A Choral Tapestry

Track Listings

1. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel

2. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel

3. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel

4. Agnus Dei - William Byrd

5. Easter Anthem - William Billings

6. My Heart Is Longing - arr. Leland Sateren

7. Salmo 150 - Ernani Aguira

8. O Sacrum Convivium - Peter Mathews

9. Pinsesalme: Velsignede Morgen - Edvard Grieg

10. Cantate Domino - David Conte

11. Veni, Creator Spiritus - Richard Marlow

12. O Day Full of Grace - arr. F. Melius Christiansen

13. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings

14. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings

15. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings

16. Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt

17. Pal Pa Haugen - arr. Bradley Ellingboe

18. Jamaican Market Place - arr. Larry Farrow

19. O Sifuni Mungu - arr. David Maddux

20. Every Time I Think About Jesus - arr. L.L. Fleming

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
A mosaic of choral treasures featuring music of the European tradition, contemporary American composers, and multicultural folk music.

Tracks:

O Lucidissima
Novi Sideris Lumen Respenduit
O Cruor Sanguinis
Deus Misertus Hominis
O Tu Illustrata
Flos Ut Rosa Floruit
O Viridissima Virga
I. Song To The Creator
II. Song Of The Virgin To Her Son
III. Song To The Virgin
Nunc Gaudeant
O Eterne Deus
Ave Maris Stella
O Nobilissima Viriditas

Customer Reviews:

Insane or a Saint?.......2000-11-03

I first became of aware of the controversial seeress and prophetess Hildegard von Bingen a few years back and was fascinated and further explored her life. Critisized by many as nothing more than a mentally and physically tortured soul who suffered from hallucinations and hailed by many as a medieval saint whose visions, life and writings were inspired by divine intervention. Take a listen to this CD, which is based on her "Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelation" and there can be no doubt. Take a listen and you be the judge. The theme of this music is light and the sound is sheer beauty. The music is vocalized by a group of women called "Tapestry" and they weave magic with their voices. The harmonizing and solo performances are extraordinary and inspirational. Upon listening you wil forget that you are listening to four voices, the music makes you forget all as the "light' fills your mind and you transend worldly distractions. The fact that you are listening to voices only is astounding alone because the voice captures your attention and has you so focused that you do not notice the absence of musical accompanyment. Our modern ears are used to hearing musical accompanyment with vocals so it is very refreshing to hear this musical bliss. This is medieval chant that is performed with ecstatic intensity. Like much of the medieval music that uses unmeasured chants, Hildegard's music displays unique and wonderful expressions of pacing and expression. A special cycle of motets are written for "Tapestry" to perform on this CD entitled"Circling Wheel" with text by Hildegard, in Latin as she never set them to music. The hour long medieval experience is unique and an experience that is quite heavenly. As intended, "Celestial Light" fills you with light. File this under otherworldly and inspirational, music that is good for your soul.

Peaceful, soothing, one of the best........1999-06-19

An excellent way to begin sampling Hildegarde von Bingen. This is a simply luscious CD--not so soothing as to be downright bland, but serene and intricate at the same time.

Tapestry: Song of Songs Come into My Garden

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Tapestry: Song of Songs Come into My Garden

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Tapestry: Fourth River: Millennium Revealed
Sapphire Night

ASIN: B000007OMC
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

I. Surge, Propera Amica Mea
II. Descendi In Hortum Meum
III. Ego Dilecto Meo
Yo M'Asento En Mi Ventana
Rex Solomon
Hebrew Cantillation (Uri Tsafon)
Awake, North Wind
Hebrew Cantillation (Shir Hashirim)
Shir Hashirim
Hebrew Cantillation (Hinach Yafah)
O Ecclesia
Hebrew Cantillation (Yonati B'Chagvey)
Dodi Li
Osculetur Me
Hebrew Cantillation (Hishbati Etchem)
Dilectus Meus
Hebrew Cantillation (Kol Dodi)
Una Matica De Ruda
Set Me As A Seal Upon Thy Heart

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Great playing plus a cover of Kashmir - how can you go wrong?

