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JOY is music, not talk. Joy is CLASSIC99.com's 60-minute weekly program of sacred music...perfect for Sunday mornings. The finest choral groups and orchestras in the world perform on Joy. Host Ron Klemm's knowledge of choral and instrumental music comes into play as he guides you through an hour of Joy.

August 29 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Chaconne CHAN 0734, vol 5 of 8 4'23
JOSEPH HAYDN: Kyrie, Nelson Mass
Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox; Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe

2. Erato 3984 21659 2 "Agnus Dei II" 4'30
FRANZ SCHUBERT: The Lord Is My Shepherd
The Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom

3. Nimbus NI 5524 4'55
JOHANNES BRAHMS: A Saviour is come to us, Op. 29
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

4. Telarc CD-80410 3'04
W.A. MOZART: Hostias, Requiem in D minor
Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman

5. MDG 322 1422-2 6'10
ANTON BRUCKNER: Locus iste (2'24) Ave Maria (3'46)
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Petr Fiala

6. Archiv 429 779 2 25'09
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis Kyrie (8'46), Gloria (16'23)
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Charlotte Margiono, Catherine Robbin, William Kendall, Alastair Miles

THEME
August 22 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI CDC 7 54134 2 "Light's Glittering Morn" 6'44
LEO SOWERBY: Come, Holy Ghost (5'23)
JOHN IRELAND: Love Unknown (1'21)
Combined Choirs of Washington National Cathedral & Grace Cathedral, SF

2. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 8'10
RONALD ARNATT: Steal Away
The American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor; J. Carlton Rowe, trumpet; Jay R. Rader, organ

3. Naxos 8.555794 5'21
C.V. STANFORD: Justorum aninae (3'18) Coelos ascendit hodie (2'03)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson; Christopher Whitton, organ

4. Arsis CD 110 4'05
RICHARD WIENHORST: God Who Made the Earth
American Repertory Singers/Robert Schuneman; Sara Stern, flute; Dotian Levalier, harp

5. American Choral Catalog ACC 123 6'11
NANCY WERTSCH: Antiphon for God the Father
Marie Spar Dymit, soprano; The Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland

6. Telarc CD-80150 16'15
W.A. MOZART: Mass in C minor; Credo (12'14), Sanctus (4'01)
Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Robert Shaw; Edith Wiens, soprano

THEME
August 15 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Teldec 4509-92626-2 "Bach Famous Choruses" 4'28
J.S. BACH: Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67 (3'07)
Knabenchor Hannover, Collegium Vocale, Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 29 (1'21)
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. Greenville College "And Can it Be? A Decade of Hymn Singing" 5'46
Arr. JOHN JOST: I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (3'45)
Arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (2'01)
Greenville College (IL) Choir/Jeffrey S. Wilson

3. Chesky CD 138 "Like As a Hart" 3'32
R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Antiphon:Let all the world in every corner sing
Westminster Choir/Joseph Flummerfelt; Nancianne Parrella, organist

4. Regent REGCD255 "saint louis commissions" 10'44
SASHA JOHNSON MANNING: Requiem/Dies Irae (2'39), Lux Aeterna (8'05)
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus/Philip Barnes

5. Hänssler CD 98.119 7'18
ANTON BRUCKNER: Te Deum/Te Deum laudamus
Gächinger Kantorei & Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling

6. Seattle Pro Musica SPM CD 9805 "Music of the Spirit" 14'35
KAREN P. THOMAS: Lux Lucis O virtus Sapientie (3'40), O lucidissima apostolorum turba (3'35), O nobilissima Viriditas (4'10)
Women's Schola of the Seattle Pro Musica/Karen P. Thomas

7. Seattle Pro Musica SPM CD 9805 "Music of the Spirit" 14'35
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Beati Quorum Via 3'10
Seattle Pro Musica/Karen P. Thomas

THEME
August 8 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Valparaiso VMCD1020 "Amazing Day" 5'16
TREVOR CASTERLINE: O Lord, Our Lord
Valparaiso University Chorale/Christopher M. Cock

2. Collegium COLCD 125 "Illumina" 10'36
CHARLES WOOD: Hail, gladdening Light (3'19)
JOHN RUTTER: Hymn to the Creator of Light (7'27)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

3. amabile AM 0026-2 "Jitro's Encores" 3'29
VITAUTAS MISKINIS: Ave Regina coelorum
Czech Children's Chorus Jitro/Jiri Skopal

4. EMI 09463 53244 2 6 4'43
KARL JENKINS: Lacrimosa (from Requiem)
Cor Caerdydd, West Kazakhstan Philharmonia/Karl Jenkins

5. Clarion CLR923CD "Passion" 9'14
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Laetentur Coeli (2'05)
WILLIAM MATHIAS: O Nata Lux (1'33)
JEAN BERGER: Ye Shall Go Out With Joy (3'03)
Arr. WILLIAM HAWLEY: Beautiful River
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Linda Mack

6. Ondine ODE 1106-2 14'43
PETERIS VASKS: Missa Gloria (8'42), Sanctus (6'01)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga/Sigvards Kjava

THEME
August 1 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Sony SK90386 "Simply Baroque" 3'43
J.S. BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (chorale prelude)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello/ The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman

2. Vanguard SVC-105 HD 4'44
J.S. BACH: Wenn sol es doch geschehen, from BWV 11
Amor Artis Chorale and English Chamber Orchestra/Johannes Somary

3. St. Louis Children's Choirs 2007 5'25
Arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (1'52)
St. Louis Children's Choirs: Chamber Singers/Joel Christie
ROLLO DILWORTH: Jordan's Angels (3'33)
St. Louis Children's Choirs: Concert Choir/Barbara Berner; Billie Derham, piano

4. Centaur CRC 2773 "This Is Thy Hour, O Soul" 8'59
TREVOR WESTON: Magnificat (6'09) and Nunc dimittis (2'50)
Taylor Festival Choir/Robert Taylor; Richard Jobe, organ

5. Chandos CHSA 5055 "Rheinberger Sacred Choral Works" 4'27
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Mass in E flat major for double chorus Sanctus (2'12), Benedictus (2'15)
Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

6. Philips 289 456 578-2 19'32
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Mass in A flat Kyrie (6'33), Gloria (13'19)
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Deborah York, Sally Bruce Payne, Neill Archer, Michael George

THEME
July 25 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI 7243 5 56605 2 7'35
JOHN RUTTER: Te Deum
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; The Wallace Collection; Robert Quinney, organ

2. DHM 05472 77366 2 "J.S. Bach Motets" 7'30
J.S. BACH: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BEV 226
Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel

3. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Glorious Voice, Sacred Spaces" 6'27
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Schaffe in mir, Gott
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Simon Carrington

4. SMCD5054 "Laudate Dominum" 2'19
ARTHUR HONEGGER: Laudate Dominum
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis

5. Concordia Recordings E-2204 "In the New Moon" 8'04
RENÉ CLAUSEN: In Pace
The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN)/René Clausen

6. EMI 7243 5 67002 2 16'16
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Magnificat 1. Magnificat (1'26), 2. Et exultavit (2'17), 4. Quia fecit (1'41), 5. Et Misericordia (4'10), 6. Fecit potentiam (0'30), 7. Deposuit potentes (0'54), 8. Esurientes (2'01), 9. Suscepit Israel (1'00), 11. Gloria (2'17)
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Riccardo Muti; Teresa Berganza, Mezzo-soprano; Lucia Valentini Terrani, contralto

THEME
July 18 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. GDCD 039 "Rare Choral Works" 3'35
W.A. MOZART: Veni Sancte Spiritus, K. 47
GloriaeDei Cantores, Vox Caeli Sinfonia/Elizabeth C. Patterson

2. MCD -1862 "Holsinger, Vol. 2" 4'12
DAVID R. HOLSINGER: On an American Spiritual
Concordia University Wind Symphony/Richard Fischer

3. Audio Ideas Il-CD010 "Awake, My Heart!" 8'27
IMANT RAMINSH: Alleluia, Amen (5'57)
ELEANOR DALEY: In Remembrance, from Requiem (2'30)
Bell'Arte Singers/Lee Willingham

4. AVIE AV 0039 "Peace" 7'04
SAMUEL BARBER: Agnus Dei
Handel and Haydn Society/Grant Llewellyn

5. Decca B0001513-02 "The John Tavener Collection" 5'42
JOHN TAVENER: God Is with Us
The Choir of the Temple Church/Stephen Layton

6. Concordia Recordings E-2052 "Folk Songs, Spirituals & Hymns" 5'49
SHAW-PARKER, arr: John Saw duh Numbah (2'05)
C.E.F. WEYSE/arr. F Melius Christiansen: O Day Full of Grace (3'44)
The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN) /René Clausen

7. Hyperion CDA66757 13'02
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Messe cum Jubilo, Op. 11 Kyrie (3'43), Gloria (5'34), Sanctus (3'45)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Iain Simcock, organ

THEME
July 11 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. St. Olaf Records E-2294 "Great Hymns of Faith" 4'10
F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
The St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

2. National Lutheran Choir NLCA02022 "Eternity" 2'47
DAVID CHERWIEN: Softly and Tenderly
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

3. National Lutheran Choir NLCA01922 "Hymns We Love to Sing" 5'15
WILLIAM H. MONK: Abide with Me
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

4. Nimbus NI 5568 "Alleluia ? An American Hymnal" 3'00
JAMES MULHOLLAND: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy; James Higdon, organ

5. Luther College LCRNC 04-2 "I Sing as I Arise Today" 4'37
GILBERT MARTIN: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

6. Private recording, not available 9'46
STEPHEN MAGER: The Glorified Christ (2'36)
STEPHEN PAULUS: To the Supreme Being (7'10)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

7. Nimbus NI 5568 "Alleluia ? An American Hymnal" 3'08
JAMES MILLER: I Wanna Be Ready
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy; Paulette Votava Resch, solo

8. BWE 0097 "An American Heritage of Spirituals: 2'26
MOSES HOGAN: Battle of Jericho
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Moses Hogan

9. National Lutheran Choir NLCA02022 "Eternity" 4'02
MOSES HOGAN: This Little Light of Mine
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien; Lisa Gulbranson, solo

10. St. Olaf Records E-2294 "Great Hymns of Faith" 9'03
DANIEL SCHUTTE/arr. OVID YOUNG: Here I Am, Lord (5'20)
KEITH HAMPTON: Praise His Holy Name (3'43)
The St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

THEME
July 4 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1.Newport Classic NPD 85533 1'54
GEORGE WILLIAM WARREN: "God of Our Fathers"
Chestnut Brass Company; Anthony Newman, organ

2. BMG Classics (RCA Red Seal) 09026-60983-2 4'03
WILLIAM STEFFE (arr. Roy Ringwald): "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Leonard Slatkin

3. OTSL CD93 5'16
JOHN CARTER: Cantata for Voice and Piano 3. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (2'49) 5. Ride On, King Jesus (2'27)
Christine Brewer, soprano; Kirk Pavitt, piano

4. Private collection, not available 2'30
JEAN BERGER: The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

5. Calvin Alumni Association HR-008 8'36
available from Calvin College, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
arr. MICHAEL RICHARDSON: Three American Hymns - The Morning Trumpet, Poor Wayfarin' Stranger, Promised Land
Calvin College Alumni Choir/Anton Armstrong

6. Arsis CD 121 8'59
RANDALL THOMPSON: The Place of the Blest 3. The Place of the Blest (3'58), 4. Alleluia, Amen (5'01)
Northwest Girlchoir & Friends/Rebecca J. Rottsolk

7. Mercury 432 008-2 12'03
HOWARD HANSON: Song of Democracy
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra and School of Music Chorus/Howard Hanson

8. Not publicly available; CD entitled "We the People" 3'11
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS WARD, arr. Dragon: America the Beautiful
United States Air Force Tactical Air Command Band, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia/Major Lowell E. Graham, Commander

THEME
June 27 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Argo 414 609-2 "Holy, Holy, Holy" 3'06
Stralsund Gesangbuch/C. WINKWORTH: Praise to the Lord
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

2. Collegium COLCD 129 "Rutter: Mass of the Children" 6'05
JOHN RUTTER: To every thing there is a season
The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

3. Hyperion CDA66669 "Panis angelicus" 6'54
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: O salutaris hostia (3'26)
GUSTAV HOLST: Nunc dimittis (3'28)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell

4. Musica Viva MVCD 1136 13'07
J.S. BACH: Singet dem Herr nein neues Lied, BWV 225
The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra/Ivar Taurins

5. Arsis CD 121 "Echo in My Soul" 4'18
IMANT RAMINSH: Agnus Dei, from Missa Brevis in C minor
Northwest Girlchoir/Rebecca J. Rottsolk; Dwight Beckmeyer, piano

