CM20096 Peace, Love and Wonder • Songs of Christmas
Katherine Murray, mezzo soprano
Norman Mackenzie, organ
John Jacob Niles: I Wonder as I Wander
David N. Johnson: Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang
G.F. Handel: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind
G.F. Handel: He Shall Feed His Flock Like A Shepherd
Philipp Nicolai/Bach: O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
J.S. Bach/Dürr: Bereite dich, Zion
J.S. Bach/Dürr: Wie soll ich dich emphangen
Anon.: There Is No Rose
Richard Walters: Wexford Carol
Alfred Burt: The Star Carol
Phyllis Tate: Long Ago In Bethlehem
Genevan Psalter: Comfort, Comfort You My People
Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night
William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
English Ballad: What Child Is This
Polish Carol/Rusbridge: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Ned Rorem: A Christmas Carol
John Jacob Niles: What Songs Were Sung
Richard Walters: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Daniel Pinkham: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Pietro A. Yon: Gesu Bambino
Sue Sigmon Williams: A Summons
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CM20097 Romantic Showpieces for Viola
Mark Neumann, viola
En-Chi Anna Ho, piano
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasie
Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Georges Enesco: Pièce de Concert
Hans Sitt: Konzertstück in G Minor, Op. 46
Henri Vieuxtemps: Elegie, Op. 30
Max Bruch: Romanze, Op. 85
Carl Maria von Weber: Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Op. 35
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CM20098 Honegger: King David
Michael O’Neal Singers
Michael O’Neal, conductor
Oral Moses, narrator
Barbara Dean, Witch of Endor
Angela Gilbert, soprano
Janara Kellerman, mezzo-soprano
Bradley Howard, tenor
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CM20099 The Complete Piano Sonatas of Johannes Brahms
John Noel Roberts, piano
Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1
Sonata No. 2 in F# Minor, Op. 2
Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book 1
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CM20100 Deep River
The Atlanta Singers
Wallace Hinson, conductor
Jean Berger: My Days Are Like an Evening Shadow
Andrew Bleckner: Psalm 42: “As a Deer Longs for Flowing Streams”
John Erwin: Balm in Gilead
Ronald Staheli: How Can I Keep From Singing
Ronald Staheli: The Promised Land
Alice Parker & Robert Shaw: Deep River
Robert Shaw: If I got my ticket, can I ride?
Moses Hogan: The Battle of Jericho
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Abide with Me
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace
Ev’ry Time I Feel The Spirit
I Can Tell the World
I’m Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves in My Heart
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CM20101 I’ll Be Seeing You…
The Spivey Hall Children’s Choir
Martha Shaw, conductor
Judy Kerlin, assistant director and accompanist
David L. Brunner: Psalm 150
J.S. Bach: Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten
Brian Tate: Gate Gate
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on
Nancy Hill Cobb: Cantate Domino
Jacques Offenbach: Barcarole
Larysa Kuzmenko: Stars • Night • Winds
Jonathan B. McNair: Heart-Cry Alleluias
Allan E Naplan: Al Shlosha D’varim
Eleanor Daley: The Angels Will Guide You Home
David L. Brunner: A Song for Every Child
Stephen Hatfield: Las Amarillas
Alexander Tilley: In Flanders Fields
Samuel A. Ward: America the Beautiful
Randall Reese: Johnny Mercer Medley
Jerome Kern: The Way You Look Tonight
Walter Hawkins: I’m Goin’ Up a Yonder
Moses Hogan: Music Down in My Soul
Irving Kahal & Sammy Fain: I’ll Be Seeing You
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CM20102 Our Sunday Best
Georgian Chamber Players
Reid Harris, viola
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Beth Newdome, violin
Christopher Rex, cello & guests
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, G Major, Op. 77, No. 1
Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 1, C Minor, Op. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13, B-Flat Minor, Op. 138
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, E-Flat Major, Op. 20
Franz Schubert/arr. by Franz Liszt: Die Taubenpost
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio, B-Flat Major, D. 898 (Op. 99)
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CM20103 Encantamiento
Christina Smith, flute
Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Nino Rota: Sonata per flauto e arpa
Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de habanera
Graham Lynch: Three tangos
Robert Xavier Rodriguez: Son Risa for solo harp
Jacques Ibert: Entr’acte
Daniel Catán: Encantamiento
Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
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CM20104 NOEL
Sam Hagan, tenor
Harding Epps, Jr., piano
Mark Hayes: Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
G.F. Handel: Comfort Ye from Messiah
G.F. Handel: Every Valley from Messiah
William Dawson: Mary Had a Baby
Spiritual: Go Tell It On the Mountain
English Ballad: What Child Is This?
Robert MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Traditional: Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
Alfred Burt: Some Children See Him
M. Tormé/ R. Wells: The Christmas Song
R. Blane/ H. Martin: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
W. Kent/K. Gannon: I’ll Be Home For Christmas
English Carol: The First Noel
Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night
Franz Gruber: Silent Night
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CM20105 The Maiden’s Songe
Daniel Pyle, Lautenwerk
William Byrd: Will Yow Walke the Woods Soe Wylde
William Byrd: The Maiden’s Songe
Peter Philips: Amarilli di Julio Romano
Peter Philips: Margott Laborez
William Byrd: The Carman’s Whistle
William Byrd: The Passinge Mesures: The Nynthe Pavian
William Byrd: The Galliarde to the Nynthe Pavian
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Psalm 23
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: More Palatino
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Pavana Lachrimae
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Psalm 5
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasy (no. 10)
John Bull: In nomine (no. IX)
William Byrd: Sellinger’s Rownde
William Byrd: The Bells
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