Baroque Choral Music Filter: I love the kind of baroque choral music with multiple parts going on simultaneously or in very close interaction, providing a gorgeous complex polyphonic tapestry that transcends language and sends me to heaven (as JS intended!). I very much dislike the soloists droning on in German against the orchestra. Which albums have more of the former?
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posted by zachawry
on Mar 21, 2012 -
13 answers
Maybe my favorite aspect of Werner Herzog's
Encounters at the End of the World is the soundtrack, specifically whatever choral group is singing through out the film. For some reason I can't find information on who they are, and it doesn't appear that soundtracks were released. Anybody know who this group is and where I can find their music? I believe he used them in
Cave of Forgotten Dreams as well.
posted by Corduroy
on Mar 13, 2012 -
7 answers
How do I solve this? My kid can't go on a school trip that I never paid for; now they're saying I owe the school $3,000.
One of my kids is a senior in high school and is active in a select chorus. The chorus director arranged a $3,000 trip to Europe for April break. I wasn't too excited about this trip and initially said no. Because my kids qualify for free lunch, the school said they would arrange a scholarship for her to attend, and based on peer pressure, I reluctantly agreed.
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posted by kinetic
on Jan 18, 2012 -
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Are there any versions of "O Holy Night" in the choral style of Palestrina/Victoria, without soloist?
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posted by vnvlain
on Dec 27, 2011 -
7 answers
Christmas carols for pagans? Mentions of Yuletide, Solstice and winter are excellent, Santa is fine, Christmas is fine, but I'm looking for beautiful music (choral and orchestral) that has no mention of Jesus Christ, Israel or saints.
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posted by ninazer0
on Dec 23, 2011 -
36 answers
Well, it's T-minus five weeks to the wedding and I haven't got the music down. I've got a crapload of amazing singers and all of my ideas are going down the tubes. Hope?
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posted by Madamina
on Aug 1, 2011 -
12 answers
I'm looking for 20th and 21st-century Spanish classical choral music -- the Spanish equivalent of Whitacre, Britten, Lauridsen, Howells or Barber, for example.
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posted by impluvium
on Dec 23, 2010 -
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Does anybody know of a good, oft-updated podcast of sung Jewish prayer? I just subscribed to a choral Episcopalian podcast, but I'd like to have one of nice Jewish songs to complement it, as that's what I grew up with.
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posted by Rory Marinich
on Dec 13, 2010 -
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Can any of you recommend resources for finding out of print vocal sheet music?
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posted by Lokheed
on Sep 21, 2010 -
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Otherworldly choral elements in music - help me find some more. Been listening a lot at the moment to songs by Grizzly Bear (like Foreground, Cheerleader and I Live With You) and Bjork (in particular Unison) which have the most gorgeous, ethereal choral sounds drifting through them. What else might I like that uses similar sounds to colour the songs?
I'm not looking for choral music as such, rather rock/electronica which uses choirs to colour the sound and make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
posted by reynir
on Nov 27, 2009 -
29 answers
[choral music filter] I heard a song on an Austin classical radio station a few months ago I've been desperately trying to identify....
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posted by Espoo2
on Oct 6, 2007 -
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Half-remembered Zoltan Kodaly (I think)choral piece that ends with a Hallelujah, help!
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posted by Wilder
on Aug 7, 2007 -
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I'm looking for suggestions for a vocal duet for a brother and sister to sing for a high school alumni concert. Piano accompaniment or a cappella.
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posted by harrigton
on Jan 5, 2006 -
6 answers
