Robert Shaw Chorale | A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High | Christmas Traditional, Randall Thompson, ...

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	• A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High Christmas Traditional, Randall Thompson, ... Telarc, 1997 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

So peaceful and relaxing.

I sang many of these songs in public high school in the late 60's. I enjoyed singing them then, and I enjoy listening to them now. (And, yes, I sing along although I've forgotten some of the lyrics and parts.) A cappella music is difficult to sing and the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers do an amazing job of it.

Enjoy this music at anytime of the year as many of the songs aren't seasonal (such as Alleluia). Many others are seasonal but it doesn't make any difference, so just enjoy.

Robert Shaw Chorale

I love this CD. I have enjoyed Robert Shaw chorale for 40 years. The quality is excellent and the price was great. I played it all during the holidays. I adore choir music.

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Inspiring!

You simply cannot go wrong with this wonderful collection from a disciplined and masterfully-led chorus. If you want to hear Christmas choral standards in all their glory, no disappointment here - beautiful men's chorus version (original) of Beibl's Ave Maria, and the treble voices also get play in the Ceremony of Carols.

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Inspiring Christmas music

This is some of the most beautiful Christmas music I own. It is all sung a cappella, proving that the human voice is as good as any instrument in conveying the message and spirit of the carols. I purchased it because I liked the Robert Shaw Chorale's Christmas albums, but to me this later group of singers sounds just as inspiring. This CD has the advantage of more modern recording techniques since it was recorded in the 1990's, but the older music transferred from vinyl to CD is also quite pleasing to hear. With the passing of time one can appreciate the old carols more deeply as well their exceptional performers.

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Great, memories of my choral experiences and enjoyment as a child!

This is a wonderful recording of many of the carols and holiday songs that I remember from my college choral experiences and also listening as a child! I would recommend this to anyone who appreciates good arrangements or good mucis!

In this beautifully chosen program of mostly a cappella arrangements, Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers deliver the Christmas story in tones of gentle and moving splendor. The carols and sacred settings recorded here are all of an intimate sort, and the rapturous, gently expressive realizations Shaw and his singers give them prove unfailingly appealing. Particularly moving is the newest work on the disc, a setting of "O magnum mysterium" by the American composer Morten Lauridsen. Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria" is another gem, as is the arrangement by Healy Willan of the French carol "What Is This Lovely Fragrance?" The offering includes a pair of chorales from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and two wonderful Christmas works by Benjamin Britten: "A Hymn to the Virgin" and A Ceremony of Carols, both well done, even if the sound of sopranos and altos (rather than boy trebles) in the latter takes some getting used to. --Ted Libbey

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Tracks
O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, emmanuel), carol - Robert Shaw, Traditional | Alleluia, for a cappella chorus - Robert Shaw, Bach, Johann Sebast | The First Nowell (English) - Robert Shaw, Kopylov, Alexander | El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan) - Robert Shaw, Traditional | Allons gay bergères, noël for 4 voices - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | A Hymn to the Virgin, for double chorus - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | O Magnum Mysterium, for chorus - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Ave Maria, for chorus - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (Fr - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Sing Lullaby, carol-anthem for chorus - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | While by my sheep (Christmas Hymn) - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | Heavenly Light - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis) - Robert Shaw, Britten, Benjamin | A 1. Pro | A 2. Wol | A 3. The | A 4. a. | A 4. b. | A 5. As | A 6. Thi | A 7. Int | A 8. In | A 9. Spr | A 10. De | A 11. Re

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