6. Clarion CLR923CD "Passion" 3'41
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Laetentur Coeli (2'06) O Nata Lux (1'35)
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Linda Mack

7. MTC 6188 "Peace Like a River" 9'55
Arr. MACK WILBERG: Be Still, My Soul (4'53) Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends (5'02)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop

THEME
June 20 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. London 421-148-2 3'09
J.S. BACH: Magnificat anima mea, from Magnificat in D
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the- Fields/Philip Ledger

2. Hänssler 98.182 "J.S. Bach Organ Works" 3'44
J.S. BACH: Chorale Prelude: Wachet uaf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Ton Koopman, organ

3. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907401 3'44
ARVO PÄRT: Psalm 117
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier

4. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Glorious Voices, Sacred Spaces" 4'21
G. P. PALESTRINA: Gloria, from Missa Papae Marcelli
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Simon Carrington

5. Hyperion CDA67543 6'37
ERIC WHITACRE: hope, faith, life, love (3'45) This Marriage (2'52)
Polyphony/Stephen Layton

6. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 6'00
MACK WILBERG, arr: Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends (3'48)
MOSES HOGAN: The Battle of Jericho (2'12)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Joel Knapp, baritone; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin; Sandra Geary, piano

7. Harmonia Mundi HMS 926014 20'05
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/ Philippe Herreweghe; Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano

THEME
June 13 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. MPI CD 110 "Crown Him with Many Crowns" 5'00
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN/arr. Olivera: Joyful, Joyful
Hector Olivera, organist

2. Augsburg 3-5855 "Bach for all Seasons" 2'55
J.S. BACH: Jesu, Joy-My Joy Forever
The Holy Trinity Bach Choir, New York/Richard Erickson

3. Brilliant Classics 93801 "Bach Family" 8'36
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH: Lieber Herr Gott (3'50)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH: Sei Lieber Tag Willkommen (4'46)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

4. Cedille CDR 90000 109 "American Choral Premieres" 8'21
WILLIAM C. WHITE: Nunc Dimittis
William Ferris Chorale/Paul French

5. CBC Records SMCD 5219 "Earth Chants" 4'48
IMANT RAMINSH: Ubi Caritas
Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn

6. MTC CFN 0813-2 18'14
MACK WILBERG: Requiem, selections Kyrie (3'30), How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (4'00), The Lord Is My Shepherd (3'54), I Am the Resurrection and the Life-Requiem aeternam (6'50)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop; Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano; Bryn Terfel, Baritone

THEME
June 6 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Teldec 4905-92626-2 "Bach: Famous Choruses" 3'24
J.S. BACH: Lobe den Herren, BWV 137
Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. MacMurray College "The Organ at MacMurray, vol II" 3'50
CALVIN HAMPTON: Trumpet Tune, from Ceremonial Music
Jay Peterson, organist

3. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 8'08
HOWARD HELVEY: Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone (4'06)
F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (4'02)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

4. Nimbus NI 5529 "Mendelssohn Church Music" 5'22
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria, Op. 23, No. 1
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson; Peter Davis, organ

5. Harmonia Mundi HCK 3951142 "Sacred Choral Works" 7'02
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op. 23, No. 3
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe

6. Archiv 477 6327 20'33
JOSEPH HAYDN: Die Schöpfung (The Creation) 14. Die Himmel erzählen (3'45), 15. Und Gott sprach (0'28), 16. Auf starkem Fittiche (7'19), 17. Und Gott schuf (2'12), 18. Und die Engel (0'19), 19. In Holder Anmut stehn (6'30)
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Sylvia McNair, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley

THEME
May 30 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI CDC 7 541134 2 "Light's Glittering Morn" 4'14
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
The Combined Choirs of Washington National Cathedral/ Douglas Major; & Grace Cathedral, San Francisco/John Fernstermaker; Robert Lehman, organ, Brass Ensemble

2. Argo 414 609-2 "Holy, Holy, Holy" 2'58
J.B. DYKES/R. HEBER: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Richard Farnes, organ

3. Chandos CHAN 0599 9'23
JOSEPH HAYDN: Credo (Creation Mass)
Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox; Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe

4. Concordia Seminary Chorus "Hope" 4'10
K. LEE SCOTT: I Bind unto Myself Today
Concordia Seminary Centennial Chorus/Reverend Henry V. Gerike

5. Bach Society of St. Louis "Cathedral Classics 2005" 5'07
Private recording, not available
VICTOR KALINNIKOV: Gladsome Light (2'49)
PAVEL CHESNOKOV: Let Thy good Spirit (2'18)
The Bach Society Chorus/A. Dennis Sparger

6. Virgin Classics 7243 5 45109 2 2 4'18
HEALEY WILLAN: O Trinity, most Blessed Light
The Choir of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene/Robert Hunter Bell

7. Archiv 429 779-2 17'20
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Credo (Missa Solemnis)
The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Charlotte Margiono, Catherine Robbin, William Kendall, Alastair Miles

THEME
May 23 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Concordia CPH 99-1676 "Christ Be Our Seed" 6'00
CARL F. SCHALK: Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove
American Repertory Singers, Washington Symphonic Brass/Leo Nestor

2. Collegium COLCD 129 9'20
JOHN RUTTER: Come down, O Love divine (6'20) I will sing with the spirit (3'00)
The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

3. St. Olaf E 2047 "A Choral Tapestry" 5'22
RICHARD MARLOW: Veni, Creator Spiritus
The St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

4. National Lutheran Choir NLCA02022 "Eternity" 4'00
LELAND B. SATEREN: Thy Truth Within
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

5. Concordia Recordings E-2229 "Thy Soul's Delight" 1'40
PAUL CHRISTIANSEN: Create in Me a Clean Heart
The Concordia Choir of Moorhead, Minnesota/René Clausen

6. Dorian DOR-90259 "Hymns of Heaven and Earth" 2'41
HERBERT HOWELLS: Holy Spirit, ever dwelling
Saint Clement's Choir, Philadelphia/Peter Richard Conte; Matthew Glandorf, organist

7. EMI CMS 7 64206 2 18'37
EDWARD ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49 Prologue (6'13), Morning Psalm (4'46), The Lord hath chosen them (7'38)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir/Sir Adrian Boult; Robert Tear, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, bass, Clifford Grant, bass; Sheila Armstrong, soprano

THEME
May 16 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Choir of Corpus Christi College CDCC0101 "Pie Pelicane" 4'46
GERALD FINZI: God is gone up
The Choir of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge/Thomas Day; Philip White-Jones, organ

2. Concordia Seminary CSC4 "Agnus Dei" 6'05
CARL SCHALK: Lord, When Your Glory I Shall See (3'10)
IRISH TRAD. MELODY: Christ Is the World's Redeemer (2'55)
Concordia Seminary Chorus/Henry V. Gerike

3. Pro Organo CD 7068 "Show Yourselves Joyful" 4'08
arr. JEFFREY SMITH: Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour (St. Helen)
St. Paul's Parish Choir (K Street, Washington D.C.)/Jeffrey Smith; Scott Dettra, organist

4. E-2051 (RC-4CD) 4'19
available from Concordia Music Recordings, 901 S. 8th St., Moorhead MN 56562
CHARLES FORSBERG: The Exaltation of Christ
The Concordia Choir/René Clausen

5. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 003 "Ascension Day Evensong" 7'08
Hymn: See the Conqueror mounts in triumph (In Babilone) (3'51)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O Clap Your Hands (3'17)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson; James E. Jordon, Jr., organist; With the Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble

6. Laudate (Hänssler) CDv98.858 20'56
J.S. BACH: The Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 1. Chorus(4'42), 2. Recit (0'20), 3. Recit (1'06), 4. Aria (6'15), 5. Recit (0'25), 6. Chorale (1'12), 7. Recit (2'10), 9. Chorus (4'10)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Württenbergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn/Helmut Rilling; Mechthild Georg, alto; Adalbert Kraus, tenor; Andreas Schmidt, bass.

THEME
May 9 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. London 421-148-2 2'58
C.P.E. BACH: Magnificat anima mea
Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields/Philip Ledger

2. Teldec 4509-91188-2 5'30
G.F. HANDEL: Organ Concerto Op. 4 #2; Tempo ordinario (47");Allegro (4'43)
Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Herbert Tachezi, organ

3. GIA CD-486 "Catholic Latin Classics" 6'11
MARC ANTONIO INGEGNERI: O Bone Jesu (1'37)
LUIGI CHERUBINI: Veni, Jesu, Amor Mi (2'41)
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Confirma Hoc Deus (1'53)
The Cathedral Singers (National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Chicago)/Richard Proulx

4. SPM CD 9805 "Music of the Spirit" 7'12
KAREN P. THOMAS: Lux Lucis O virtus Sapientie (3'40), O lucidissima apostolorum turba (3'32)
Women's Schola of the Seattle Pro Musica/Karen P. Thomas

5. York CD 167 "Hymns at St. Giles'" 2'08
VULPIUS (Vulpius' Gesangbuch, 1609): Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing!
The Choir and Organ of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh/Michael Harris; Peter Backhouse, organ

6. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907420 7'50
GRAYSTON IVES: Canterbury Te Deum (1991)
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/ Bill (Grayston) Ives

7. Collegium CSACD 901 "Sea Change" 15'40
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Missa Brevis Kyrie (2'44), Gloria (3'24), Sanctus (4'48), Agnus Dei (4'26)
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

THEME
May 2 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Valparaiso University VMCD1014 "In Thy Light" 7'18
DAVID SCHACK, arr: All Creatures of Our God and King
The Valparaiso University Kantorei/Lorraine S. Brugh; Joseph Bognar, organ

2. GIA CD-405 "Spirit of God Unleashed" 3'25
RICHARD PROULX: Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee
The Cathedral Singers/Richard Proulx

3. Arsis CD 165 "Hieronymus Praetorius: Sacred Music for Double Chorus" 4'02
HIERONYMUS PRAETORIUS: Laudate Dominum
The Choir of the Church of the Advent (Boston)/Edith Ho

4. Arsis CD 133 7'45
LOUIS VIERNE: Gloria, from Messe Solennelle
Duke University Chapel Choir/Rodney Wynkoop; Robert Parkins and David Arcus, organists

5. AVIE AV 0046 "Heaven to Earth" 7'04
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Psalm 23, from Chichester Psalms (5'26)
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Our Father (1'38)
Westminster Choir/Joseph Flummerfelt; Nancianne Parrella, organ; Joanne Hansen, harp; François Suhr, treble; Adrienne Ostrander, percussion

6. Chaconne CHAN 0734 (8-disc set), vol. 3 17'39
JOSEPH HAYDN: Harmoniemesse Gloria in excelsis (2'05), Gratias agimus (5'18), Quoniam tu solus sanctus (3'10), Sanctus (2'59), Benedictus (4'07)
Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox; Nancy Argenta, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe

THEME
April 25 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Conifer 74321-16851-2 4'56
SIR C. HUBERT H. PARRY: I was glad
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow; Philip Rushforth, organ

2. Sony SK 90386 3'02
J.S. BACH/arr. Koopman: Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter, BWV 650
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman

3. WDR 112 "Musik der Wiener Hofkapelle" 5'37
ANTONIO SALIERI: Veni sancte Spiritus (2'40) De profundis clamavit (2'57)
WDR Rundfunkchor & Rundfunkorchster Köln/ Helmuth Froschauer

4. NLCA02022 "Eternity" 5'24
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (2'17)
ANNA K. JACOBS: Ave Maria (3'07)
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

5. Centaur CRC 2773 4'00
AARON COPLAND: Sing Ye Praises to Our King (2'07)
ERNANI AGUIAR: Salmo 150 (1'53)
Taylor Festival Choir/Robert Taylor

6. Hyperion CDA 66669 3'31
GUSTAV HOLST: Nunc dimittis
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell

7. Sony SK 68247 19'54
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Mass in F, D. 105 Credo (6'55), Sanctus (1'50), Benedictus (4'00), Agnus Dei (2'49), Dona nobis pacem, 2nd version (4'20)
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Bruno Weil; Alexander Nader, Thomas Puchegger, Georg Leskovich, Jörg Hering, Kurt Azesberger, Harry van der Kamp

THEME
April 18 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Greenville College "The Call" 2'02
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord, Ps. 100
The Greenville College Choir/Dr. Jeffrey S. Wilson

2. Koch 3-7513-2 "Palestrina: Soul of Rome" 3'51
GIOVANNI PERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA: Ave Maria
Lionheart

3. Virgin Classics 7243 5 45183 2 4 7'28
HEALEY WILLAN: Magnificat (4'46) and Nunc dimittis (2'42)
Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn; Bryn Nixon, organ

4. Gloriae Dei Cantores 108 "Josef Gabriel Rheinberger" 13'06
RHEINBERGER: Mass in E flat for Double Chorus Kyrie (3'20), Gloria (3'25)
RHEINBERGER: Mass in G minor for SSA and Organ Sanctus (1'34), Benedictus (1'47)
RHEINBERGER: Mass in F for TTBB and Organ Agnus Dei (3'00)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson; David Chalmers, organ

5. Jitro AM 0026 2 "Jitro's Encores" 3'46
HENK BADINGS: Kyrie
Jitro/Jirí Skopal

6. Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis E-2438 "Mass for the Parishes" 3'15
LEO NESTOR: Gloria, from Mass for the Parishes
St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs/Dr. John A. Romeri

7. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901591 "Brahms: Geistliche Chormusic" 5'36
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Missa Canonica, op. posth, Sanctus (3'24), Benedictus (2'12)
RIAS-Kammerchor/Marcus Creed

8. Private recording, not available 7'14
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Beati quorum via (3'41)
DANIEL GAWTHROP: Sing Me to Heaven (3'33)
The Bach Society Chorus/A. Dennis Sparger

THEME
April 11 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 4'54
DOUGLAS MAJOR: Festival Te Deum
American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor; Jay R. Rader, organ

2. Q DISC Q 97056 5'35
FRANK MARTIN: Credo, from Mass for Double Chorus
Netherlands Chamber Choir/Tõnu Kaljuste

3. Conifer Classics 75605 5129 2 "A Vaughan Williams Hymnal" 3'04
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Christ the Lord is risen again
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow/Christopher Allsop, organ

4. Collegium COLCD 131 "Lighten Our Darkness" 4'24
WILLIAM BYRD: O Christ who art the light and day
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

5. Woodley WE0595 9'18
PAUL HALLEY: Christe, qui lux es et dies
The Woodley Ensemble/Robert Lehman

6. BIS -CD-1031 20'05
J.S. BACH: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, Selected movements 2. Ich hatte viel (4'30); 3. Seufzer, Tränen (4'30); 8. Komm mein Jesu (3'56); 9. Sie nun wieder zufrieden (4'29): 11. Das Lamm, das erwürget ist (3'09)
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki; Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass

THEME
April 4 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Archiv 415-514-2 7'02
J.S. BACH: Et Resurrexit (3'45) and Dona nobis pacem (3'17), Mass in B minor
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner

2. Pro Organo CD 7100 "The Day of Resurrection" 8'46
H.J. GAUNTLETT/arr Jeffrey Smith: Jesus lives! Thy terrors now (3'42)
LEO SOWERBY: And they drew nigh (5'04)
The Parish Choirs of St. Paul's Parish, K Street, Washington, D.C. , The Washington Symphonic Brass/Jeffrey Smith; Scott Dettra, organist

3. Naxos 8.557111130 7'35
JOHN RUTTER: Variations on an Easter theme
Nicholas Rimmer and Nicholas Collon, organists

4. EMI Classics 7243 5 65103 2 "Music for Holy Week" 5'55
JOHN SHEPPARD: Haec dies (2'30)
KENNETH LEIGHTON: Let all the world in every corner sing (3'25)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Philip Ledger; Thomas Trotter, organ

5. Cappella Confluentes "Vesperae Dominica in Resurrectionis" 10'38 Music for Easter Vespers from the Polish Royal Chapel, Warsaw, c. 1615
ANDRZEJ HAKENBERGER: Surgens Jesus á 9 (2'13)
MIKOLAJ ZIELENSKI: Deus in adjutorium, á 8 (1'42)
ASPRILIO PACELLI: Laudate pueri á 8 (4'59)
LUCA MARENZIO: Jubilate Deo á 4 (1'44)
Cappella Confluentes/Jörn Hinnerk Andresen

6. Philips 434 695 2 7'12
G.F. HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth (5'21), Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead (1'51), from Messiah
Sylvia McNair, soprano; Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner

THEME
March 28 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Archiv 415 514-2, disc 2 7'53
J. S. BACH: Mass in B minor, Sanctus (5'24), Osanna (2'29)
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner

2. Hyperion CDA66076 5'10
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Mass in G minor, Sanctus
Corydon Singers/Matthew Best

3. Saint Louis Chamber Chorus SLCC06 "Singing St. Louis" 3'48
CHARLES COLLINS: Missa St. Louis, Sanctus (1'45), Agnus Dei (2'03)
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus/Philip Barnes

4. Sony SK 66615 "Miserere" 2'53
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Adoramus te, Christe
Westminster Abbey Choir/Martin Neary; Martin Baker, Organ; Robin Jeffrey, Theorbo

5. EMI Classics 0777 7 545262 5 "Mozart Requiem" 2'37
W. A. MOZART: Ave verum corpus, KV 618
The Schütz Consort, The London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

6. Chandos CHAN 9303 8'27
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV: The Seven Days of Passion Sye zhenikh gryadet (3'35), Vyecheri Tvoyeya tainyya (4'62)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valéry Polyansky

7. Arabesque Z6743-2 17'00
G. F. HANDEL/arr. W.A. MOZART: Messiah Surely He hath borne our griefs (2'11), And with his stripes we are healed (1'55), All we like sheep, have gone astray (3'58), Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (1'29), Behold, and see if there be Any sorrow (1'21), He was cut off out of the land of the living (0'18), But thou Didst not leave His soul in hell (2'38), Lift up your heads (3'05)
Handel & Haydn Society of Boston/Andrew Parrott; Karina Gauvin, Soprano; Jennifer Lane, Mezzo soprano

THEME
March 21 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Dorian DOR-902531 2'54
J.S. BACH: Crucifixus, from Mass in B minor, BWV 232
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem and Festival Orchestra/Greg Funfgeld

2. Classic Produktion Osnabrück cpo 777 091-2 8'32
J.S. BACH/arr. ROBERT SCHUMANN: St. John Passion, BWV 245 3. Choral (0'58), 4. Recitative (1'05), 5. Choral (1'05), 8. Recitative (0'15), 9. Aria (3'55), 11. Choral (1'29)
Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max; Jan Kobow, tenor; Veronika Winter, soprano

3. Naxos 8.557617-19 14'41
J.S. BACH: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Nos 1-3 (8'01), 6 (3'50), 9 (2'00), 10 (0'50)
Dresden Chamber Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl; Nico van der Meel, tenor; Raimund Nolte, bass; Marianne Beate Kielland, Mezzo-soprano

4. Hyperion CDA 66369 21'46
J.S. BACH: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

THEME
March 14 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Augsburg Fortress "Bach for All Seasons" 2'20
J. S. BACH: What God Ordains Is Good Indeed
Holy Trinity Bach Choir & Instrumentalists (New York)/Richard Erickson

2. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907440 4'01
WILLIAM BYRD: Have mercy upon me, O God
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford & Fretwork/Bill Ives

3. Concordia Recordings E-2204 "In the New Moon" 4'31
SVEN-DAVID SANDSTRÖM: Agnus Dei
The Concordia Choir, Moorhead, MN/René Clausen

4. CBC SMCD 5219 "Earth Chants" 4'40
IMANT RAMINSH: Agnus Dei, from Missa Brevis in C minor
Vancouver Chamber Choir & CBC Radio Orchestra/Jon Washburn; Jennie Such, soprano

5. BBC, Vol. 12, No. 8 3'08
CARLO GESUALDO: O vos omnes
BBC Singers/Bo Holten

6. Sony SK 66615 "Miserere" 3'58
ANTONIO LOTTI: Crucifixus, á 8
Westminster Abbey Choir/Martin Neary; Martin Baker, organ; Robin Jeffrey, theorbo

7.Gloriae Dei Cantores 024 "Edmund Rubbra the sacred muse" 6'24
EDMUND RUBBRA: Tenebrae First Nocturn, Op. 72 1. In monte Oliveti (2'17), 3. Ecco vidimus eum (4'07)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

8. Telarc CD-80362 19'00
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI: Stabat Mater 1. Stala Matka bolejaca (6'48), 2. I któz widzac tak cierpiaca (3'06), 5. Niechaj pod nim razem stoje (3'09), 6. Chrystus niech me bedzie grodem
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw; Christine Goerke, Soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo soprano; Victor Ledbetter, baritone

THEME
March 7 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Channel Classics CCD DA 22005 10'01
J.S. BACH: Lord, our Master, from St. John Passion
The Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven

2. Delos DE 3210 "Prince of Music" 5'41
G.P. PALESTRINA: O Domine Jesu Christe (1'48) Super flumina Babilonis (3'53)
Voice of Ascension/Dennis Keene

3. Naxos 8.555794 4'16
C.V. STANFORD: Benedictus (1'47) & Agnus Dei (2'29) From Communion Service in C, Op. 115
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson; Christopher Whitton, organ

4. Nimbus NI 5241 2'35
W.A. MOZART/ed. Robbins Landon: Lacrymosa, from Requiem
The Hanover Band and Chorus/Roy Goodman

5. Pacific Chorale PC9701 "Musica" 9'00
RENÉ CLAUSEN: O Vos Omnes
The Pacific Chorale/John Alexander

6. Naxos 8.557130 16'05
JOHN RUTTER: Requiem 3. Pie Jesu (3'36), 4. Sanctus (2'04), 5. Agnus Dei (5'22), 6. The Lord is My shepherd (5'03)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia/Timothy Brown Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano

THEME
February 28 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1.Harmonia Mundi HMX 2961393 7'34
W.A. MOZART: Kyrie, from Mass in C minor
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestra des Champs-Elysées/ Philippe Herreweghe; Christiane Oelze, soprano

2. Bach Festival Society of Winter Park 5'10
HENRI M.H.W. VOULLAIRE: Blessed Are the Pure of Heart (3'37)
EDWARD W. LEINBACH: Hosanna (1'33)
Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra of Winter Park/John V. Sinclair

3. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907401 7'03
ARVO PÄRT: An den Wassern zu Babel
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier; Christopher Bowers- Broadbent, organ

4. Millikin University "From This House" 6'14
ALBERTO GINASTERA: Lamentations of Jeremiah O Vos Omnes (1'54), Ego Vir Videns (4'20)
Millikin University Choir/Brad Holmes

5. Delphian DCD 34027 4'07
GABRIEL JACKSON: Creator of the Stars of Night
Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh/Matthew Owens; Simon Nieminski, organ

6. American Choral Catalog ACC 120 "Cathedral Classics" 17'50
HERBERT HOWELLS: Requiem Salvator mundi (1'52), Psalm 23 (2'12), Requiem aeternam I (3'21), Psalm 121 (2'16), Requiem aeternam II (3'53), I heard a voice from heaven (4'16)
The Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland

THEME
February 21 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. London 421-177-2 7'58
J.S. BACH: Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen, from St. Matthew Passion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Sir Georg Solti

2. RCA Victor 09026-60970-2 5'41
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Selig sind die Toten (3'37)
GERRE HANCOCK: Introit for a Feast Day (2'04)
Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg

3. AAM Recordings "Song of Shinobué" 6'27
HARUKA WATANABE: Mélodie Mélancolique
Haruka Watanabe, violin; Ayoka Watanabe, harp

4. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Soul Speaks" 7'47
PAVEL CHESNOKOV: Spaseniye sodelal (2'47)
ANTON BRUCKNER: Os justi meditabitur spientiam (5'00)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Dennis Shrock

5. MDG 937 1366-6 20'57
FRANZ LISZT: Stabat Mater, selections from Christus 2. Stabat mater dolorosa (6'14), 7. Fac me cruce custoridri (3'55), 8. Quando Corpus morietur (2'57), 9. O Filii et Filae (2'05), 10. Resurrexit (5'46)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Roman Kofman; Franziska Hirzel, Birgit Remmert, Donald Kaasch, Ralf Lukas

THEME
February 14 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. St. Olaf Records E-2294 "Great Hymns of Faith" 5'16
JOHN B. DYKES/arr. John Ferguson: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
The St. Olaf Choir and Brass/Anton Armstrong; John Ferguson, organ

2. Goshen College "sisters and brothers" 3'26
PATRICK RESSLER, arr: What Wondrous Love Is This
Goshen College Men's Chorus/Scott Hochstetler

3. Decca B0013009-02 "a new heaven" 6'22
HERBERT HOWELLS: Like as the hart
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers; Robert Quinney, organ

4. Delos DE 3138 "Ave Maria" 2'25
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Ubi caritas
Ascension Music Chorus/Dennis Keene