Matt Haimovitz: Goulash
Matt Haimovitz , Bela Bartok , Matt Constantinople / Haimovitz , and Matt DJ Olive / Haimovitz
Manufacturer: Oxingale Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The 20th-Century Cello
Matt Haimovitz - Mozart The Mason
Anthem
Deviations
Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre

ASIN: B000B6FXVY
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

Led Zeppelin: Kashmir
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - I. Joc cu b
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - II. Br
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - III. Pe loc
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - IV. Buciumeana
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - V. Poarga romsca
B BartRomanian Folk Dances - VI. Maruntel
DJ Olive/Matt Haimovitz: Goulash
Adrian Pop: Gordun
Osvaldo Golijov: Oraciucum
Gy Ligeti: Sonata for Violoncello Solo - I. Dialogo
Gy Ligeti: Sonata for Violoncello Solo - II. Capriccio
B Bart1st Rhapsody for Violin and Piano - Prima parte (lass
B Bart1st Rhapsody for Violin and Piano - Seconda parte (friss)
Constantinople/Matt Haimovitz: Menevse
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Ruthenian kolomejka
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Walachian Song
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Mosquito Dance
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Arabian Song
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Sorrow
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Teasing Song
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Bagpipes (variant)
B BartSuite from 44 Duos - Dance from Mmaros
DJ Olive/Matt Haimovitz: Trans

Album Description

Celebrating Bartók's fascination with the folk music of Transylvania, Hungary, Romania and Turkey, Haimovitz delves into his own Romanian/Middle Eastern ancestry to create a sonic tapestry that bridges genres, geographic distances and cultures. Working with legendary guitarist John McLaughlin and cutting-edge turntablist DJ Olive, up-and-coming talents such as Montreal's early Mediterranean/contemporary music ensemble, Constantinople, and Haimovitz's newly founded all-cello band, UCCELLO, Haimovitz explores the different facets of his musicianship as soloist, improviser, ensemble leader and collaborator.

Customer Reviews:

Great playing plus a cover of Kashmir - how can you go wrong?.......2007-01-23

I'm a fan of Cello music and this is VERY well played and a really wide variety of stuff which is a good thing. I've got nothing against the standard catalog of music but it's good to get outside the box.

PLUS it's got a rockin' all cello cover of Led Zepplin's Kashmir - so how can you go wrong?

Tapestry: Fourth River: Millennium Revealed

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Fan from the Heartland
Gorgeous CD
It's not Hildegard, but it's wonderful
Laurie, Cristi and Daniela's Voices Soar
It's not Hildegard

Tapestry: Fourth River: Millennium Revealed

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Angeli: Music of Angels

ASIN: B000035X5C
Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

Michael
Zatrudil Sa E Sam Gospot
Arkhangelos
The Fourth River
O Roma Nobilis
Sol Eclypsim
Mundus Vergens
B'rosh Hashanah/Ut'Shuvah, Ut'filah
Love's Apocalypse
O Choruscans Lux
Dance Of Life
O Virtus Sapientie
Angelus Sum Thronorum
O Admirabile Veneris Idolum
Unetaneh Tokef
Omnes Sancti Seraphim
At the Last Day

Customer Reviews:

Fan from the Heartland.......2000-04-18

The Fourth River is a a beautiful recording. I enjoyed it so much I purchased ten copies for my friends. I love the sound of Tapestry and the blending of the voices. The Fourth River is a joy to the ear and the soul. I hope Tapestry will be recording another CD soon!

Gorgeous CD.......2000-04-16

This gorgeous CD by Tapestry is superb on many levels, including that it avoids what I dislike about certain female ensembles: wimpiness. Tapestry's spot-on and intense renderings of music spanning 8 centuries is challenging, beautiful, informed, and imaginative. May they continue the great work for a long time to come.

It's not Hildegard, but it's wonderful.......2000-04-16

Unlike 'A Music Fan' (who can't spell Bingen) I found 'The Fourth River' entrancing from start to finish. I'm not sure what a modern extension of Hildegard's musical type is - what is a 'musical type' and how does one extend it? - but I found this CD to be full of mellifluous, uplifting and life-enhancing music. Try as I might, I couldn't find any screeching and cacophanous (sic.) is the last word I would use to describe the music, and the singing, on this CD. If 'A Music Fan' wanted Hildegard, why didn't he/she buy a Hildegard CD. It's a bit like complaining that Nine Inch Nails aren't Mozart......

