The Golden Harvest
Track Listings
| 1. Stone Prison: Stone Prison | ||
| 2. Stone Prison: Trumpet Peace | ||
| 3. Stone Prison: Voice Of The Angels Of Mercy | ||
| 4. Upon This Fair Soil: O Zion Arise | ||
| 5. Upon This Fair Soil: Joyful Praises | ||
| 6. Upon This Fair Soil: Rights Of Conscience | ||
| 7. Upon This Fair Soil: The Blessings Of Peace | ||
| 8. Upon This Fair Soil: Holy Habitation | ||
| 9. Upon This Fair Soil: Thanksgiving | ||
| 10. Upon This Fair Soil: A Suite Of Five Dance Tunes | ||
| 11. Sweep As I Go: Solemn Song Of The Ancients | ||
| 12. Sweep As I Go: Mother Ann's Song | ||
| 13. Sweep As I Go: Path Of Sorrow | ||
| 14. Sweep As I Go: Fall On The Rock | ||
| 15. Sweep As I Go: Sweep As I Go | ||
| 16. Gift Songs: Birds: Philomela | ||
| 17. Gift Songs: Birds: Mourning Dove | ||
| 18. Gift Songs: Birds: Mother's Pretty Dove | ||
| 19. Gift Songs: Birds: Consoling Dove | ||
| 20. Gift Songs: Native Spirits: Woben Mesa Crelana (Indian Song) |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Few collections are so aptly titled as The Golden Harvest, a rich survey of Shaker songs, chants, and spirituals dating from the mid-19th century. The music often recalls the shapes and cadences of English folksong, while its unaccompanied, unison performance tradition connects with medieval chant. Thirty-eight selections are partitioned into groups according to subject: there are songs about birds, heavenly spirits, and the all-important harvest. Joel Cohen, who transcribed much of this music from old manuscripts, mixes and matches performers drawn from the Boston Camerata in solo and group settings to ensure maximum timbral and expressive variety. Hear, for example, how the call-and-response patterns in "Pretty Home" build to a joyful climax. By contrast, some of the introspective, a cappella hymns quietly resonate with poignant simplicity. A bonus track features the six Shaker family members of Sabbathday Lake, Maine, in conversation with Joel Cohen. In sum, this disc is a beautifully assembled, excellently annotated follow-up to Cohen's 1994 Shaker anthology, Simple Gifts. Should you feel inclined to sing along, full texts are included. --Jed Distler
The Golden Harvest, Music, John Allen, Anonymous, Issachar Bates, Joel Cohen, Daniel Crossman, Mary Ann Gillespie, Ann Lee, Sarah Ann Lewis, Abraham Perkins, Shaker Traditional, Patsy Williamson, Joel Cohen, Anne Azema, Donald Wilkinson, Joel Frederiksen, Timothy Leigh Evans, Chamber, Chamber Music, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Early Music / Chant, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Vocal, Vocal Music
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