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
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2001-05-08
Music Label: Hmf Classical Exp.
Soundtracks:
- O Praise the Lord of Heaven, for chorus
- Is Any Afflicted, for chorus
- Emmaus, for chorus
- Africa, for chorus
- Samuel the Priest, for chorus
- Shiloh (Suffolk Harmony, 1786)
- Jordan, for chorus
- I Am the Rose of Sharon
- Euroclydon, for chorus
- Hear My Pray'r, for chorus
- Rutland, for chorus
- David's Lamentation for chorus
- As the Hart Panteth for chorus
- Creation for chorus
- Brookfield for chorus
- Lord Is Ris'n Indeed, for chorus
Music reviews of Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
Music Review: relaxiing choir music
Rating: 5 Stars
An enjoyable choir cd, relaxing, and at the same time you feel like you're listening to a piece of American history. I often use this to help me drift into sleep.
Description of Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
William Billings (1746-1800) was one of the first important composers born in America. A leather tanner by trade who taught himself composition, Billings left behind some lovely, unique music that contains early indications of American musical independence. It often doesn't sound like European models. Today, Billings's music survives mostly in Southern shape-note singing, with its exciting raw tone and rhythmic vitality. But as Paul Hillier's selection demonstrates, Billings shouldn't just be characterized as musical folk artist. The "Funeral Anthem: Samuel the Priest" has harmonies so poignant that they remind us of Bach, and the brief "David's Lamentation" is a superb piece of musical characterization, heartbreakingly effective. Despite the ensemble's name, it's thoroughly American. The performances find a good middle ground between sounding too folksy and sounding too cultivated, and the group's diction is clear enough that we can do without the texts, which came with the original edition. This is a lovely disc, which will come to most listeners as a revelation. It's also an outstanding bargain. --Leslie GerberGeneral CDs
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