Laurie, Cristi and Daniela's Voices Soar.......2000-04-15

It is a privilege to live in the same city that Tapestry calls home, since I can see/hear them perform in person. But for all those times when they are performing in other places I can always put on one of their beautiful CDs. Their latest, The Fourth River, is a feast for the ears and I play it over and over. You will too! Buy it today, you'll be glad you did.

It's not Hildegard.......2000-03-24

I was, hopefully, expecting a modern extension of Hildegard of Bingan's musical type and style, but instead was subjected to an amateurish rendering, complete with near-screeching and cacophanous harmonies. I can't wait to trade it in for some Hildegard!

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Angeli: Music of Angels

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Sapphire Night
Tapestry: Fourth River: Millennium Revealed

ASIN: B000003D2A
Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

Salve Virgo Virginum
I. Seraphim
II. Michael
III. Lucis Angeli
O Lilium Convallium
Custos Desertorum
Ego Sum Custos Angela
O Vos Angeli
Au Renouvel
Gaude Maria
Te Domine/Te Dominum
Sanctus Christe Yerarchia
O Gloriosissimi Lux

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If you like Anonymous 4 you'll love Tapestry!

Sapphire Night
Hildegard Von Bingen , Tapestry , and Patricia Van Ness
Manufacturer: MD&G Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tapestry: Song of Songs Come into My Garden
Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy
An Ancient Muse

ASIN: B00011UZZI
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Hildegard von Bingen: O Frondens Virga
Hildegard von Bingen: Karitas Habundant
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Nos sumus Custodes Angeli
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Archangelus
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Sum Anael ex Septimi Chori
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Angeli Potestatis
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Raphael sum Virtutum
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angel - Dominationes
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Angelus sum Thronorum
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Angeli ab lacrimis Michaelis
Patricia Van Ness: The Nine Orders of the Angels - Michael sum Seraphim
Hildegard von Bingen: O Euchari, Columba / In Matutinis Laudibus
Hildegard von Bingen: Studium Divinitatis
Hildegard von Bingen: Unde Quocumque
Hildegard von Bingen: De Patria
Hildegard von Bingen: Et Ideo Puelle
Hildegard von Bingen: Columba Aspexit
Anonymous: O Gloriosa

Customer Reviews:

If you like Anonymous 4 you'll love Tapestry!.......2004-01-27

This amazing collection of vocal music by the Boston based vocal group from Boston. They perform music by Hildegard von Bingen as well as music written in the Hildegard style by modern composer Patricia Van Ness. This collection is well sung and perfectly suited to listening to during these stressed out times. This is now a permanent addition to my CD player.

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It's About Values, a fan review for "Don't You Know"
Don't You Know
Good But It's Not Batdorf&Rodney !!!!
Missing the energy
You guys are right!

Don't You Know
Batdorf & McLean
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Off the Shelf
Life Is You

ASIN: B00000586M
Release Date: 1997-07-22

Tracks:

She's The Girl
It's Not Love
Forgiveness
I Will Not Be Afraid
It's Only My Heart
Promised Land
Don't You Know
Never Had To Ask
Haertbeat Away
How Much Rain
Let It Go

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It's About Values, a fan review for "Don't You Know" .......2005-11-05

You live your life, day-to-day. Sometimes it's not easy and sometimes it's easier. You can go on for a very long time, just putting one foot in front of the other, your head down to the elements, just to survive and keep the people and things in your life who/that mean the most to you. But sometimes it gets really difficult. Sometimes we need inspiration. That's where the music comes in.

This CD - and, I'm discovering, most of the music composed in partnership by John Batdorf and Michael McLean - is about values, morals and ethics, accentuating the `good' in life; an all-encompassing value I can get along with.

I've said once before, in another review, that I am a lyrics fiend. I will be predisposed to liking a song if I read the lyrics and they go along with either my beliefs or my values or hit a chord from something in my life that rings true. It's the lyrics that draw me in. A song can be pretty as all get out, but if the words suck? You won't hear/see me wasting my time with it.

Sometimes you'll hear a lyric that will just be so brilliant that you can't help but note and remember it. Such is the case with the song that starts off this CD, "She's the Girl". Whoever was lucky enough to have this song written for her, wow, okay? The lyrics in here are lovely and my especial favorite is "she's the brush strokes in every Monet" ... being a Monet fan and having been to the gardens that inspired his brushstrokes, well ... what a high compliment.

The brilliant lyrics don't stop here. No, they keep going all throughout the CD, song by song, and that's one of the things that make 'Don't You Know' one of my newest favorites.

