Anton Valle – KEHTO / CRADLE Composer: Anton Valle Lyrics: Saara Honkanen Performer: Mieskuoro Euga (Euga Male Voice Choir) Soloist: Juho Taskinen Recording: Paavo Malmberg Musical assistance: Damien Vadgama, Jindřich Kravařík Mixing: Aki Haapaniemi, Anton Valle Mastering: Jindřich Kravařík Graphic Design: David Reynolds “When Euga Male Choir commissioned this piece, I thought that it was […]
New Recordings
Douglas Knehans—Lux Dei, New Music for Choir
http://www.douglasknehans.com/cds/lux-deinew-works-for-choir A new CD of sacred works for a cappella mixed choir except for the powerful Missa Brevis that includes organ. Not the usual ‘new music’ for choir. The disc can be auditoned and purchased from the Douglas Knehans website as well as AMAZON.com and other outlets. Critics have called Knehans’ music “wildly […]
Musica Sacra – Eternal Reflections: Choral Music of Robert Paterson (American Modern Recordings)
Musica Sacra, directed by Kent Tritle, releases Eternal Reflections, a vital recording of 21st-century choral music by Robert Paterson on the AMR label http://www.americanmodernrecordings.com/musica-sacra-eternal-reflections/ Funded by an overwhelmingly successful Kickstarter campaign with over 200 backers, the latest recording from New York’s premiere professional choir, Musica Sacra, presents the delightfully eclectic choral music of New […]
RAIN for SATB Chorus Performed by Matthew Curtis (Demo)
After all of these years (1988, rev. 1999!), I finally have a demo recording of my composition RAIN, a secular love song for mixed chorus which is still near and dear to my heart. RAIN (SATB, words by Haim Guri, English translation by Mark Elliott Shapiro), was recently recorded by the versatile professional vocalist Matthew Curtis (http://www.choraltracks.com). I hope you enjoy […]
THREE MINIATURES (SATB) by Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by Matthew Curtis (Demo)
THREE MINIATURES for SATB Chorus unaccompanied (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999 [SSAA], arr. 2004 [SATB]) Words by Judah al Harizi, 13th century English Translation by Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by Matthew Curtis www.choraltracks.com Music and Translation: © Copyright 2000 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of […]
CHORAL GOOD VIBES PROJECT – YouTube Channel
If you are stressed out and in need of some relaxation, just go to the channel, put your headphones on, and relax. You will be able to listen to an original a cappella arrangement of an excerpt from a well-known song with uplifting lyrics and in a very different version from the original […]