5. CBC Records SMCD 5219 4'48
IMANT RAMINSH: Ubi caritas
Vancouver Chamber Chorus/Jon Washburn

6. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 8'02
JOHN STAINER: God So Loved the World
GILBERT M. MARTIN: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Robert Lehman, organ

7. Harmonia Mundi HMS 926014 20'05
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42 1. Wie der Hirsch schreit, 2. Meine Seele dürstet nach Gott, 3. Was betrübst du dich, 5. Was betruübst du dich…Preis sei dem Herrn
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/ Philippe Herreweghe; Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano

THEME
February 7 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. MTC 6188 "Peace Like a River" 5'54
JOHN RUTTER: All Things Bright and Beautiful (2'47) Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace (3'07)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop

2. Archiv 445-353-2 7'29
W.A. MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 Exsultate, jubilate (4'58), Alleluia (2'26)
The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock; Barbara Bonney, soprano

3. Teldec 3984-21885-2, vol. 3 of 13 CDs 2'26
W.A. MOZART: Gloria, from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Concentus Musicus Wien/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 8'10
RONALD ARNATT: Steal Away to Jesus
The American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor; Jay R. Rader, organ; J. Carlton Rowe, trumpet

5. LCNC 1999 "I Love the Lord" 7'36
MOSES HOGAN, arr: I'm Gonna Sing til the Spirit Moves (2'11)
MICHAEL HASSELL, arr: Jesus Loves Me (5'25)
Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

6. Melodiya 74321-25186-2 15'53
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 6. Cherubic Hymn (8'53), 11. It is meet (4'40), 14. Praise Ye the Lord (2'20)
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/Valeri Polyansky

THEME
January 31 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. ATMA SACD2 2402 9'17
J.S. BACH: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (8'02), from BWV 1 Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh (1'15)
Montréal Baroque/Eric Milnes

2. Pro Organo CD 7065 "Music at St. George's, Nashville" 2'59
G.F. HANDEL: Eternal Source, from Ode for Queen Anne
Christi John Bye, soprano; Jeff Bailey, trumpet; Anthony LaMarchina, Cello; Wilma Jensen, organist

3. Concordia University, River Forest "Sinfonia Voci" 3'42
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O How Amiable
Concordia University Wind Symphony and Kapelle/Richard Fischer

4. Concordia Recordings E-3005 "Evocations" 4'24
ERIC WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque
The Concordia Choir of Moorhead, MN/René Clausen

5. Clarion CLR930 CD "Live from Loretto Chapel" 5'03
Arr. JACK HALLORAN: Witness (2'32)
Arr. RENÉ CLAUSEN: Deep River (2'31)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Linda Mack; Kimberly Harrison, soprano solo

6. CORO COR16031 4'32
AARON COPLAND: Four Motets 1. Help us, O Lord (2'48); 4. Sing ye praises to our King (1'44)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

7. Hänssler 98.956 17'44
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123, "Gloria"
Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Pamela Coburn, Florence Quivar, Aldo Baldin, Andreas Schmidt

THEME
January 24 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Christ Church New Haven CC01063 5'10
J.S. BACH: Meine Seele erhabt den Herren, BWV 733
Robert Lehman, organ

2. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 2'37
FRANK FERKO: I Was Glad when They Said unto Me
American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor

3. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 8'09
F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Praise to the Lord the Almighty (4'03)
HOWARD HELVEY: Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone (4'06)
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Sandra Geary, Piano; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin

4. Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 322 1422-2 9'47
ANTON BRUCKNER: Os justi (4'45) Christus factus est (5'02)
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Petr Fiala

5. CBC Records SMCD 5116 "Songs of the Lights" 3'31
IMANT RAMINSH: Song of the Stars
Vancouver Chamber Choir; CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Jon Washburn

6. Clarion CLR933CD "First Day" 3'13
EMILE DESAMOURS: Alélouya
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Linda Mack

7. Hyperion CDA67147 15'22
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Missa brevis Kyrie (2'38), Gloria (4'12), Credo (6'14), Sanctus (2'18)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Andrew Reid, organ

THEME
January 17 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. CBC Records MVCD 1136 5'58
J.S. BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir/Ivars Taurins

2. Collegium Records COLCD 134 "The Sacred Flame" 4'46
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Christe, adoramus te (2'58) Cantate Domino (1'48)
The Cambridge Singers & La Nuova Musica/John Rutter

3. Arsis CD103 "Ye Shall Have a Song" 3'57
RANDALL THOMPSON: The Best of Rooms
American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor

4. Greenville College "Songs of Redemption" 6'30
JAMES FRITSCHEL: I Sing as I Arise Today (2'01)
VYTAUTAS MISKINIS: Lucis Creator optime (4'29)
Greenville (Illinois) College Choir/Jeffrey S. Wilson

5. GDCD 118 "Kaleidoscope: America's Faith in Song" 6'44
WILLIAM BOLCOM: What a Friend We Have in Jesus!
James E. Jordan, Jr., organist

6. GDCD 118 "Kaleidoscope" (same as above) 3'26
VIRGIL THOMSON: The Morning Star (1'10) Psalm 136 (2'16)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

7. Virgin Records 7243 8 11015 2 0 CDVE956 16'50
KARL JENKINS: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace Benedictus (7'35), Better Is Peace (9'15)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, et al/Karl Jenkins

THEME
January 10 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Collegium COLCD 100 "Gloria" 5'50
JOHN RUTTER: O clap your hands, Ps. 47 (3'08) All things bright and beautiful (2'42)
The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

2. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907397 "Biber · Missa Christi Resurgentis" 4'19
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER: Sonata (1'14) and Kyrie (3'05), from Missa Christi resurgentis
The English Concert & The Choir of the English Concert/Andrew Manze

3. C majeur 290236 "Bach Family Motets" 9'23
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH: Fürchte dich nicht (4'36)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH: Sei lieber Tag willkommen (4'47)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

4. Virgin Classics 7243 5 62252 2 0, 4 vols. "Bach Cantatas & Masses) 7'44
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39, vs. 1
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent/Philippe Herreweghe

5. CBC Records SMCD 5116 "Imant Raminsh · Songs of the Lights" 21'00
IMANT RAMINSH: Magnificat Magnificat (6'05), Quia respexit (5'43), Fecit potentiam (2'16), Suscepit Israel (2'34), Gloria Patri (4'17)
Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Jon Washburn; Sandra Graham, mezzo soprano

THEME
January 3 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Collegium COLCD 113 "Hail, gladdening Light 7'01
JOHN AMNER: Come, let's rejoice (1'40)
THOMAS TALLIS: O nata lux (1'40)
CHARLES WOOD: Hail, gladdening Light (3'41)
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

2. Cedille FOUNDation CDR 7001 "Menotti & Vierne" 7'43
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: Gloria (Missa 'O Pulchritudo')
William Ferris Chorale, Composer Festival Orchestra/William Ferris; Joan Gibbons, Deborah Fair, John Vorrasi, Thomas Sillitti

3. Hyperion CDA 67398 "Remembrance" 7'50
WILLIAM HARRIS: Holy is the true light (2'12)
IAN KELLAM: Agnus Dei (5'38)
The Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral/John Scott; Huw Williams, organ

4. Magnum Chorum MCC-4 "Wonder Tidings" 8'33
STEPHEN PAULUS: Christ is the Morning Star (6'05), Be Merry (2'28); From Canticum Novum
Magnum Chorum/David Dickau; David Fischer, tenor; Maria Jette, soprano; Steven Savre, oboe; Valerie Weber, harp; Jane Garvin, flute; Bob Adney, perc

5. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907457.59, vol. 3 of 3 CDs "Let My Prayer Arise" 15'57
SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Selections from the All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 4.
O gentle light (3'15); 7. Glory to God in the highest heavens (2'03); 8. Praise the name of the Lord (2'14); 11. My soul magnifies the Lord (6'53); 15. O Queen victorious (1'32)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier

THEME
December 27 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Laudate 98.853, vol. 3 7'26
J.S. BACH: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Christmas Oratorio, cantata V)
Bach Collegium Stuttgart & Gächinger Kantorei/Helmut Rilling

2. RPO Records CDRPO 7021 "St. Paul's Christmas Concert" 2'21
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A New Year Carol
Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral/John Scott; David Nickless, Jonathan Seyghal, Connor Burrowes, treble soloists

3. CLAL 9101 CD "Christmas at the Cathedral" 1'23
WILLIAM WALTON: What Cheer
Masterworks Chorale/A. Dennis Sparger

4. EMI 7 49809 2 "The Carol Album" 1'45
Anon.: The Old Year now away is fled
Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott; Evelyn Tubb, soprano

5. EMI CDM 7 69950 "Carols from Clare" 4'09
arr. JOHN RUTTER: Here we come a-wassailing
Clare College Singers & Orchestra/John Rutter

6. Troy 353 "Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington" 5'13
EDWIN FISSINGER: Make We Joy (1'55)
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Sir Christèmas (1'35)
Arr. ANDRÉ THOMAS: African Noel (1'43)
Master Chorale of Washington, Brass & Percussion /Donald McCullough

7. San Francisco Girls Chorus "Christmas" 7'09
ELEANOR DALEY: What Sweeter Music (3'13)
arr. KIRKE MECHEM: Fum, Fum, Fum (0'56)
arr. STEPHEN HATFIELD: Go Where I Send Thee
San Francisco Girls Chorus/Susan McMane; Susan Soehuer, piano

8. Hänssler 98.836/4 "Kantaten zum Weihnachtsfestkreis" 17'57
J.S. BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Liede, BWV 190 Cantata for New Year's Day
Gächinger Kantorei & Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Helen Watts, alto; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Nikolaus Tüller, bass

THEME
December 20 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. RCM 19605 "Christmas" 6'19
STEPHEN PAULUS/orch Robert D. Hunter: The Angels and the Shepherds (1'37)
MARK REISE/orch Tony Fox: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (4'42)
Los Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra/Paul Salamunovich

2. CBC Enterprises SMCD5055 "Welcome Yule!" (available at www.cbcshop.ca) 5'22
ERIC ROBERTSON: Variations on the Sussex Carol
Elmer Iseler Singers/Elmer Iseler; Lydia Adams, organ

3. D'Note Records DND 1015 "Carols for Christmas" 4'52
STEPHEN PAULUS: The Ship Carol (2'14)
STEPHEN PAULUS: The First Nowell (2'38)
The Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland; Kathy Kienzle, harp

4. BSSL 2002 "Jesu, Joy" 6'22
HEALEY WILLAN: The Three Kings (3'14)
Arr. ROBERT DeCORMIER: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (3'08)
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Christopher Treloar, Triangle

5. "Joy for Every Age" 5'31
(available from Arcangeli Records, 767 Monmartre, St. Louis, MO 63141)
arr. STEPHEN MAGER: O Come, Little Children (3'30) Ding Dong! Merrily on High (2'01)
Arcangeli Chamber Chorus and Orchestra/Stephen Mager

6. Nimbus NI 5413 "Nativitas, American Christmas Carols"
(available at www.kcchorale.org) 5'01
JOHN CARTER: In Time of Softest Snow (3'16)
Arr. EDWIN FISSINGER: I Saw Three Ships (1'45)
The Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

7. Kodanja Records 45432 3 "A Feast of Carols" 14'15
arr. RANDOL ALAN BASS: A Symphony of Carols
Chanticleer/Pat-A-Pan/Fum, Fum, Fum/Stille Nacht/Still, Still, Still/Adeste Fidelis

National Symphony Orchestra of London & Tallis Chamber Choir/Randol Alan Bass; Deborah Staddart, soprano; Prudence Raper, alto; George von Bergen, baritone

THEME
December 13 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Hyperion NOEL 1 "Christmas through the Ages" 5'45
THOMAS CLARK OF CANTERBURY: While shepherds watched/flocks (3'32)
Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
ARCANGELO CORELLI: Allegro, Christmas Concerto, Op. 6, No. 8 (2'13)
The Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman

2. RCM Records 19705 "Lauridsen-Lux Aeterna" 4'48
MORTEN LAURIDSEN: O Nata Lux
Los Angeles Master Chorale/Paul Salamunovich

3. St. Louis Cathedral Choir "Christmas at the Cathedral" (www.cathedralconcerts.org) 5'23 Piae Cantiones: Gaudete! (2'16)
KENNETH LEIGHTON: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (3'07)
St. Louis Cathedral Choir/John A. Romeri; Scott Kennebeck, tenor; Patricia Scanlon, soprano

4. Magnum Chorum MCC-4 "Wonder Tidings" 10'57
STEPHEN PAULUS: Three Nativity Carols The Holly and the Ivy (332), This Endris Night (4'14), Wonder Tidings (3'11)
Magnum Chorum/David Dickau; Mark Seerup, oboe; Valerie Weber, harp

