music befitting Thanksgiving, drawn from Paul Hillier's many successful Harmonia Mundi USA recordings, these songs of thanks and praise include works from the American shape-note tradition blended with music of the 20th century and medieval chant.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Thanksgiving Album.......2005-11-20

"Home to Thanksgiving" is a good collection of mostly A Capella hymns and carols for Thanksgiving, with a harp and piano here and there. It is essentially a compilation of music from various albums on the Harmonia Mundi label.

The CD's mood ranges from happiness of thanksgiving and harvest to a more somber mood of days past and things forgotten. The A Capella and solo voices more effectively convey the feeling of each piece than an orchestra or pipe organ accompaniment could manage. To simplify, there is nothing like the human voice to bring out the full emotion of music, consisting of shape-note singing, solos, medieval chants and rounds. Musical instruments make only brief appearances.

Although not in a jewel case, the CD is enclosed in a well-made jacket with a booklet (printed on high-quality glossy paper) containing full lyrics and Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation from October 1863.

This CD will bring out the true meaning of Thanksgiving in all its forms.


Songs of the Heart Heaven & Home
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    		Songs of the Heart Heaven & Home

    Manufacturer: Major & Lynn Beckman Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000CA6V74
    Release Date: 2004-11-02
    Home to Thanksgiving
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Truly joyous music
    		 Home to Thanksgiving
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    Tracks:

    1. Timothy Swan: Rainbow: 'Tis By Thy Strength The Mountains Stand'
    2. William Tans'ur: Colchester: 'O 'twas a joyful sound to hear'
    3. Jeremiah Ingalls: The Apple Tree
    4. Peter Abelard: 0 quanta qualia
    5. Nehemiah Shumway: Schenectady: 'From All That Dwell Below The Skies'
    6. William Billings: Thanksgiving Anthem: 'O Praise The Lord Of Heaven'
    7. William Billings: Brigg Fair (Harp Solo), Traditional
    8. Thomas Tallis: Audivi vocem
    9. John Cage: The Year Begins to Be Ripe
    10. Benedicamus Domino
    11. William Billings: Jordan: 'There Is A Land Of Pure Delight'
    12. Abram Wood: Worcester: 'How Beauteous Are Their Feet'
    13. Thomas Tallis: Benedictus
    14. Peter Abelard: Epithalamica
    15. It was summer now
    16. The Keel Row II (harp solo) Howard Skempton
    17. Give good gifts one to another
    18. William Billings: Chester: 'Let The Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod'
    19. Elisha West: Evening Hymn: 'The Day Is Past And Gone'

    Amazon.com

    An album celebrating harvest's end, Home to Thanksgiving is a harvest itself, selected from nearly a dozen Hillier CDs. The only thing that suffered as the result of Paul Hillier's separation from the Hilliard Ensemble was his albums' graphic design. By leaving Hilliard, the men's vocal group he'd helmed, Hillier abandoned the elegant packaging afforded him by ECM Records. On ECM, his penchant for plainchant was matched by stark photography, lending a steady visual horizon while his group darted maverickly between liturgical music and Arvo Pärt's minimalism.

    Somehow at Harmonia Mundi, a new Hillier collection calls for a Currier and Ives painting. So be it. Hillier listeners understand that no marketing feat can fill the gaps that punctuate the 12th-century "O quanta qualia"; only a faith in his distinct musical agenda (or, perhaps, His) can bridge such pauses. There is communal cheer ("The Apple Tree," dating from the Revolution, has a catchy chorus), but it's tempered by introversion. Secular Puritan John Cage shows up, having set lyrics by Thoreau. That follows a 16th-century snippet of Thomas Tallis, and is followed itself by a 12th-century piece that attenuates 13 syllables of benediction for over four minutes. Currier and Ives may greet listeners at the cabin door, but Hillier waits inside with a sermon straight out of Jonathan Edwards. --Marc Weidenbaum

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Truly joyous music.......2005-10-27

    This is a wonderful collection of music for thanksgiving - not just for the holiday, but for everyday. From the energetic opening, "Tis By Thy Strength The Mountains Stand", to the haunting "Evening Hymn" at close, this music is pure joy to listen to. The styles are quite varied and cover everything from plainchant to a somewhat modern take on Thoreau, and it is all very well performed. It is music that sends the soul soaring in thanksgiving to God.

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