Description
Conspirare: Sing Freedom! (African American Spirituals) - Craig Hella Johnson & Company Of Voices / Production USA / Harmonia Mundi Hybrid Disc 2011 Stereo / HMU 807525
UPC 093046752569
Conspirare presents some of the beloved twentieth-century arrangements alongside some lesser known settings. Includes premiere recordings of new settings by important composers of our day: David Lang, Tarik O’Regan and an original composition by Robert Kyr based on African musical traditions. Settings by Craig Hella Johnson (CHJ) are also included.
| Label: | Harmonia Mundi – HMU 807525 |
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| Series: | Production USA |
| Format: |
Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
2011 |
| Genre: | Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Gospel |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Motherless Child |
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5:05
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| 2 | A City Called Heaven |
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4:02
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| 3 | Soon Ah Will Be Done / I Wanna Die Easy |
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5:53
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| 4 | Soon Ah Will Be Done |
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4:07
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| 5 | Hard Trials |
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6:01
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| 6 | Hold On |
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2:59
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| 7 | Been In De Storm / Wayfaring Stranger |
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7:07
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| 8 | Oh Graveyard (Lay This Body Down) |
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3:16
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| 9 | Ain'-a That Good News! |
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1:57
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| 10 | Steal Away |
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3:20
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| 11 | Walk Together, Children |
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2:49
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| 12 | I Got A Home In-a Dat Rock |
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3:28
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| 13 | Lily Of The Valley |
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3:51
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| 14 | Pretty Good Room [On The Glory Train) |
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3:19
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| 15 | My God Is A Rock |
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7:15
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| 16 | Freedom Song |
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3:37
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| 17 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| 4:09 |
- Alto Vocals – Angela Young Smucker, Cina Crisara, Emily Lodine, Janet Carlsen Campbell, Keely Rhodes, Melissa Marse, Pamela Elrod*, Wendy Bloom
- Bass Vocals – Bradford Gleim, Cameron Beauchamp, Charles Wesley Evans, David Farwig, Glenn Miller (5), John Proft, Rick Gabrillo*, Robert Harlan (2), Ron Downs
- Liner Notes – Craig Hella Johnson
- Piano – Craig Hella Johnson
- Soprano Vocals – Abigail H. Lennox, Gitanjali Mathur, Julie Keim, Kathlene Ritch, Melissa Givens, Nancy Curtis, Nicole Greenidge, Nina Revering, Sonja Tengblad, Stefanie Moore
- Tenor Vocals – Carr Hornbuckle, Daniel Buchanan, Jonathon Subia, Jos Milton, Matt Alber (2), Matt Tresler*, Paul D'Arcy, Tracy Jacob Shirk*