There's something about this CD that tells me that you can't "get it" with regard to the emotions and values put forth here unless you've lived some. To back up this thought is the second song, "It's Not Love", which isn't something you're going to really understand unless you'd been there and done that and made it last. It just makes sense. Infatuation, lust, and other possible beginnings to a relationship just don't become real love until the two of you have been at the starting line, run the race, stumbled, fallen and helped each other up and strove to finish the race together.

And then comes "Forgiveness" and here comes another value that may be difficult for many of us, including myself. This is a pretty awesome song and I often wonder about its origins; however, it's fairly generalized. Like I said at the beginning of this paragraph, forgiveness is one of the hardest things to conquer. I have a fence or two in my own background that never really got mended and may never get that repair in the traditional sense. Sometimes, though, you just have to walk away and let it go (but that's another song ... funnily enough, on this very CD!).

After which comes "I Will Not Be Afraid" which now ranks up there with my top favorite songs of all time. When I first heard the song and then bought the CD it became a very big help to me at the time. It remains my belief that certain songs come into your life exactly when you need them and that's what happened with this one. I think I may have worn this track thin. The other impressive thing about this song is that I have noticed that it is on all three available Batdorf and McLean CD's, and John almost always plays it during his live solo spots.

Walking away after you've had your heart broken has never - in my experience - been defined so well in a song until I heard "It's Only My Heart". In my experience, however, I have tended to be the heartbreaker. Which doesn't make the experience any easier; it still hurts, either way. There was one instance that has affected my entire life afterwards. And when I remember how hard it was for him ... I can listen to this song now and understand what he went through. At the same time, I can hear this song from either direction, and understand the pain.

"Promised Land". This is the only song on this CD that skates a little too close to things I'd rather not discuss in public. My promised land is probably a whole helluva lot different from yours. However, the song does address this in sort of an abstract fashion. It's personal. It's inside you. There's no address. You don't have to go to a concrete building and hobnob with costumes and ancient rituals to find it. And that's all I'm going to say about that (because I've probably already said too much already).

"Don't You Know", "Never Had to Ask", and "Heartbeat Away" are three songs that have held up my writing of this review and I realized that it's because I like to listen to them but they're less meaningful to me at the moment than the other songs herein. They're experiences I haven't been close to in a while, so the songs kind of fall across me like mild water until I get to the ones that mean a lot to me.

"How Much Rain". This song comes as close to sarcasm as I've ever heard from John. However, I like it a lot, and it probably defines why the previous three songs don't really make that much of a difference for me right now. For the past 25-odd years I've approached life from a business- and caretaker- perspective. It feels right to me if I'm taking care of my friends and, in reverse, when those people that I count as friends have made a difference for me. But for anyone to try and go deeper than that - well, that's where this song comes in - no one can count that high, no one can go that deep, and no one should even try.

"Let It Go" is the final song on this CD and what a wrap-up to a whole boatload of emotions and inspiration. It does my soul good to know that something that came hard won to me after many years of guilt and soul-searching, is not the mistake that people outside of the experience always told me it was. Sometimes you just have to forgive yourself and then you just have to have the courage to walk away. Forgiveness is not necessarily the same as letting it go; but when you finally do allow yourself the freedom to let go, no matter how painful, you can move forward with your life. Oh, yeah, I've been there once or twice, and learned from it. So it's soul-satisfying to hear "Let It Go" now from musicians I truly respect because it just reinforces something I learned the hard way.

John's voice blows me away. Seriously. It's sort of rough and tumble in a way, slightly reminiscent of singers like Bryan Adams and Don Henley, but with a quality, resonance, and timbre all its own. He sings every song as if he believes in the words he's singing and I have no reason to think that he doesn't. This is not a dishonest person, or an actor singing songs meant to get to you but without feeling behind it. I just think that John and Michael write songs they believe in and John sings them the very same way. Not only does that honesty come across, but it also makes the songs even more inspirational. It makes me want to stop and listen carefully to what's being said.

