Elizabeth C. Patterson - In the Beginning - Copland & Thomson: Sacred & Secular Choral Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Copland & Thomson Sacred & Secular Choral Music - Celebrating the centenary of Aaron Copland's birth, Gloriae Dei Cantores presents a broad spectrum of choral music by Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. These two musical giants exemplified the ideals of American culture and established a truly American style for music. The centerpiece for this recording is the first American recording in many years of Copland's choral masterpiece In the Beginning, featuring American mezzo-soprano Luretta Bybee. Also included are Thomson's beloved Four Southern Hymns and some of his fascinating early works written during his sojourn in Paris, and a selection of vibrant choral arrangements of Copland's Old American Songs. InchBest of all are the Hymns from the Old South, sung with care, elegant but never lost their bright simplicity. Green Fields may be the loveliest hymn I've ever heard.Inch - American Record Guide Album Tracks 1. In the Beginning - Luretta Bybee 2. Simple Gifts 3. The Boatmen's Dance 4. At the River 5. Zion's Walls 6. Ching-A-Ring-Chaw 7. Help Us, O Lord 8. Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever 9. Have Mercy on Us, O My Lord 10. Sing Ye Praises to Our King 11. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need 12. The Morning Star 13. Green Fields 14. Death 'Tis a Melancholy Day 15. Kyrie 16. Gloria 17. Credo 18. Sanctus 19. Benedictus 20. Agnus Dei 21. Tribulationes Civitatum 22. De Profundis 23. When I Survey the Bright Celestial Sphere