How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Catalog: Music, Priced: 18, Sale:12 Used:8, 3rd Party Price:12, Hobbie Price:
Sales Rank:32021
UPC:825646030927; MPN:60309
Sales Rank:32021
Album Artists:
How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music Tracks: 
Amazing Grace Be Still And Know That I'm God Didn't It Rain Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb Keep Your Hand On The Plow (Hold On) Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow - Walk In Jerusalem Medley: Soon One Mornin' - What You Goin' Do When The World's On Fire? - You Can't Hide - Run On For A Long Time My Soul Is A Witness Sit Down Servant - Plenty Good Room Surely God Is Able There Is A Balm In Gilead
Album Details:
Chanticleer's repertoire ranges through many centuries. On this recording, the group again proves its infinite versatility in a program of gospel music and spirituals. The singing is so authentic that one feels like a participant in a gospel meeting, swaying to the rhythm with the crowd. Contributing greatly to the impact is Chanticleer's guest, Yvette A. Funder. Possessor of a voice remarkable for its range, power, and flexibility, she brings to the music the empathy and authority of one born and raised in the tradition, whether leading call-and-response, engaging in improvisations that soar high above the chorus, crooning softly in meditation, or shouting in ecstasy. (She is also an active Bishop ministering to the poor and afflicted, and the founder of various social service agencies in California.) Several songs include soloists drawn from the chorus as well, most notably a tenor, a countertenor and a bass who provides a rhythmic ostinato. The program, designed for maximum variety of tempo, mood, character and texture, includes many favorite songs and spirituals, such as "Amazing Grace," "There is a Balm in Gilead," "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child." The arrangements by Joseph Jennings, Chanticleer's Music Director for 20 years, are admirably simple and very good; only a few are marred by awkward modulations or overly sophisticated, Hollywood-inspired effects. Most of them are for a cappella voices. Jennings also contributes a new original composition: "Be still and Know that I'm God." Repeating these words like an invocation, it builds a cumulative drama with increasingly wild, elaborate improvisations in call-and-response between soloist and chorus; supported by a prominent piano part that includes solos, chordal and running passages, it ends with a rousing climax. --Edith Eisler
Taged as: Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Gospel/Christian Music, Holiday, Hymn, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Sacred Vocal, Spirituals, Vocal, Vocal Music, Chanticleer.com, Chanticleer.com
Chanticleer
There Is A Balm In Gilead Surely God Is Able Sit Down Servant - Plenty Good Room My Soul Is A Witness Medley: Soon One Mornin' - What You Goin' Do When The World's On Fire? - You Can't Hide - Run On For A Long Time Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow - Walk In Jerusalem Keep Your Hand On The Plow (Hold On) Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb Didn't It Rain Be Still And Know That I'm God Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals & Traditional Gospel Music Music Lyrics, Music, Reviews and Ratings Teldec
Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Gospel/Christian Music, Holiday, Hymn, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Sacred Vocal, Spirituals, Vocal, Vocal Music, Chanticleer.com, Chanticleer.com