And then comes the music itself. I think it's important for a song to have a melody that's fairly catchy in order for it to have life beyond the initial writing of it. I can love the lyrics all I want, but if the song as a whole doesn't impress me, then I won't listen to it as often. I can't think of one song, yet, of John and Michael's, that I don't like - it's just that there are some songs that speak more to me and my personal experience than others. I have a lot of CD's and there are specific single pieces of music I listen to when I need to (among them are songs by CSN, Judy Collins, Amanda Marshall, Melissa Etheridge, and Jim Byrnes), things that work well on long drives (Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer, Talking Heads, Indigo Girls, Yes, Genesis, and Van Halen come to mind), and otherwise. There are musicians who are pure perfection in their words and how they stretch their voice and in the execution of their created music. I love bluesy music and bluegrass and some jazz, but none of these have constant staying power for me. None (well, there is one other but his first CD is still forthcoming) till now have come this close to something meaningful to my life - something I can listen to all of the tracks of and get reinforcement from while enjoying the melodies and the voice and the lyrics all at the same time. This is music that will never get old.

I've only heard one other CD of late that comes as close as this one to being a constant favorite of mine. That's one that recently became available, also from John and Michael: 'Batdorf and McLean: The Early Years'. But that's a whole `nuther review (to come).

Don't You Know.......2003-02-14

This CD has great acoustic guitar work and a familiar voice, if you're a fan of Batdorf & Rodney's earlier music. I long to hear B&R's earliest recordings again on CD format. The album is a great acoustical recording with sincere lyrics written by John Batdorf & Michael McLean. McLean adds much to the finished work with his vocals and keyboard additions. This is a polished recording worth a listening too.

Good But It's Not Batdorf&Rodney !!!!.......2002-02-02

This CD has a lot of good music and is worth adding to the collection,But it cannot compete with the Batdorf&Rodney albums from the 70's.Those three albums that Batdorf&Rodney made back then are great and the music is timeless.With all the Batdorf&Rodney fans that are still around and with the potential of adding new fans to the mix,You would think that someone would release all three of Batdorf&Rodneys albums on quality mastered CD,s

Missing the energy.......2000-02-01

I am as excited about seeing John Batdorf's name on anything musical as one can be. The first two Batdorf & Rodney discs rank with the best I own, even after 20 some years. However, this CD lacks the energy and sheer musical joy that we came to know through B & R. No good vocal or music solos, no virtuoso guitar work and the harmonies are bland. Not to take anything away from Mr. McLean - if he had a hand in getting John back to the spotlight, great! And this isn't a bad CD. Love is still the message and the lyrics are pretty good. But until someone has the good sense to put Batdorf & Rodney's music on CD, we'll never have the joy of hearing "Can You See Him", "You Are the One", "Is it Love" or a dozen other B & R classics in the digital format. Their combined energy was almost mystical. They had the unique talent of making acoustic music sound positively electric! Having said that, this CD gives us glimpses of how good John Batdorf sounds. Make more music, John! How about a CD in 2000.

You guys are right!.......1999-10-09

I am absolutely amazed to see there are other Batdorf & Rodney fans out there. I thought I was the only one. I saw them several times, at the Troubador and the Golden Bear in HB. Two guys and two Martins. I still play their stuff when I get my guitar out. You can find their records at "Recycled Records" in Reno, Nv. Contact me if you want me to check it out for you!

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Brilliant and clear
You won't be disapointed
English Folk Christmas - Revisited
A favorite forever
Simply the Best Ever Christmas Album!

Tapestry of Carols

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Carols & Capers
Sing Lustily & with Good Cheer
Bib & Tuck
Heydays
Silly Sisters

ASIN: B00000452E
Release Date: 1999-09-15

Tracks:

Sans Day Carol
In Dulci Jubilo
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Holly and the Ivy
Coventry Carol
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Angel Gabriel
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Infant Holy
Virgin Most Pure
Unto Us a Boy Is Born
Rejoice and Be Merry
Joseph Dearest
Personent Hodie
On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant and clear.......2006-08-02

I bought this CD on a lark, based on prior experience with Maddy Prior. That was fifteen years ago, and it has been a Christmas staple in our house ever since. A brilliant piece of work, carefully crafted and beautifully executed, producing a clear vision of the holiday season like a cold, clear winter night brings out the stars. This is not a crushingly religious work, but one that lifts and then soars. The arrangements are sparse but full and rich, with a focus on the vocals. Brilliant and clear. Top recommendation.

You won't be disapointed.......2006-02-27

From beginning to end, you will find this disc lifting your holiday spirit. If you enjoy tradional carols on period instuments and the Celtic lilt of Maddy's voice, you won't be disappointed in this disc.

