His Majestie's Clerkes - Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
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Free Music Notes for Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1
Free Music Review: How well do you like this kind of music?
Hit: 5 Stars
I ended up ordering this CD, as well as Vol. 2, and "Make A Joyful Noise: American Psalmody." I thought the quality was excellent on all three, but I wanted to say that if you're not sure how well you like this kind of music, I would recommend the American Psalmody CD instead of the two CD set. I found myself enjoying the music very much at first, but quickly losing interest as it all began to sound alike to me.Free Music Review: this was our country's music c.30 decades ago!
Hit: 5 Stars
I am fairly new to this series, but I now own 3 cds in this series: Anna Mag. Bach Book, Festive barouque christmas and now this one. I have been looking for a cd with this kind of music, and now my search is done. I enjoy this cd very much, but the only down side is that this cd is too short.Free Music Review: relaxiing choir music
Hit: 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.Free Music Review: American Traditional Music at its best
Hit: 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).
Free Music Review: A great find--worth more than its price
Hit: 4 Stars
This is all music by William Billings, one of the giant figures of early American church music. It is sung by a fine group that specializes in early music. The music is often hearty and pleasing, and the textual themes deal with early colonial life (e.g., harvest & the coming winter) and sometimes complex theology (e.g., pietistic interpretations of the Song of Solomon). The overall sound of the music is straightfoward, as it was no doubt to appeal to the common folk (new world Protestants). But don't let that fool you--there's high quality construction in these hymns that elevates them above folk music. Some of the songs really grab you & stay with you. This is a gift & an important part of our American heritage & culture.
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