5. BSSL 2002 "Jesu, Joy"
CRAIG COURTNEY: Trilogy for the Christ Child Calm on the Listening Ear of Night (2'10), All Hail, Thou Noble Guest (2'06), Only a Manger (2'00)
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

6. Nimbus Records NI 5413 "Nativitas" 14'54
JEAN BELMONT: Nativitas (Tracks 7-8, 10-14)
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

THEME
December 6 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. SMCD5055 "Welcome Yule!" 4'18
Arr. DEREK HOLMAN: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Elmer Iseler Singers/Elmer Iseler

2. Deutsche Grammophon 429 732-2 "Christmas Carols" 6'34
Arr. NORMAN LUBOFF: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (1'30) A la nanita nana (1'44) Still, Still, Still (2'40)
Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg

3. MTC "The Wonder of Christmas" 4'25
Arr. MACK WILBERG: Angels from the Realms of Glory
Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Craig Jessop; Renée Fleming, soprano

4. CAE-5200 "Make We Joy" 4'32
DEREK HOLMAN: Make we joy now in this feast (1'11)
JACKSON BERKEY: Il est né
Choral Arts Ensemble/Rick Kvam

5. Canticleer Records CR-8803 "Our Heart's Joy" 8'02
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS: In dulci jubilo (2'40)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A hymn to the Virgin (3'30)
DALE GROTENHUIS: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (1'52)
Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings

6. Gothic G 49208 "Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers" 11'09
STEPHEN PAULUS: Three Nativity Carols The Holly and the Ivy (3'32), This Endris Night (4'32), Wonder Tidings (3'05)
Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland; Kathleen Robinson, oboe; Kathy Kienzle, harp

7. BBC Music vol. 12 no. 4 9'14
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: A Boy was Born, (Finale) Noel!
Trinity Boys Choir & BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson

THEME
November 29 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Hyperion LC 7533 "Christmas through the Ages" 7'30
ANDREW CARTER: O come, o come, Emmanuel (3'53)
St Paul's Cathedral Choir/John Scott; Andrew Lucas, organ
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Die Hirten auf dem Felder (1'24)
The King's Consort/Robert King
ARCHANGELO CORELLI: Allegro from the 'Christmas Concerto' (2'13)
The Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman

2. RCA Victor 7787-2-RC 2'50
FRANCIS POULENC: O magnum mysterium
The Philadelphia Singers/Michael Korn

3. Telarc CD-80202 5'11
HUGO DISTLER: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (3'16)
HEINZ WERNER ZIMMERMAN: Uns ist ein Kind geboren (1'55)
QUINK Vocal Ensemble

4. Marquis ERAD 135 "Dancing Day" 6'22
JOHN RUTTER: Angelus ad virginem (1'38) A virgin most pure (4'44)
Toronto Children's Chorus/Jean Ashworth Bartle; Judy Loman, harp

5. BSSL 2006 "Gloria!" 10'19
STEPHEN MAGER: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella (2'11)
DALE WARLAND: What Child Is This? (3'03)
STEVE BARNETT: Go Tell It on the Mountain (5'05)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Melissa Payton, Soprano; Steven Slusher, Tenor; Deane Looney, Bass

6. Troy 353 "Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington" 15'47
JONATHAN WILLCOCKS: Magnificat Magnificat (4'20), Et misericordia (4'32), Fecit potentiam (4'20), Gloria Patri (2'35)
Master Chorale of Washington/Donald McCullough; Angela Powell, Soprano

THEME
November 22 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Virgin Classics 7243 5 45183 2 4 2'39
HEALEY WILLAN: Sing to the Lord of Harvest
Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn; Bryn Nixon, organ

2. Messiah College MSC2000 "Look to This Day" 3'44
arr. MACK WILBERG: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Messiah College Concert Choir/Linda Tedford

3. Pro Organo CD 2223 "Sacred Heart" 5'26
CHARLES CALLAHAN: Thanksgiving (3'09) The Rejoicing (2'17)
Charles Callahan, organ; Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Tampa, FL

4. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 031 "Appalachian Sketches" 4'11
arr. JOHN CARTER: Holy Manna (2'21)
arr. SHAW/PARKER: Bright Canaan (1'50)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

5. BSSL 2008 Bach Society of Saint Louis "Great and Marvelous" 7'48
DALE GROTENHUIS: Great and Marvelous (2'35)
MACK WILBERG, arr.: Be Still, My Soul (5'13)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Lenora-Marya Anop, Violin; Robert Lehman, organ

6. Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester CAER-71998 "Minnesota Voices" 7'08
JOHN FERGUSON: Psalm 46 (4'16)
CAROLYN JENNINGS: To God All Praise and Glory (2'52)
Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester/Rick Kvam; Lee Afdahl, organ

7. PGM 102 "The Buxtehude Project, vol 1" 9'04
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Erfreue dich, Erde!
The Sarum Consort, Chamber Choir of St. Peter's in the Great Valley/Martha N. Johnson; Tamara Crout Matthews, Laura H. Heimes, Steven Rickards, John Alston

8. BMG 05472-77305-2 "Make a Joyful Noise" 6'13
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Singet dem Herrn, O sing to the Lord (2'33) Nun danket alle Gott, Now thank we all our God (3'40)
Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel

9. Augsburg Fortress 3-5855 "Bach for All Seasons" 1'52
J.S. BACH: Now Thank We All Our God
Holy Trinity Bach Choir/Richard Erickson

THEME
November 15 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Teldec 4509-92626-2 3'24
J.S. BACH: Lobe den Herrn, BWV 137
Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. CD Accord 4'25
WOJCIECH KILAR: Gloria, from Missa pro Pace Gloria I (1'15), Gloria II (3'09)
Warsaw Philharmonic, National Orchestra & Choir of Poland/Kazimierz Kord; Izabella Klosinska, Jadwiga Rappe, Charles Daniels, Romuald Tesarowicz

3. Amadeus AMA9900TLC001 5'38
SRUL IRVING GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a New Song
The Amadeus Choir/Lydia Adams; Eleanor Daley, piano

4. Koch 3-7513-2 III 7'42
G.P PALESTRINA: Adoramus te (1'49) Sanctus, from Missa in duplicibus minoribus I (5'53)
Lionheart

5. Telarc CD-80287 5'33
ANTONIN DVORAK: Dignare, Domine, from Te Deum
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw; Christine Brewer, soprano

6. Telarc 2CD-80453 20'12
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Vespers of 1610 Deus in adjutorium/Domine ad adjuvandum (2'11); Antiphon ('22); Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus (7'28); Motet: Nigra sum (3'53); Antiphon ('31); Psalm 112: Laudate pueri (5'47)
Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman; Janice Chandler, Karen Clift, Richard Croft, Lynton Atkinson, Brad Diamond, Christopheren Nomura, Jeff Mattsey

THEME
November 8 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Collegium COLCD 100 "Gloria" 3'07
JOHN RUTTER: Praise ye the Lord (1'41) God be in my head (1'26)
The Cambridge Singers, The City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

2. Pro Organo CD 7059 "The Wanderer" 5'58
C. HUBERT H. PARRY: Chorale Prelude on "Hanover"
Robert Benjamin Dobey, organist

3. Philips B0000032-02 5'41
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of Ward) Agnus Dei (2'58), Dona nobis pacem (2'43)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Topi Lehtpuu, Brindley Sherratt

4. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 108 "Josef Gabriel Rheinberger" 2'38
JOSEF GABRIEL RHEINBERGER: Laudate Dominum
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

5. Griffin GCCD4026 "In Honour of Our Lady" 5'56
FRANZ LISZT: Ave Maria
Westminster Cathedral Choir/Stephen Cleobury; Andrew Wright, organ

6. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907293 "Missa Mexicana" 5'47
JUAN GUTIÉRREZ DE PADILLA: Credo (Missa Ego flos campi)
The Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King

7. Hyperion CDA66488 19'14
HERBERT HOWELLS: An English Mass Sanctus (3'12), Benedictus (4'13), Agnus Dei (3'02), Gloria (8'47)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Vernon Handley; Julie Kennard, soprano; John Mark Ainsley, tenor

THEME
November 1 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Conifer Classics 75605 51249 2 5'23
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: For all the saints
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow; Andrew Lamb, organist

2. GIA CD-299 3'26
GREGOR JOSEPH WERNER: This Day Is Such a Joyful Day
The Cathedral Singers/Richard Proulx

3. Hyperion CDA66669 3'27
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: O salutaris hostia
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell

4. Belart 461 318-2 7'15
JOHN STAINER: I saw the Lord
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/George Guest; Peter White, organist

5. St. Olaf Records E-2294 5'21
available from St. Olaf College Bookstore, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057
DANIEL SCHUTTE/arr Ovid Young: Here I Am, Lord
The St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

6. Philips 470 297-2 22'07
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Harmoniemesse Kyrie (8'04), Gloria in excelsis (2'04), Gratias (5'46), Quoniam (3'09), Sanctus (3'04)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Topi Lehtipuu, Brindley Sherratt

THEME
October 25 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Sony SK90386 "Simply Baroque" 3'43
J.S. BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (chorale prelude)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello/ The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman

2. Vanguard SVC-105 HD 4'44
J.S. BACH: Wenn sol es doch geschehen, from BWV 11 Amor Artis
Chorale and English Chamber Orchestra/Johannes Somary

3. St. Louis Children's Choirs 2007 5'25
Arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (1'52)
St. Louis Children's Choirs: Chamber Singers/Joel Christie
ROLLO DILWORTH: Jordan's Angels (3'33)
St. Louis Children's Choirs: Concert Choir/Barbara Berner; Billie Derham, piano

4. Centaur CRC 2773 "This Is Thy Hour, O Soul" 8'59
TREVOR WESTON: Magnificat (6'09) and Nunc dimittis (2'50)
Taylor Festival Choir/Robert Taylor; Richard Jobe, organ

5. Chandos CHSA 5055 "Rheinberger Sacred Choral Works" 4'27
JOSEF RHEINBERGER: Mass in E flat major for double chorus Sanctus (2'12), Benedictus (2'15)
Phoenix Bach Choir and Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

6. Philips 289 456 578-2 19'32
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Mass in A flat Kyrie (6'33), Gloria (13'19)
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Deborah York, Sally Bruce Payne, Neill Archer, Michael George

THEME
October 18 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Luther College "Weston Noble Golden Anniversary Tour 1997-98" 1'37
HANS LEO HASSLER: Jubilate Deo, Ps. 100
The Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

2. Luther College "And I Heard a Great Voice 1995-97" 4'25
KNUT NYSTEDT: Be Not Afraid
The Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

3. Duke University DCCD1001 "Duke Chapel Choir Celebration Concert-1999" 5'28
DAVID ARCUS: Song of Triumph
Duke University Chapel Choir and Orchestra/Rodney Wynkoop; David Arcus, organ

4. Valparaiso University VMCD1001 "Traditions: Hymns, Motets, and Folk Songs" 4'11
Arr. ALICE PARKER: God Is Seen (2'08) Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (2'03)
The Valparaiso University Chorale/Christopher M. Cock

5. Hyperion CDA66898 1'52
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Sanctus, from Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Joseph Cullen and Andrew Reid, organs

6. Clarion CLR915CD "through the green fuse" 6'52
PAUL AYRES: Ruth (4'34)
WILLIAM AVERITT: Fire (2'18), from Afro American Fragments
Conspirare Company of Voices/Craig Hella Johnson

7. Telarc CD-80389 23'02
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Elijah, nos. 1-7 Introduction (0'57); Overture (3'30); Help, Lord (3'21); The deep affords no water (0'58); Zion spreadeth her hands for aid (2'08); Ye people, rend your hearts (0'55); If with all your hearts (2'48); Yet doth the Lord see it not (4'20); Elijah! Get thee hence (0'55); For He shall give his angels charge over thee (3'10)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw; Jerry Hadley as Obadiah; Thomas Hampson as Elijah

THEME
October 11 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Teldec 4905-92626-2 "Bach: Famous Choruses" 3'24
J.S. BACH: Lobe den Herren, BWV 137
Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. MacMurray College "The Organ at MacMurray, vol II" 3'50
CALVIN HAMPTON: Trumpet Tune, from Ceremonial Music
Jay Peterson, organist

3. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 8'08
HOWARD HELVEY: Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone (4'06)
F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (4'02)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

4. Nimbus NI 5529 "Mendelssohn Church Music" 5'22
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria, Op. 23, No. 1
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson; Peter Davis, organ

5. Harmonia Mundi HCK 3951142 "Sacred Choral Works" 7'02
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Mitten wir im Leben sind, Op. 23, No. 3
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe

6. Archiv 477 6327 20'33
JOSEPH HAYDN: Die Schöpfung (The Creation) 14. Die Himmel erzählen (3'45), 15. Und Gott sprach (0'28), 16. Auf starkem Fittiche (7'19), 17. Und Gott schuf (2'12), 18. Und die Engel (0'19), 19. In Holder Anmut stehn (6'30)
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Sylvia McNair, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley

THEME
October 4 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Erato 3984-25488-2, Disc 3 3'21
J.S. BACH: Wer hofft in Gott, und dem vertraut, from Ich glaube, lieber Herr, BWV 109
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman

2. Nimbus NI 5289 3'05
J.S. BACH: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720
Kevin Bowyer, the Marcussen organ of St. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark

3. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901591 5'18
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, op. 29
R.I.A.S.-Kammerchor/Marcus Creed

4. Bach at the Sem, Vol III 9'30 Bach at the Sem, Concordia Seminary, 801 DeMun Ave., St. Louis MO 63105
JOHANN SCHELLE: Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg The American Kantorei/Robert Bergt; Suzanne Lee, Kathryn Stieler, Katharine Lawton Brown, Jeral Becker, David Berger

5. Collins Classics 14462 11'32
MICHAEL TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals, from 'A Child of Our Time' Steal away, Nobody knows, Go down, Moses; By and by, Deep River
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers; Carys Lane, Sally Bruce-Payne, Neil MacKenzie, Robert Evans


6. Teldec 3984-21885-2, vol 10 of 13 14'55
W.A. MOZART: Regina Coeli, K. 108 (74d) Regina coeli (2'57), Quia quem meruisti (3'41), Ora pro nobis (5'26), Alleluia (2'51)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Charlotte Margiono, soprano

THEME
September 27 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Chaconne CHAN 0734, vol 5 of 8 4'23
JOSEPH HAYDN: Kyrie, Nelson Mass
Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox; Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe

2. Erato 3984 21659 2 "Agnus Dei II" 4'30
FRANZ SCHUBERT: The Lord Is My Shepherd
The Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom

3. Nimbus NI 5524 4'55
JOHANNES BRAHMS: A Saviour is come to us, Op. 29
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

4. Telarc CD-80410 3'04
W.A. MOZART: Hostias, Requiem in D minor
Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman

5. MDG 322 1422-2 6'10
ANTON BRUCKNER: Locus iste (2'24) Ave Maria (3'46)
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Petr Fiala

6. Archiv 429 779 2 25'09
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis Kyrie (8'46), Gloria (16'23)
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner; Charlotte Margiono, Catherine Robbin, William Kendall, Alastair Miles

THEME
September 20 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI 7243 5 56605 2 7'35
JOHN RUTTER: Te Deum
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; The Wallace Collection; Robert Quinney, organ 2. DHM 05472 77366

2. "J.S. Bach Motets" 7'30
J.S. BACH: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BEV 226
Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel FIRST COMMERCIAL BREAK

3. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Glorious Voice, Sacred Spaces" 6'27
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Schaffe in mir, Gott
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Simon Carrington

4. SMCD5054 "Laudate Dominum" 2'19
ARTHUR HONEGGER: Laudate Dominum
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis

5. Concordia Recordings E-2204 "In the New Moon" 8'04
RENÉ CLAUSEN: In Pace
The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN)/René Clausen

6. EMI 7243 5 67002 2 16'16
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Magnificat 1. Magnificat (1'26), 2. Et exultavit (2'17), 4. Quia fecit (1'41), 5. Et Misericordia (4'10), 6. Fecit potentiam (0'30), 7. Deposuit potentes (0'54), 8. Esurientes (2'01), 9. Suscepit Israel (1'00), 11. Gloria (2'17)
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Riccardo Muti; Teresa Berganza, Mezzo-soprano; Lucia Valentini Terrani, contralto

THEME
September 13 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Hyperion CDA66898 5'18
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Surrexit a mortuis
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Joseph Cullen, organ

2. CBC Records SMCD-M100 3'39
BARRIE CABENA: Prayer of St. Francis
Elmer Iseler Singers/Elmer Iseler

3. Hänssler CD 98.307 5'43
ANTONIN DVORAK: Te Deum Dignare Domine (2'54), Benedicamus patrem (5'43)
Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Michaela Kaune, soprano; Peter Mikulás, baritone

4. St. Louis Children's Choirs "Live from Scotland and Carnegie Hall" 3'19
RENÉ CLAUSEN: Psalm 100
The St. Louis Children's Choirs/Barbara Berner; Billie Derham, piano; Marie Garritson, flute

5. Bach Society of St. Louis "Fauré Requiem" 5'26
arr. MOSES HOGAN: We Shall Walk through the Valley in Peace (3'11)
PAUL MANZ: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (2'15)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger

6. EMI CDM 7 69753 2 8'11
G.F. HANDEL: Let thy hand be strengthened Let thy hand (3'24), Let justice and judgement (2'35), Alleluja! (2'12)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge; English Chamber Orchestra/ Philip Ledger

7. Hyperion CDA66898 15'33
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Messe á deux choeurs et deux orgues Kyrie (4'05), Gloria (4'09), Sanctus (1'55), Benedictus (1'22), Agnus Dei (4'02)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Joseph Cullen, grand organ; Andrew Reid, choir organ

THEME
September 6 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 029 "Aaron Copland & Virgil Thomson" 1'45
AARON COPLAND: Sing Ye Praises to Our King
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

2. Saint Louis Chamber Chorus SLCC06 "Singing St. Louis" 7'21
CHARLES COLLINS: Gloria (from Missa St. Louis) (2'21)
S. WILLIAM AITKEN: Te Lucis Ante Terminum (5'00)
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus/Philip Barnes

3. RCM 12002 "Argento-Durufle" 6'20
DOMINICK ARGENTO: Te Deum laudamus (from Te Deum)
Los Angeles Master Chorale & Sinfonia Orchestra/Paul Salamunovich

4. Greenville College Choir "The Call" 6'42
available from Music Dept., Greenville College, 315 E. College Ave., Greenville, IL 62246
CHESTER L. ALWES: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (3'47)
DALE GROTENHUIS: Song of Triumph (2'55)

5. SDGCD 89 "Arma Lucis" 10'49
JACKSON BERKEY: Arma Lucis ("Armour of Light")
Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum/Almeda Berkey

6. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 029 "Aaron Copland & Virgil Thomson" 9'12
VIRGIL THOMSON: Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion Kyrie (1'12), Gloria (2'00), Credo (4'02), Sanctus (0'30), Benedictus (0'28), Agnus Dei (1'00)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson; David Ortolani, percussionist

7. . Argo 425 800-2 "Praise the Lord" 5'50
CONRAD SUSA: Nunc dimittis
Choir of St. Thomas Church/Gerre Hancock; Judith Hancock, organist

THEME
August 30 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI 0946 3 41410 2 "Bach Motets" 13'09
J.S. BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Eric Ericson

2. Arsis CD 115 "Distler/David/Bauman" 5'20
HUGO DISTLER: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Op. 12, No. 1
Rockefeller Chapel Choir, University of Chicago/Randi Von Ellefson

3. Collegium CSCD 501 "The Cambridge Singers Collection" 4'00
C.V. STANFORD: Magnificat in G
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter; Wayne Marshall, organ; Caroline Ashton, soprano

4. Concordia Recordings E-2764 "Endless Your Grace" 6'23
PAUL CHRISTIANSEN: Wondrous Love (3'42)
MOSES HOGAN: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? (2'41)
The Concordia Choir, Moorhead, Minnesota/René Clausen

5. Philips D 115329 18'44
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (9'53), III. Herr, lehre doch mich (8'51)
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner; Rodney Gilfry, baritone

THEME
August 23 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. MPI CD 110 "Crown Him with Many Crowns" 5'00
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN/arr. Olivera: Joyful, Joyful
Hector Olivera, organist

2. Augsburg 3-5855 "Bach for all Seasons" 2'55
J.S. BACH: Jesu, Joy-My Joy Forever
The Holy Trinity Bach Choir, New York/Richard Erickson

3. Brilliant Classics 93801 "Bach Family" 8'36
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH: Lieber Herr Gott (3'50)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH: Sei Lieber Tag Willkommen (4'46)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

4. Cedille CDR 90000 109 "American Choral Premieres" 8'21
WILLIAM C. WHITE: Nunc Dimittis
William Ferris Chorale/Paul French

5. CBC Records SMCD 5219 "Earth Chants" 4'48
IMANT RAMINSH: Ubi Caritas
Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn

6. MTC CFN 0813-2 18'14
MACK WILBERG: Requiem, selections Kyrie (3'30), How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (4'00), The Lord Is My Shepherd (3'54), I Am the Resurrection and the Life-Requiem aeternam (6'50)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop; Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano; Bryn Terfel, Baritone

THEME
August 16 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. National Lutheran Choir NLCA001922 "Hymns We Love to Sings" 6'24
arr. DAVID CHERWIEN: A Mighty Fortress
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien, conductor and organist

2. Centaur CRC 2376 "Music of Antonio Lotti" 7'45
ANTONIO LOTTI: Mass for Three Choirs: Gloria in excelsis (1'43), Et in Terra pax (3'18), Laudamus te (2'44)
The Harvard University Choir and Baroque Chamber Orchestra/Murray Forbes Somerville

3. Naxos 8.553044 "Schütz: Psalmen Davids" 6'20
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, SWV 39
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly

4. Nimbus NI 5529 "Mendelssohn" 6'13
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Vespergesang, Op. 121: Adspice Domine de sede sancta tua (3'36), Aperi oculos tuo (2'37)
The Men of The Choir of St. John's College,Cambridge/ChristopherRobinson

5. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 108 2'38
JOSEF GABRIEL RHEINBERGER: Laudate Dominum
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

6. EMI Classics 7243 5 57026 2 "Best Loved Hymns" 4'28
arr. JOHN RUTTER: Be Thou My Vision
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Sioned Williams, harp

7. EMI Classics 7243 5 56168 2 14'12
ANTON BRUCKNER: Mass in F minor Gloria (12'08), Sanctus (2'04)
The London Philharmonic, the Mozart-Choir Linz/Franz Welser-Möst; Jane Eaglen, Birgit Remmert, Deon van de Walt, Alfred Muff

THEME
August 9 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. GDCD 039 "Rare Choral Works" 3'35
W.A. MOZART: Veni Sancte Spiritus, K. 47
GloriaeDei Cantores, Vox Caeli Sinfonia/Elizabeth C. Patterson

2. MCD-1862 "Holsinger, Vol. 2" 4'12
DAVID R. HOLSINGER: On an American Spiritual
Concordia University Wind Symphony/Richard Fischer

3. Audio Ideas Il-CD010 "Awake, My Heart!" 8'27
IMANT RAMINSH: Alleluia, Amen (5'57)
ELEANOR DALEY: In Remembrance, from Requiem (2'30)
Bell'Arte Singers/Lee Willingham

4. AVIE AV 0039 "Peace" 7'04
SAMUEL BARBER: Agnus Dei
Handel and Haydn Society/Grant Llewellyn

5. Decca B0001513-02 "The John Tavener Collection" 5'42
JOHN TAVENER: God Is with Us
The Choir of the Temple Church/Stephen Layton

6. Concordia Recordings E-2052 "Folk Songs, Spirituals & Hymns" 5'49
SHAW-PARKER, arr: John Saw duh Numbah (2'05)
C.E.F. WEYSE/arr. F Melius Christiansen: O Day Full of Grace (3'44)
The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN) /René Clausen

7. Hyperion CDA66757 13'02
MAURICE DURUFLÉ: Messe cum Jubilo, Op. 11 Kyrie (3'43), Gloria (5'34), Sanctus (3'45)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Iain Simcock, organ

THEME
August 2 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Nimbus NI 5568 "Alleluia · An American Hymnal" 8'21
Arr. JAMES MULHOLLAND: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (3'00)
Arr. ALICE PARKER: I Want Two Wings (2'13)
Arr. JAMES MILLER: I Wanna Be Ready (3'08);
Paulette Votava Resch, solo Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy; James Higdon, organ

2. Colonial Lane Music CLM-1001 "Cellorific" 4'55
ANTONIO CALDARA: Crucifixus á 16
Elizabeth Macdonald, cello

3. Hyperion "Motets by Peter Philips" 2'30
PETER PHILIPS: Ascendit Deus
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, The Parley of Instruments/David Hill

4. American Choral Catalog ACC 123 "Bernstein & Britten" 6'56
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Kyrie, from Chichester Mass (1'44)
EGIL HOVLAND: Gloria, from Missa Misericordiae (3'12)
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Agnus Dei, from Chichester Mass (2'00)
The Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland

5. Collegium Records COLCD 118 "Stanford and Howells sacred music" 7'18
C.V. STANFORD: Magnificat (4'01), Caroline Ashton, solo O for a closer walk (3'17)
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter; Wayne Marshall, organ

6. Hänssler CD-Nr. 98.858, vol. 7 "Die Bach Kantate" 18'57
J.S. BACH: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 1. Chorus (4'40), 2. Tenor recit (0'30), 3. Bass recit (1'05), 4. Alto aria (6'11), 5. Tenor recit (0'25), 9. Chorus (4'06)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart & Württenbergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn/Helmut Rilling; Mechthild Georg, alto; Adalbert Krause, tenor; Andreas Schmidt, bass

THEME
July 26 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. MTC 6188 "Peace Like a River" 5'54
JOHN RUTTER: All Things Bright and Beautiful (2'47) Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace (3'07)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square/Craig Jessop

2. Archiv 445-353-2 7'29
W.A. MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 Exsultate, jubilate (4'58), Alleluia (2'26)
The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock; Barbara Bonney, soprano

3. Teldec 3984-21885-2, vol. 3 of 13 CDs 2'26
W.A. MOZART: Gloria, from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Concentus Musicus Wien/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt

4. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 8'10
RONALD ARNATT: Steal Away to Jesus
The American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor; Jay R. Rader, organ; J. Carlton Rowe, trumpet

5. LCNC 1999 "I Love the Lord" 7'36
MOSES HOGAN, arr: I'm Gonna Sing til the Spirit Moves (2'11)
MICHAEL HASSELL, arr: Jesus Loves Me (5'25)
Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

6. Melodiya 74321-25186-2 15'53
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 6. Cherubic Hymn (8'53), 11. It is meet (4'40), 14. Praise Ye the Lord (2'20)
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/Valeri Polyansky

THEME
July 19 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Harmonia Mundi 05472-77305-2 "Make a Joyful Noise" 5'31
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Make a Joyful Noise/Jauchzet dem Herrn
Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel

2. EMI CDC 7 47692-2 "Samuel Scheidt · German Brass" 2'59
SAMUEL SCHEIDT: Three Chorale Settings: Ach Gott und Herr (0'40), Herr Gott, dich loben wir (0'56), Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1'23)
German Brass/Enrique Crespo

3. Columns Classics 290236 "Bach Family Motets" 4'40
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH: Das ist meine Freude
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

4.. Chandos CHSA 5055 "Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works" 10'04
JOSEF GABRIEL RHEINBERGER: Morgenlied 'Die Sterne sind erblichen'(5'44) Abendlied 'Bleib bei uns' (4'20)
Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

5. Collegium COLCD 118 "I will lift up mine eyes" 6'52
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: O for a closer walk (3'16)
HERBERT HOWELLS: All my hope on God is founded (3'16)
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter; Wayne Marshall, organ

6. Hänssler CD 98.325 17'15

LUIGI CHERUBINI: Mass No. 2 in D minor/Credo Credo (3'30), Et incarnates est (4'04), Crucifixus (2'17), Et resurrexit (1'40), Et in Spiritum sanctum (2'49), Amen (2'55)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Pamela Coburn, Cornelia Kallisch, Martin Thompson, Jacob Will

THEME
July 12 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Hyperion CDA67139 "Bach Organ Cornucopia" 3'17
J.S. BACH: Fugue in D, BWV 580
Christopher Herrick, organ

2. BMG 75605 51306.2 "Bach Family Motets" 8'07
J.S. BACH(?): Jauchzet dem Herrn, BWV Anh. 160
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow

3. Harmonia Mundi HCX 3951142 4'15
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Glory be to God on high
La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe

4. United State Air Force "A Jubilant Song" 4'27
DAVID HOLSINGER: Listen O Heavens, I Will Speak (from A Song of Moses)
The United States Air Force Singing Sergeants and Concert Band/ Lieutenant Colonel Lowell E. Graham

5. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Journeys of the Spirit" 7'05
ALEXANDRE GRETCHANINOFF: Vecheri tboyeya tayniya (4'30)
PAVEL CHESNOKOV: Duh tvoy blagiy (2'35)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Dennis Shrock

6. Chandos CHAN 8590 20'27
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs Easter (5'42), I Got Me Flowers (2'55), Love Bade me Welcome (6'04), The Call (2'07), Antiphon (3'26)
The London Philharmonic and Philharmonic Choir/Bryden Thomson; Brian Rayner Cook, baritone

THEME
July 5 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. United States Air Force Band of Mid-America "4 Star Brass" 1'16
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH/arr. Darmon Meader: Star-Spangled Banner
Four Star Brass

2. CPH 99-1688 3'45
JOHN LEAVITT: Oh, Clap Your Hands
The Master Arts Chorale & Orchestra/John Leavitt

3. VMCD 1001 "Traditions: Hymns, Motets, and Folk Songs" 6'32
arr. LEO NESTOR: I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (2'21)
arr. ALICE PARKER: God Is Seen (2'08)
arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (2'03)
The Valparaiso University Chorale/Christopher M. Cock

4. Nimbus NI 5568 "Alleluia - An American Hymnal" 2'58
arr. JAMES MULHOLLAND: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy

5. LCWN-1995 "Weston Noble Conducts" 3'35
F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSEN: Psalm 50

6. DFP 2002-6 "Christmas at Luther" 2'15
OLAF C. CHRISTIANSEN: Light Everlasting
The Nordic Choir of Luther College/Weston Noble

7. GDCD 030 "The Lord Is my Shepherd" 8'10
NED ROREM: Two Psalms and a Proverb Behold, how good and how pleasant it is (2'40), Wound without Cause (2'00), How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? (3'30)
Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

8. Hinshaw Music 2003 6'06
DONALD McCULLOUGH: Surge, illuminare (from Canite Tuba)
TRACK 17 Master Chorale of Washington, DC/Donald McCullough

9. Bach Society, in concert (private recording) 12'00
RENE CLAUSEN: My Heart Is Steadfast (6'55)
Arr. CECIL EFFINGER: America the Beautiful (5'05)
Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Dr. Nancy Peterson, organ

THEME
June 26 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. London 421-148-2 3'09
J.S. BACH: Magnificat anima mea, from Magnificat in D
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the- Fields/Philip Ledger

2. Hänssler 98.182 "J.S. Bach Organ Works" 3'44
J.S. BACH: Chorale Prelude: Wachet uaf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Ton Koopman, organ

3. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907401 3'44
ARVO PÄRT: Psalm 117
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier

4. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Glorious Voices, Sacred Spaces" 4'21
G. P. PALESTRINA: Gloria, from Missa Papae Marcelli
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Simon Carrington

5. Hyperion CDA67543 6'37
ERIC WHITACRE: hope, faith, life, love (3'45) This Marriage (2'52)
Polyphony/Stephen Layton

6. BSSL 2008 "Great and Marvelous" 6'00
MACK WILBERG, arr: Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lends (3'48)
MOSES HOGAN: The Battle of Jericho (2'12)
The Bach Society of Saint Louis/A. Dennis Sparger; Joel Knapp, baritone; Lenora-Marya Anop, violin; Sandra Geary, piano

7. Harmonia Mundi HMS 926014 20'05
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/ Philippe Herreweghe; Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano

THEME
June 21 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Collegium Records COLCD 112 "Te Deum" 4'42
JOHN RUTTER: All creatures of our God and King
The Cambridge Singers and City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

2. Santa Fe Desert Chorale "Journeys of the Spirit" 4'58
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA: Ave Maria (2'22)
PAVEL CHESNOKOV: Duh tvoy blagiy (2'36)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Dennis Shrock

3. Central Presbyterian Church "Endless Your Grace" 5'34
CRAIG COURTNEY: Now the Green Blade Riseth (2'39) Be Filled with the Spirit (2'55)
The Chancel Choir of Central Presbyterian Church, St. Louis/Philip D. Rowland; Paul Laubengayer, organ and piano; Linda Gurney, clarinet

4. Naxos 8.557504 4'23
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Credo, from Mass
The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke's/Robert Craft

5. EMI Classics 50999-5-03172-26 "Angel Voices/Libera in concert" 4'10
ROBERT PRIZEMAN: Libera
Libera/Robert Prizeman

6. Concordia Seminary "Hope" 3'04
CARL SCHALK: Nunc Dimittis
The Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) Centennial Chorus/Rev. Henry V. Gerike

7. Valparaiso VMCD1001 "Traditions" 5'24
Arr. DENNIS FRIESEN-CARPER: Wondrous Love (3'21)
Arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (2'03)
The Valparaiso University Chorale/Christopher M. Cock

8. Hyperion CDA67147 16'09
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY: Missa Brevis Gloria (4'12), Credo (6'12), Sanctus (2'18), Benedictus (3'27)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell; Andrew Reid, organ

THEME
June 14 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Teldec 4509-92626-2 "Bach Famous Choruses" 4'28
J.S. BACH: Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67 (3'07)
Knabenchor Hannover, Collegium Vocale, Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
J.S. BACH: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 29 (1'21)
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. Greenville College "And Can it Be? A Decade of Hymn Singing" 5'46
Arr. JOHN JOST: I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (3'45)
Arr. ALICE PARKER: Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (2'01)
Greenville College (IL) Choir/Jeffrey S. Wilson

3. Chesky CD 138 "Like As a Hart" 3'32
R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Antiphon: Let all the world in every corner sing
Westminster Choir/Joseph Flummerfelt; Nancianne Parrella, organist

4. Regent REGCD255 "saint louis commissions" 10'44
SASHA JOHNSON MANNING: Requiem/Dies Irae (2'39), Lux Aeterna (8'05)
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus/Philip Barnes

5. Hänssler CD 98.119 7'18
ANTON BRUCKNER: Te Deum/Te Deum laudamus
Gächinger Kantorei & Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling

6. Seattle Pro Musica SPM CD 9805 "Music of the Spirit" 14'35
KAREN P. THOMAS: Lux Lucis O virtus Sapientie (3'40), O lucidissima apostolorum turba (3'35), O nobilissima Viriditas (4'10)
Women's Schola of the Seattle Pro Musica/Karen P. Thomas

7. Seattle Pro Musica SPM CD 9805 "Music of the Spirit" 14'35
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Beati Quorum Via 3'10
Seattle Pro Musica/Karen P. Thomas

THEME
June 7 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Philips 426 238-2 3'44
J.S. BACH: Credo in unum Deum (2'00), Patrem omnipotentem (1'44) From the Mass in B minor
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen

2. Melodiya 74321-25187-2 3'25
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Glory to the Father and the Only-begotten Son (2'36), Glory be to the Father (0'49), from Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Moscow Chamber Choir/Vladimir Minin

3. Millikin University Choir "UC3" 2'11
WILLIAM BYRD: Sing joyfully to God
Millikin University Choir/Brad Holmes

4. Dordt College Music Department "Let Heaven Ring!" 3'05
FRANKLIN L. SHEPHERD/arr. Paul Christiansen: This Is My Father's World
Dordt College Concert Choir/Benjamin Kornelis

5. Hyperion CDA67428 4'04
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Christe redemptor omnium
Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort/Robert King

6. Nimbus NI 5171 6'13
EDVARD GRIEG: God's Son hath set me free
Oslo Cathedral Choir/Terge Kvam; Håkan Hagegård, baritone

7. Luther College "Weston Noble Conducts" 3'28
PAUL TSCHESNOKOFF: Let Thy Holy Spirit
The Luther College Nordic Choir/Weston Noble

8. National Lutheran Choir NLCA-23 "Trinity" 3'44
KENNETH L. JENNINGS: Creator Spirit
The National Lutheran Choir/Larry L. Fleming

9. Harmonia Mundi 901557 17'35
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Credo, from Missa Solemnis
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs Elysées/ Philippe Herreweghe; Rosa Mannion, Birgit Remmert, James Taylor, Cornelius Hauptmann

THEME
May 31 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Concordia CPH 99-1676 "Christ Be Our Seed" 6'00
CARL F. SCHALK: Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove
American Repertory Singers, Washington Symphonic Brass/Leo Nestor

2. Collegium COLCD 129 9'20
JOHN RUTTER: Come down, O Love divine (6'20) I will sing with the spirit (3'00)
The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter

3. St. Olaf Records E 2047 "A Choral Tapestry" 5'22
RICHARD MARLOW: Veni, Creator Spiritus
The St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

4. National Lutheran Choir NLCA02022 "Eternity" 4'00
LELAND B. SATEREN: Thy Truth Within
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

