Dale Warland Singers - Harvest Home

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Before disbanding at founding conductor Dale Warland's retirement last year, this superb chorus left behind this recording of Americana. Songs, hymns, traditional folk ballads and more are collected here in intriguing arrangements by such composers as Carol Barnett, Norman Luboff, Stephen Paulus and Warland himself. There's an autumnal feeling about this CD, with the traditional Thanksgiving hymn "We Gather Together" at the disc's center, and every listener is likely to recognize settings of "Shall We Gather at the River," "Simple Gifts" and "The Water is Wide" (there also are a few surprises). As always, you'll hear the sumptuous blend of the singers and the beautifully shaped sound that was Warland's unique gift.

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Program:
Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River), Rev. Robert Lowry arr. William Hawley
Simple Gifts, Elder Joseph Brackett, arr. Dale Warland
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain, arr. Emma Lou Diemer
Peace, arr. Kevin Siegfried
McKay, Carol Barnett
A la claire fontaine, arr. Norman Luboff
Deep River, arr. Norman Luboff
We Gather Together, arr. Stephen Paulus
Not One Sparrow is Forgotten, arr. William Hawley
Cindy, arr. Carol Barnett
Gentle Annie, Stephen Foster, arr. Edwin Fissinger
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace, arr. W. Applings
The Water is Wide, arr. Jeffrey Van
By and By, arr. Carol Barnett
The Old Church, Stephen Paulus
Lay Me Low, arr. Kevin Siegfried
The Road Home, arr. Stephen Paulus

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