Music For All Seasons

John Antes (Composer), Bernhard Henrik Crusell (Composer), Jan Hus (Composer), Hans [1] Leo Hassler (Composer), Carl Heinrich Graun (Composer), Joseph Barnby (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), John Frederick Wolle (Composer), Christian Ignatius Latrobe (Composer), Philipp Nicolai (Composer), Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley (Composer), Christian Gregor (Composer), John Horn (Composer), Christian Bechler (Composer), Edward W. Leinback (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Sergey Rachmaninov (Composer), Johann Andreas Herbst (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), John Francis Wade (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Antes, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Jan Hus, Hans [1] Leo Hassler, Carl Heinrich Graun, et al.
• Audio CD (February 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Crystal Records
• ASIN: B000003J2Z
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,121 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Brass > Trombone

Track Listings

1. Three Chorales: O Lord In Me Fulfill - O Deepest Grief - What Splendid Rays

2. Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Scherzo

3. Three Sonatas: Largo, Allegro, Allegro

4. Three Sonatas: Adagio, Allegro, Scherzo

5. Communion Hymn

6. Moravian Funeral Chorales: Passion Chorale - Sleep Thy Last Sleep - Passion Chorale

7. The Liturgical Year: Advent - Come Thou Long Expected Jesus - Once He Came In Blessing

8. The Liturgical Year: Christmas - All My Heart This Night Rejoices

9. The Liturgical Year: Passion Week - Go To Dark Gethsemane

10. The Liturgical Year: Easter - Sleepers Wake - I Give Thee Thanks Unfeigned

11. The Liturgical Year: All Saints Day - The Thousand Times Ten Thousand

12. Moravian Chorale Cycle

13. Hosanna

14. O Come, Immanuel; All the World Gives Praises; How Shall I Meet My Saviour

15. Ave Maria

16. To Us A Child Is Born This Night - Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly - Once He Came In Blessing

17. To Us A Child Is Born

18. O Come All Ye Faithful - Angels We Have Heard On High - Hark The Herald Angels Sing

19. Hosanna

20. Prague, 7th C.; Ride On In Majesty; Go To Dark Gethsemane

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Moravian chorales from childhood., November 19, 1999

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Leslie Kemberling (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music For All Seasons (Audio CD)

Trombone choirs! I love them. Everytime I hear this recording, I see again the church of my childhood and the trombone choir standing out in the snow near the front steps playing Christmas chorales during the hour before the Christmas Eve service. Why were they out there a full hour before the service? If you wanted a seat, you had to arrive an hour early, because late comers sat in folding chairs in the cloakrooms, or stood in the back. That church was filled to brimming only on Christmas Eve, because music lovers came from miles away to hear traditional Moravian Christmas music, and where else could one possibly hear it? Some of it is on this recording. The words sung to track 8 are "All my heart this night rejoices...", and that sense of anticipation and pleasure is exactly what Moravians feel as they enjoy a night of great music, sung mostly by the people in the pews, not just the choirs. It's all here. The great songs from Advent, Lent, songs of repentance, forgiveness, joy, for baptising babies and burying old people. When you hear track 19, Hosanna, think of a room full of singers on Palm Sunday, echoing back and forth to each other, the little girls and women singing back to the boys and men. My only criticism is that there are perhaps too many songs in minor keys grouped together. They evoke too much sadness and start to sound like endless dirges. The musical interpretation and masterful rendering of the chorales is absolutely delightful, not only for us who hold all the words in our heads and are singing along, but also for those who will assign their own meaning to the music.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!!, August 6, 2003

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L. Jensen (Provo, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music For All Seasons (Audio CD)

This is a must for all trombonists and music historians!! The sound of these groups is just amazing! Nowhere else can you get a sound like you do with the instruments that these trombonists use. Where else can you hear a contrabass, bass, tenor, alto, soprano, and sopranino trombones all together? A great CD for a historical reference on the trombone also...tromobone chiors are one of the oldest forms of music, and THE oldest perfoming groups in the USA are the Moravian trombone choirs. This CD gives us a rare look into the past of how trombones were commonly used in centuries past, and how the tradition continues today.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trombone Treat!, December 25, 2008

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T. Bensch (Beltsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music For All Seasons (Audio CD)

This recording (actually a combination of two previously released vinyl recordings) provides a spectacular batch of trombone choir music. Featuring trombones ranging in size from sopranino to contrabass, it provides a performance worthy of "God's own instrument." A must for lovers of brass music, and especially for trombone afficianados.