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Directed by Leo Nestor
Since Randall Thompson (1899-1984), perhaps America's most famous composer of choral music, it is significant that at last a retrospective selection of this music has been recorded. 'Ye Shall Have A Song' is a collection of works dating from 1922 to 1970, when the bulk of his choruses had already been written. Starting with his early masterpiece, the 8 movements of 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' ('Say Ye to the Righteous,' 'Woe Unto Them,' ''The Noise of a Multitude,' 'Howl Ye,' 'The Paper Reeds by the Brooks,' 'But These Are They,' 'Have Ye Not Known' and the title tune), the CD progresses to 'Bittersweet' of 1970, representing his last style. 'The Best of Rooms,' 'Alleluia,' and four 'Odes of Horace' are followed by the oldest composition, 1922's 'The Last Invocation.' The Singers make these difficult-to-perform, eclectic and sublimely beautiful pieces sound effortless. A worthy retrospective of the works of an American master! |
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