English Folk Christmas - Revisited.......2005-12-20

This a really a wonderfully refreshing Christams album, one that never grows old, year after year, listening after listening. I love to pull this out every year and even after I've listened to some of the alums once and hidden them away for another year I'll leave this recording out a while longer.
Maddy Prior's voice sounds more lively than on some of her other traditional recordings with Steeleye Span; the combination of musicians making up the Carnival Band make up a lively backing for her.
It's an album I tried to steal from my parents and couldn't get away from them! I had to buy my own copy and I'm sure you'll be glad once you get your own copy. A little-known seasonal classic.
One minor quip - neither the album nor the Amazon posting correctly credit the composer for It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; it should be Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan), not Willis who composed the more familiar American version of the carol.

A favorite forever.......2005-12-14

More than a decade ago, I spent weeks trying to track this disk down in pre-online shopping days and after literally months got one from the distributor on Long Island. We have since worn out the old disk and ordered a new one. I was convinced it would be unavailable. Nooooo! Amazon is amazing, it took seconds to find it and a minute to buy it.

It is t h e favorite, cherished Christmas CD in our household. Maddy's voice is singular and a delight. The combination of her folk-style warmth with the Carnival Band's interesting and fun backups that sound like renaissance dances will transport you into Christmas like no other disk and make you smile. None of the pomp of some disks and none of the smarm of those 'holiday' favorites.

For example: Angels from the Realms of Glory is done in an arrangement that sounds like a hoe-down. Seriously great.

Simply the Best Ever Christmas Album!.......2003-12-06

"Carols and Capers" and "Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh" (released just before Christmas 2002 by Maddy and the Carnival Band) may be brilliant, but a "Tapestry of Carols" is simply the best!
I've had "A Tapestry of Carols" for twelve long years and it still sends a shiver down my spine when December rolls around again. But, why? True, there are some less well known carols on the album such as, "The Angel Gabriel","The Sans Day Carol" and "Personent Hodie", but there's also "God Rest You Merry Gentleman", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and others that have been recorded thousands of times. Well, according to the insert notes, Maddy and the Carnival band "deliberately shut out all memories of cathedral choirs, brass bands and supermarket jingles" in the making of the album. As one reviewer in a Canadian newspaper put it, when you listen to "A Tapestry of Carols, you actually feel that a saviour has been born!"
Close your eyes while you listen to "Angels From the Realms of Glory", and chances are, you'll see the heavenly host and the humble shepherds doing cosmic cartwheels out in the fields. If you've forgotten what Christmas is all about, crank up the volume on "Rejoice and be Merry" - you'll soon recall that it's "the birthday of Jesus our King!"

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Choral Music From Around the World

A Choral Tapestry
St Olaf Choir
Manufacturer: Oarfin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000062TBE
Release Date: 1999-10-25

Tracks:

Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
Agnus Dei - William Byrd
Easter Anthem - William Billings
My Heart Is Longing - arr. Leland Sateren
Salmo 150 - Ernani Aguira
O Sacrum Convivium - Peter Mathews
Pinsesalme: Velsignede Morgen - Edvard Grieg
Cantate Domino - David Conte
Veni, Creator Spiritus - Richard Marlow
O Day Full of Grace - arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
Pal Pa Haugen - arr. Bradley Ellingboe
Jamaican Market Place - arr. Larry Farrow
O Sifuni Mungu - arr. David Maddux
Every Time I Think About Jesus - arr. L.L. Fleming
He Never Failed Me Yet - Robert Ray

Album Description

A mosaic of choral treasures featuring music of the European tradition, contemporary American composers, and multicultural folk music.

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Choral Music From Around the World.......2002-05-06

This disc represents the direction that the St. Olaf choir has moved in since Anton Armstrong became the director in 1990. He has continued the long legacy of traditional a capella singing the choir is known for, while also expanding the repertoire to include more Caribbean, African and spiritual music. In this single collection the choir sings in Latin, English, Norwegian, French and Swahili. Ernani Aguiar's "Salmo 150" stands out as a testament to the technical skills of the choir, while "O Sifuni Mungu" and "He Never Failed Me Yet" will move even the most stoic of listeners to sway in rhythm. All of this is surrounded by the traditional repertoire and sound of the St. Olaf Choir represented beautifully with works by Handel and Grieg. "O Day Full of Grace," written by the choir's founder F. Melius Christiansen, alone makes the disc a worthwhile purchase.

