His Majestie's Clerkes - Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
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Artist: His Majestie's ClerkesComposer: William Billings
Conductor: Paul Hillier
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Music Label: Hmf Classical Exp.
Music reviews of Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
Music Review: American Traditional Music at its best
Rating: 4 Stars
After several years of singing in a church choir, I got exposed to many, many different styles of choral music. We sang modern versions of some of these songs, which were really nice. This, however, was a spectacular opportunity to hear the same music more closely to the original composition. If you enjoy choral music, this should be at least interesting to you. The performances are all a capella, lending more of a "not modern mass consumption" feel. Of course, I love a capella, so I might be a bit biased there.
Much of it is powerful. All of it is well done. The text is easily understandable - it isn't sung for some 'artistic complexity', like opera (where it sounds nice, but can't really understand what they're singing). If you are interested because of its source material (traditional Christian), you will find it pleasant, if for no other reason than to hear a different version of music you're probably familiar with: e.g. The Lord is Risen Indeed; the Rose of Sharon.
Haven't heard v.2, so can't compare it.
Definately worth the price (well, the price I'm looking at today).
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