Search - Kenneth Jennings, The St. Olaf Choir :: Beautiful Savior

The Staples of the St. Olaf Repetoire

05/05/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disc serves as a perfect introduction to the St. Olaf Choir. It contains several well known pieces that are frequently included in the Choir's concerts. Highlights include two works by Alexander Gretchaninof ("Our Father" and "Nunc Dimittis") and two F. Melius Christiansen works ("Celestial Spring" and "Beautiful Savior"). If you've heard the St. Olaf Choir during their Christmas radio/television broadcasts and are curious about what they do the rest of the year, you couldn't go wrong with this collection.Beautiful Savior
The St. Olaf Choir, Kenneth Jennings, Director1. Three American Hymns (arr. Alice Parker)
2. Easter Morning (Paul J. Christiansen)
3. God's Son Has Made Me Free (Edvard Grieg)
4. Our Father (Alexander Gretchaninof)
5. Celestial Spring (Movements II and IV) (F. Melius Christiansen)
6. How Great Are Thy Wonders (Georg Schumann)
7. Today, Heaven Sings (Kenneth Jennings)
8. Sing Nowell, Sing Gloria (Olaf C. Christiansen)
9. King of Love (Paul J. Christiansen)
10. Hacia Belen va un Borrico (arr. Alice Parker, Robert Shaw)
11. Nunc Dimittis (Alexander Gretchaninof)
12. Beautiful Savior (F. Melius Christiansen)"