Johannsen / Stewart-Lafin - Rejoice - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Joyous and uplifting Christmas music by the three greatest baroque composers, Bach, Handel and Scarlatti, including 'Christmas Oratorio' and 'Messiah', plus Schutz's splendid 'Magnificat'.

Your Favorites is the raw and primitive debut album from Dictator Ship. Seven tracks of pure rock'n'roll in 27 minutes, with stand out vocals that are heavily influenced by the soul bands of the '60s. Adding rock'n'roll riffs and pure attitude makes Dictator Ship's debut album impossible to resist. Dictator Ship is a four person strong band with four vocalists - a vocal approach that adds so much flavor to the songs. Your Favorites sounds like a 'best-of' album, but is actually Dictator Ship's debut album. However, it could very well be a 'best-of' - the album is just that good! The album was recorded by band member John Sijbren Leonard. He comments InchI am satisfied with the lo-fi sound and the honesty of this album. It sounds like us, and that's the hardest thing in recording, to capture your own sound.Inch The album was recorded in a small cabin in Värmland, Sweden by band member John Sijbren Leonard. They mic'ed and pre-mixed all the drums through an old PA-mixing console from the '70s. Then they summed the drums up to two stereo channels, so only two drum channels were recorded. This was done to save on channels, mostly because they only had eight channels available for the whole recording. John wanted the sound to be almost like the band had recorded it in their own rehearsal space with only one microphone, not in a fancy studio. Even though, this way, some details might have gotten lost on the way, the album would get more of a live feel and the focus would not be on an expensive production, but more on the way the band actually would sound when you'd hear them live. The entire album was recorded live with the vocals added on. The album artwork was made by Afshin Piran

The Bach Choir Salzburg was founded in 1983 and soon came to prominence as one of Austria's leading vocal ensembles. During the last decade it has additionally acquired an international reputation. Since 2003 it's artistic director has been Alois Glaßner. The choir appears regularly at the Salzburg Festival, where it has been acclaimed at numerous concerts as well as in opera productions. The Bach Choir Salzburg has appeared with many outstanding conductors and with orchestras of the eminence of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Mozarteum Orchestra, the Salzburg Camerata, and more. With this , InchRejoice,Inch featuring organist Wolfgang Kogert, the Bach Choir presents selected works for choir and organ, including the eponymous 'Rejoice with the lamb' Op. 30 by Benjamin Britten, 'O sacrum convivium' by Olivier Messiaen, Charles Ives Psalm 135,' and more. The great stylistic diversity of one of the leading Austrian vocal ensembles comes into it's own with this .