Bel Canto - Magnificat

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Album Description
A Classics Today Feature Selection! If you've heard this choir before, you know what to expect here: lustrous ensemble sound, crisp, clear, clean articulation, irresistible rhythmic energy, keen intonation, and impressive command of some very challenging music. In this two-disc program (35 works) we're treated to five Magnificats, all different in style--from chant and early-20th-century settings to more "modern" versions by Herbert Sumsion, Swedish composer Agneta Sköld, and conductor Z. Randall Stroope--as well as a widely varied array of original and arranged works for treble voices. A chamber orchestra and various other instruments (harp, organ, saxophone) accompany the choir for some selections, and an adult ensemble joins Bel Canto for what may be the best-on-disc rendition of the oft-performed Ave Maria by Franz Biebl. Just listen to these young virtuosos nail every note and rhythm of Holst's furious little gem God of Fire. A must for choral fans! – David Vernier

Bel Canto - Magnificat, Music, Jerald DeVore, Mark Motycka, Vaclovas Augustinas, Franz Biebl, Michael Braz, Herbert Brewer, English Chant, Gregorian Chant, David Childs, Ronald Corp, Leo Delibes, Gabriel Faure, Baldassare Galuppi, Umberto Giordano, Paul Halley, George Frideric Handel, Hildegard of Bingen, Gustav Holst, Ron Jeffers, Josef Karai, Pekka Kostiainen, Simon Lindley, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gyorgy Orban, Plainchant, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Agneta Skold, Randall Stroope, Herbert Sumsion, Giuseppe Verdi, David Willcocks, Randall Stroope, Erica Overmeyer, Leslie Pieper-McQueen, Kathleen Wychulis, Valerie Shields, Jennifer Johnson, Michael McCabe, Peggy Graf, Yulia Kalashnikova, Jennifer Novak-Haar, Peggy Schmitz, Teri Heil, Andrea Montgomery, Sara Cowan, Brittany Stroope, Darren Petit
Bel Canto - Magnificat
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 Bel Canto - Magnificat

Manufacturer: NCC
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000V8G28
Release Date: 2003-10-01

Tracks:

  1. Magnificat
  2. Hodie Christus Natus Est
  3. Psalm
  4. Dixit Dominus
  5. Dixit Dominus
  6. Dixit Dominus
  7. Magnificat
  8. Magnificat
  9. Magnificat
  10. Magnificat
  11. 'Agnus Dei' From Winter's Dream
  12. Ave Maria
  13. Jubilate Deo
  14. O Vivens Fons
  15. In Paradisum
  16. 'Agnus Dei' From Coronation Mass
  17. There Is No Rose
  18. Magnificat
  19. Agnus Dei
  20. Lauda Sion
  21. Ave Verum
  22. God Of Fire (To Agni)

Tracks:

  1. Magnificat
  2. Alleluja
  3. Ave Maria
  4. Jaakobin Pojat
  5. Inscription Of Hope
  6. The Lord Bless You And Keep You
  7. Missa Brevis
  8. Missa Brevis
  9. Magnificat
  10. 'Ombra Mai Fu' From Serse
  11. 'O Pastorelle Addio' From Andrea Chenier
  12. 'Verdi Prati' From Alcina
  13. 'Dome Epais' From Lakme
  14. 'Witches Chorus' From Macbeth
  15. Under The Greenwood Tree
  16. Weep No More
  17. Les Nymphes Des Bois
  18. The Paint Box
  19. Trepute Martele

Album Description

A Classics Today Feature Selection! If you've heard this choir before, you know what to expect here: lustrous ensemble sound, crisp, clear, clean articulation, irresistible rhythmic energy, keen intonation, and impressive command of some very challenging music. In this two-disc program (35 works) we're treated to five Magnificats, all different in style--from chant and early-20th-century settings to more "modern" versions by Herbert Sumsion, Swedish composer Agneta Sköld, and conductor Z. Randall Stroope--as well as a widely varied array of original and arranged works for treble voices. A chamber orchestra and various other instruments (harp, organ, saxophone) accompany the choir for some selections, and an adult ensemble joins Bel Canto for what may be the best-on-disc rendition of the oft-performed Ave Maria by Franz Biebl. Just listen to these young virtuosos nail every note and rhythm of Holst's furious little gem God of Fire. A must for choral fans! - David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A must have ..........2004-09-14

Simply put, this is one of the finest recordings you will ever hear in its genre. Bel Canto is a world class children's choir, as is evident on every track of this disc. The 2-disc set includes many original compositions by Dr. Z. Randall Stroope, including "There Is No Rose" and "Psalm 23", as well as "Magnificats" from several composers from both the U.S. and abroad. The recording of Biebl's "Ave Maria", in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Omaha Concert Choir, is simply second to none. If you think you know what a children's choir sounds like, then try this CD. You're in for a surprise ...

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