5. Concordia Recordings E-2229 "Thy Soul's Delight" 1'40
PAUL CHRISTIANSEN: Create in Me a Clean Heart
The Concordia Choir of Moorhead, Minnesota/René Clausen

6. Dorian DOR-90259 "Hymns of Heaven and Earth" 2'41
HERBERT HOWELLS: Holy Spirit, ever dwelling
Saint Clement's Choir, Philadelphia/Peter Richard Conte; Matthew Glandorf, organist

7. EMI CMS 7 64206 2 18'37
EDWARD ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49 Prologue (6'13), Morning Psalm (4'46), The Lord hath chosen them (7'38)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir/Sir Adrian Boult; Robert Tear, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, bass, Clifford Grant, bass; Sheila Armstrong, soprano

THEME
May 24 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Dorian DOR-90306 "The Ascension Oratorio and Two Festive Cantatas" 4'40
J.S. BACH: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, from Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra/Greg Funfgeld

2. Pro Organo CD7015 "Works for Cathedral Spaces" 6'45
HEALEY WILLAN: Fanfare (1'25)
GERALD FINZI: God is Gone Up (5'20)
The Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids/Larry G. Biser; Jonathan Tuuk, organ

3. Holden 009 "The Splendour of Schütz and Monteverdi" 6'29
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (3'31) Cantate Domino (2'58)
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum/Jameson Marvin

4. Philips 442-137-2 7'24
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Resurrexit (2nd version), from Messe solennelle
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner

5. Molodiya 74321-25186-2 "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom" 5'13
PETER TCHAIKOVSKY: O Come, Let Us Worship (4'39) Alleluia (0'34)
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/Valeri Polyansky

6. Teldec 3984-21885-2 (No. 4 of 13 volumes) 16'41
W.A. MOZART: Missa Brevis "Spatzenmesse," K. 220 Kyrie (1'57), Gloria (2'56), Credo (3'48), Sanctus ('54), Benedictus (2'58), Agnus Dei (4'08)
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Angela Maria Blasi, Elisabeth von Magnus, Uwe Heilmann, Franz-Josef Selig

THEME
May 17 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Valparaiso VMCD1020 "Amazing Day" 5'16
TREVOR CASTERLINE: O Lord, Our Lord
Valparaiso University Chorale/Christopher M. Cock

2. Collegium COLCD 125 "Illumina" 10'36
CHARLES WOOD: Hail, gladdening Light (3'19)
JOHN RUTTER: Hymn to the Creator of Light (7'27)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown

3. amabile AM 0026-2 "Jitro's Encores" 3'29
VITAUTAS MISKINIS: Ave Regina coelorum
Czech Children's Chorus Jitro/Jiri Skopal

4. EMI 09463 53244 2 6 4'43
KARL JENKINS: Lacrimosa (from Requiem)
Cor Caerdydd, West Kazakhstan Philharmonia/Karl Jenkins

5. Clarion CLR923CD "Passion" 9'14
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Laetentur Coeli (2'05)
WILLIAM MATHIAS: O Nata Lux (1'33)
JEAN BERGER: Ye Shall Go Out With Joy (3'03)
Arr. WILLIAM HAWLEY: Beautiful River
Santa Fe Desert Chorale/Linda Mack

6. Ondine ODE 1106-2 14'43
PETERIS VASKS: Missa Gloria (8'42), Sanctus (6'01)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga/Sigvards Kjava

THEME
May 10 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Conifer 74321-16851-2 4'56
SIR C. HUBERT H. PARRY: I was glad
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow; Philip Rushforth, organ

2. Sony SK 90386 3'02
J.S. BACH/arr. Koopman: Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter, BWV 650
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman

3. WDR 112 "Musik der Wiener Hofkapelle" 5'37
ANTONIO SALIERI: Veni sancte Spiritus (2'40) De profundis clamavit (2'57)
WDR Rundfunkchor & Rundfunkorchster Köln/ Helmuth Froschauer

4. National Lutheran Choir NLCA02022 "Eternity" 5'24
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (2'17)
ANNA K. JACOBS: Ave Maria (3'07)
The National Lutheran Choir/David Cherwien

5. Centaur CRC 2773 4'00
AARON COPLAND: Sing Ye Praises to Our King (2'07)
ERNANI AGUIAR: Salmo 150 (1'53)
Taylor Festival Choir/Robert Taylor

6. Hyperion CDA 66669 3'31
GUSTAV HOLST: Nunc dimittis
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell

7. Sony SK 68247 19'54
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Mass in F, D. 105 Credo (6'55), Sanctus (1'50), Benedictus (4'00), Agnus Dei (2'49), Dona nobis pacem, 2nd version (4'20)
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Bruno Weil; Alexander Nader, Thomas Puchegger, Georg Leskovich, Jörg Hering, Kurt Azesberger, Harry van der Kamp

THEME
May 3 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. CBC Records MVCD 1132 3'00
STEPHEN CHATMAN: Gloria
Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn

2. Naxos 8.553209 3'17
THOMAS WEELKES: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly

3. Dorian DOR-902531 5'59
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Gloria, from Mass in B minor
Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bach Festival Orchestra/Greg Funfgeld

4. Delta DRCD98-85454 3'28
available from Augustana College Bookstore, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201-2296
JOHAN OLAF WALLIN: We Worship Thee, Almighty Lord
The Augustana Choir/Jon Hurty; Bruce Bengtson, organist

5. Virgin Classics CDVB 7243 5 61501 2 6 8'26
ANTON BRUCKNER: Psalm 150
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker/Karl Anton Rickenbacher

6. Chandos CHAN 0517 22'50
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Dixit Dominus, selections (tracks 12, 15-18, 20)
The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra/Harry Christophers; Lynne Dawson, soprano 1; Lynda Russell, soprano 2; Charles Brett, counter tenor; Ian Partridge, tenor; Michael George, bass

THEME
April 26 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Arsis CD 105 "Sounding Joy" 4'54
DOUGLAS MAJOR: Festival Te Deum
American Repertory Singers/Leo Nestor; Jay R. Rader, organ

2. Q DISC Q 97056 5'35
FRANK MARTIN: Credo, from Mass for Double Chorus
Netherlands Chamber Choir/Tõnu Kaljuste

3. Conifer Classics 75605 5129 2 "A Vaughan Williams Hymnal" 3'04
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Christ the Lord is risen again
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow/Christopher Allsop, organ

4. Collegium COLCD 131 "Lighten Our Darkness" 4'24
WILLIAM BYRD: O Christ who art the light and day
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

5. Woodley WE0595 9'18
PAUL HALLEY: Christe, qui lux es et dies
The Woodley Ensemble/Robert Lehman

6. BIS-CD-1031 20'05
J.S. BACH: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, Selected movements 2. Ich hatte viel (4'30); 3. Seufzer, Tränen (4'30); 8. Komm mein Jesu (3'56); 9. Sie nun wieder zufrieden (4'29): 11. Das Lamm, das erwürget ist (3'09)
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki; Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass

THEME
April 19 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. EMI 7 62748 2 7'12
G.F. HANDEL: Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb (3'53), Amen (3'19)
English Chamber Orchestra & Ambrosian Singers/Charles Mackerras

2. EMI 0946 3 94430 2 4 2'57
THOMAS WEELKES: Alleluia, I heard a voice
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

3. Hyperion CDA66643 3'08
PETER PHILIPS: Christus resurgens
Choir of Winchester Cathedral/David Hill

4. CBC Enterprises SMCD5054 "Laudate Dominum" 3'44
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Hallelujah, from Mount of Olives
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew David

5. Jade BMG 7432148798 2 "Baltic Canticles" 6'43
IMANT RAMINSH: Ave verum corpus
Chamber Choir Versija/Juris Vaivods

6. Concordia Recordings "Your Heart Shall Rejoice" 7'02
Available from www.concordiarecordings.com
GIOVANNI GABRIELI: Jubilate Deo (4'07)
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ: Ich bin die Auferstehug und das Leben (2'55)
The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, MN)/René Clausen

7. Laudate /Hänssler-Verlag CD-Nr.98.862 16'23
J.S. BACH: Easter Oratorio, BWV249 1. Sinfonia (4'01), 2. Adagio (4'16), 3. Kommt, eilet und laufet (4'41), 10. Wir sind erfreut (0'42), 11. Preis und Dank (2'43)
Gächinger Kantorei & Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling; Adalbert Kraus, tenor; Philippe Huttenlocher, bass

THEME
April 12 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Arabesque Records Z6743-2 3'54
G.F. HANDEL/arr. MOZART: Hallelujah, from Messiah
Handel & Haydn Society/Andrew Parrott

2. Collegium COLCD 107 2'15
arr. CHARLES WOOD: This Joyful Eastertide
Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

3. Erato 3984-23416-2 8'40
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 Kommt, eilet und laufet (4'46), O kalter Männer Sinn (1'02), Wir sind erfreut (0'40), Preis und Dank (2'12)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman; Lisa Larsson, Elisabeth von Magnus, Gerd Türk, Klaus Mertens

4. Hyperion CDA20420 5'24
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rise Heart, from Five Mystical Songs
Thomas Allen, baritone; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra/Matthew Best

5. Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD 006 9'05
GERALD NEAR: Resurrexi Alleluia, Resurrexi (4'48), The Angel of the Resurrection (4'17)
Gloria Dei Cantores/Elizabeth C. Patterson

6. Arabesque Records Z6743-2 18'46
G.F. HANDEL/arr. MOZART: Messiah, selections from Part III I know that my Redeemer liveth (6'34), Since by man came death (2'03), Behold I tell you a mystery (0'31), The trumpet shall sound (2'17), Worthy is the Lamb that was slain (3'26), Amen (3'55)
Handel & Haydn Society/Andrew Parrott; Karina Gauvin, soprano; Jennifer Lane, mezzo soprano; John Elwes, tenor; Brett Polegato, bass

THEME
April 5 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Telarc CD-80458 4'00
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Hallelujah, from Mount of Olives
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw

2. Collegium Records COLCD 107 2'34
ORLANDO GIBBONS: Hosanna to the Son of David
The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter

3. GREENCOL99 36134 4'10
available from Greenville College, Music Dept, Greenville IL 62246
THOMAS WEELKES: Hosanna to the Son of David (1'24)
arr. ALICE PARKER: Calvary's Mountain (2'46)
Greenville College Choir/Jeffrey S. Wilson

4. Hyperion CDA66703 10'28
SERGEI RACHMANINOV: selections, The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Blessed is he--We have seen the true light (2'22) Let our mouths be filled with your praise (5'48) Blessed be the name of the Lord (1'01) Dismissal (1'18)
Corydon Singers/Matthew Best; Peter Scorer, Deacon

5. St. Olaf Records E-1941 3'17
available from St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfiled, MN 55057
arr. ROBERT SCHOLZ: What Wondrous Love
St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

6. ARCHIV 419 324-2 23'22
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: scenes from St. John Passion Condemnation and Crucifixion, nos. 21-23, 26 The Death of Jesus, nos. 27-31, 37
The Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Evangelist; Cornelius Hauptmann, Pilate; Stephen Varcoe, Jesus; Michael Chance, alto

THEME
March 29 THEME: CBS MDK 44651
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: "My Spirit Be Joyful" from Cantata #146
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York/Richard Kapp

1. Virgin Classics 0 7777 59286 2 4 5'10
FRANCIS POULENC: Stabat Mater Stabat Mater dolorosa (4'11), Cujus animam gementem (0'59)
Westminster Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

2. EMI 7243 5 65103 2 "Music for Holy Week" 8'32
ORLANDO GIBBONS: Drop, drop, slow tears (1'22)
THOMAS TALLIS: If ye love me (2'22)
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA: O vos omnes (4'48)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Philip Ledger

3. Chandos CHAN 9303 6'47
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV: Vo tsarstvili tvoyem, In Thy Kingdom From The Seven Days of Passion
Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valéry Polyansky

4. SDG CD 89 "Arma Lucis" 9'00
ANTON BRUCKNER: Christus Factus Est (5'39)
NORMAN LUBOFF, arr: Were You There? (3'21)
Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum/Almeda Berkey

5. ARCHIV 423 630-2 18'53
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Messiah
22. Behold the Lamb of God (3'15), 24. Surely he hath borne our griefs (2'26), 25. And with his stripes we are healed (1'53), 26. All we like sheep have gone astray (3'54), 27. All they that see him (0'47), 28. He trusted in God (2'33), 29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (1'50), 30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (2'00), 31. He was cut off out of the land (0'15)

The English Concert Choir and the English Concert/Trevor Pinnock; Arleen Auger, soprano; Howard Crook, tenor

THEME




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