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Offline ironbut

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The Robert Shaw Chorale "On Tour"
« on: June 11, 2010, 12:55:02 PM »
I know that the boys are interested in releasing a choral work and while I don't really have a bunch of them, I do have a tape of this RCA release. Unfortunately, my tape is pretty worn but it's good enough to tell me that the master of this must be amazing!
The program here has a wonderful variety of pieces from Mozart, Schonberg, Ives, Ravel, and ends with a Russian folk song and the spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove".

Most selections are with and orchestra (sometimes with an excellent organ with some nice low pedal notes).

The soloists are nicely centered and the arrangements are typical Robert Shaw excellent! And even on my old worn tape, the female vocals just soar!

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For those who have a greater depth of knowledge of choral works on record (which I don't), feel free to post some suggestions.
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Re: The Robert Shaw Chorale "On Tour"
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2010, 07:11:47 PM »
Choral works, huh? Well, there are the usual suspects by Bach (cantatas, Passions, Mass in b-minor, etc) and Handel (Messiah, of course, but a ton of others too - there are some who believe that Theodora is his best choral work). Mozart and Haydn masses, Beethoven's two (Mass in C and Missa Solemnis) and well as a few other works, works by Elgar, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Dvorak, Mahler and just too many to mention.

Two that I think would be interesting candidates: First, something by Berlioz - Romeo & Juliet, Damnation of Faust or the Requiem (although that really requires surround sound to do it full justice). Thinking outside the box, perhaps something like Harmonium by John Adams - very accessible for a modern work.

Guess there is always Carmina Burana......
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