Choral Highlights of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

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Choral Highlights of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

Manufacturer: St Olaf Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00021XPHW
Release Date: 2002-09-01

Tracks:

I Dream of Jeannie--USA: Chanticieer
Light of Glory--Armenia: Little Singers of Armenia
Middle Song--Armenia: Little Singers of Armenia
Autumn Song--Armenia: Little Singers of Armenia
El Gavan--Venezuela: Cantoria de Merida
Aires de Golpe Tuyero--Venezuela: Cantoria de Merida
Coelos ascendit hodie--Sweden: St. Jacobs Chamber Choir
Credo Part--Sweden: St. Jacobs Chamber Choir
Credo Part VI--Sweden: St. Jacobs Chamber Choir
Du som ar over oss--Sweden: St. Jacobs Chamber Choir
Concerto for choir - The Book of Mournful Chants Part II--Russia: Chamber Choir of the Moscow State Conservatory
Psalm 103--South Africa: University of Pretoria Concert Choir
Horizons excerpt--South Africa: University of Pretoria Concert Choir
A Selection of Traditional African Folk Music--South Africa: University of Pretoria Concert Choir
Sunset--Taiwan: Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Song of Praise Taiwan--Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Kyrie--Austria: Vienna Chamber Choir
Brauner Bursche Fuhrt Zum Tanze--Austria: Vienna Chamber Choir
Kommt Dir Manchmal in Den Sinn--Austria: Vienna Chamber Choir
My Marysui, Love Me--Latvia: Riga Dom Boys Choir
One By One--AmericaFest
Title Unknown--China: Red Leaf Childrens Choir
Question and Answer--China: Red Leaf Childrens Choir
Dobar Vecer Dobri Ljudi--Croatia: National Folkdance Ensembel of
Igrajte Nam Muzikasi--Croatia: National Folkdance Ensembel of Cr
Rise Up My Love--Canada: Elmer Iseler Singers
Ave Maria--Canada: Elmer Iseler Singers
In devotione--Belgium: Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Sanctus--Belgium: Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Exultate--Canada: Amabile Boys Choirs Primus
My Lord What A Morning--USA: Michigan State University Children's Choir
Billy and Ming do the BeBop Thing--USA: Michigan State University Children's Choir
O Pato--Brazil: Garganta Profunda
Chungsanri Byukesu--South Korea: Ansan City Choir
Ongheya--South Korea: Ansan City Choir
Inang--Australia: Adelaide Chamber Singers
Kondalila--Australia: Adelaide Chamber Singers
Title Unknown--Japan: Okubo Mixed Choir
Which was the Son of--World Youth Choir
Uta Sakura--Japan: Okubo Mixed Choir
Title Unknown--Japan: Okubo Mixed Choir
Goa gare !Khubare--Namibia: National Youth Choir
Sangena--Namibia: National Youth Choir
Mon Dieu, mon adore--Norway: The Norwegian Soloists Choir
I Himmelen--Norway:: The Norwegian Sololists Choir
This Little Light of Mine--USA: The St. Olaf Choir
Snow (The Kings Trumpeter)--USA: Dale Warland Singer
Antiphone for the Virgin--USA: Vocal Essence Ensemble Song
What A Mighty God--Combined Choirs

Album Description

Hear this choral tapestry of the world's finest choral ensembles, featuring 49 selections from the 27 participating choirs recorded at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN in August 2002.

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1. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
2. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
3. Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - G. F. Handel
4. Agnus Dei - William Byrd
5. Easter Anthem - William Billings
6. My Heart Is Longing - arr. Leland Sateren
7. Salmo 150 - Ernani Aguira
8. O Sacrum Convivium - Peter Mathews
9. Pinsesalme: Velsignede Morgen - Edvard Grieg
10. Cantate Domino - David Conte
11. Veni, Creator Spiritus - Richard Marlow
12. O Day Full of Grace - arr. F. Melius Christiansen
13. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
14. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
15. Trois Chansons Bretonnes - Henk Badings
16. Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
17. Pal Pa Haugen - arr. Bradley Ellingboe
18. Jamaican Market Place - arr. Larry Farrow
19. O Sifuni Mungu - arr. David Maddux
20. Every Time I Think About Jesus - arr. L.L. Fleming