Our Review
Arizona is lucky to have a choral group as sweet as The Arizona Repertory Singers. Directed by Jeffry A. Jahn, the Singers stole my heart with their singing of Ave Maria, a stirring recital all by itself. But they also gave a good acount of themselves on the title track, Sweet Was the Song, which registered very nicely to my ear. And I also liked Rise Up Shepherd and Follow, which was quite inspiring and put me in mind of a '50s era broadway musical.
The Singers play a relatively formal set, but livened things up late in the CD with P.D.Q. Bach's Throw the Yule Log On and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Yes, the Arizona Repertory Singers sing with a very sweet voice, an a capella breeze blowing off the cool mountains and across the Sonoran Desert at dusk.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 1998)
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From the liner notes:
Sweet Was the Song was directed by Dr. Jeffry A. Jahn. Heard on this recording were sopranos Susan Basch, sheryl Holland, Nadeen Jahn, Mary Lou Kenny, Johneth Myrmo, Kathleen Santo, Nancy Johnson, Jane Thrall, and Margi Zearley; altos Kirsten Cook, Kathleen DeJardin, Angela Hagen, Jane Heaton, Diane Simons, and Cathy Wolfson; tenors Allen Blaker, Marshall Herron, Daniel Manship, Dave Stewart, and Ed Strain; basses Bob Carroll, John Creange, Tom Fleming, Carl Foster, Jim Huffer, Samuel Mitchell, Jesse Thrall, and Charles Ziehn.
Arizona Repertory Singers
Sweet Was the Song
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Label: Arizona Repertory Singers
Length: 48 minutes
Genre: Choral
Release: 1997
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Make We Joy Now in this Fest |
| Angelus Ad Pastores Ait |
| Rise Up Shepherd and Follow |
| Siehe, Ich Sende Meinen Engel |
| Holy Jesus |
| All this Time |
| Ding Dong! Merrily on High |
| Sweet Was the Song |
| Carol of the Bells |
| Here Is the Little Door |
| Nöel Ayisyen (A Haitian Nöel) |
| I Saw Three Ships |
| Ave Maria |
| Gaudete (from Piae Cantiones, 1582) |
| Out of the Orient Crystal Skies |
| Throw the Yule Log On |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas |