This program of brass music with organ and choir alternates material from two 1970s Canadian Brass LPs, Joyful Sounds (1973) and Canadian Brass Plus Organ (1977). With a total CD time of just 52:55, the LPs must have been sparse indeed, but Renaissance music with brass was sufficiently novel at the time that no one is likely to have much minded. Nor was the sudden incursion of Dupré and Karg-Elert, with added brasses, really an issue: the similarities, at the time, were greater than the differences. These performances were ...
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This program of brass music with organ and choir alternates material from two 1970s Canadian Brass LPs, Joyful Sounds (1973) and Canadian Brass Plus Organ (1977). With a total CD time of just 52:55, the LPs must have been sparse indeed, but Renaissance music with brass was sufficiently novel at the time that no one is likely to have much minded. Nor was the sudden incursion of Dupré and Karg-Elert, with added brasses, really an issue: the similarities, at the time, were greater than the differences. These performances were classic Canadian Brass, without the genre-bending characteristics of the group's later recordings. A well-rounded, imposing, homogeneous sound was the goal, and it was achieved. The homogeneity extended to the Festival Singers of Canada and to the organ of Douglas Haas, which blend into the texture rather than providing sharp counterpoints; the Festival Singers, especially, performed frequently with the Canadian Brass over a long period, and the ensemble work of the group is...
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Add this copy of Joyful Sounds to cart. $5.10, very good condition, Sold by Service First Media rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Taylorsville, KY, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Opening Day.
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Very good. Includes disc(s), case, booklet, and back artwork. May show slight wear. Disc(s) are professionally cleaned and may contain only light scratches that do not effect functionality.
