A Season's Promise

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The towering tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas—these are among the core snapshots of an American Christmas. A holiday that fuses the sacred and secular, high-gloss entertainment and deep spiritual meaning, Christmas in the United States is built on longstanding rituals at the same time as new riffs are continually being invented. It has its own distinct identity, and in one of the most culturally diverse societies on the globe, a Christian holiday has risen as the country’s most prominent.

The striking array of works conducted by Judith Clurman on this recording open a window onto the many facets of a contemporary Christmas. Most of these compositions were first performed at one of the annual Christmas-tree-lighting ceremonies at Lincoln Center, where Clurman has directed music-making since 1992, and many were commissioned for those events.

Tracks:

Ave Maria - Wayne Oquin
While All Things Were in Quiet Silence - Ned Rorem
The Shepherds and the Kings - Ruth Fox Hume and Paul Hume
Carol (Neighbors on this frosty tide) - Joan Morris and William Bolcom
I. Three Nativity Carols: The Holly and the Ivy - Stephen Paulus
II. Three Nativity Carols: This Endris Night - Stephen Paulus
III. Three Nativity Carols: Wonder Tidings - Stephen Paulus
Lo, The Messiah - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
So Blessedly It Sprung - Libby Larsen
O My Deir Hert - Virgil Thomson
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Wishes and Candles - Stephen Paulus
Sing Christmas! - Philip Lasser
Deep in the Night - Jennifer Higdon
Behold the Star - Thomas Cabaniss
A Seasons Promise - Dave Conner
All Together - Lance Horne

Album Description

The towering tree at Rockefeller Center, midnight mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas—these are among the core snapshots of an American Christmas. A holiday that fuses the sacred and secular, high-gloss entertainment and deep spiritual meaning, Christmas in the United States is built on longstanding rituals at the same time as new riffs are continually being invented. It has its own distinct identity, and in one of the most culturally diverse societies on the globe, a Christian holiday has risen as the country's most prominent.

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful affirmation of American invention.......2001-09-30

Judith Clurman knows how to work with singers, and the sound of her chorus is sumptuous on this CD. Just what you might want to have playing as the family is gathering for the holidays. And in a time of questioning and re-examination of what makes us Americans, the fact that this CD represents a wide variety of American composers doing their best to connect to beloved traditions makes this CD a winner. Hats off to New World for making a CD the record companies never would have...

Russian Religious Singing Through The Ages, Volume 5

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Russian Religious Singing Through The Ages, Volume 5

Manufacturer: Russian Season
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000003HY2
Release Date: 1995-10-17

The Feasts Of The Orthodox Liturgical Year

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The Feasts Of The Orthodox Liturgical Year
Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastalsky , Znamenny Chant , Unspecified , Russian Orthodox Chant , Pavel Grigor'yevich Chesnokov , Solovki Chant , Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov , Alexander Nikolsky , The Ural Choir , and Vladislav Novik (choirmaster)
Manufacturer: Russian Season
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000IL62
Release Date: 1999-04-13

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