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Rock of Ages: 30 Great Hymns

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This CD is taken from two sessions the Choir recorded in 1960 and 1969, the earlier session (thirteen of the thirty tracks) being sung accompanied by the Philidelphia Brass Ensemble, and the latter session carried by the Tabernacle organ alone. The CD is generously filled out to 74 minutes, with 30 tracks crammed into the running time. It's intriguing to hear the finesse the choir has achieved in the last 40 years; if you compare this recording with their latest: "A Tabernacle Christmas," the improvement in the latter recording is dramatic. The recent creation of the Orchestra at Temple Square has been a much-admired improvement, but this recording has much to recommend it, including fervent readings of "Onward Christian Soldiers," the somber arrangement of "Abide With Me" and many others. Overall, a stolid, sincere recording which pales somewhat compared to the brilliant recent releases from this world-class choir.

I am a firm believer in "Best of" collections, since you get the wheat seperated from the chaff. This collection hits the mark, sicne it has general Christian music, along with Saint-specific songs of the Restoration.

It a recompilation of analogue-recorded music, so the sound is merely hi-fi and not hi-tech. But we are after the sould of music, not the technicality.

Steve Cumming played this version of God Be With You Till We Meet Again on his last broadcast show for classical WRR radio in Dallas. If there was a dry eye in the listening audience, I would be surprised. In addition to the song he chose, this recording has all of your favorites performed with beauty and majesty.

I bought the cd for my 93 year old mother.She is so thrilled with it. It brings back so many fond memories for her, I also enjoy it.She leaves her player on all night and listens til she's asleep.

A lot of the music on this CD seems to come from the best-selling LP 'A MIGHTY FORTRESS'. The present compilation exemplifies what I have said before, this choir sounds at its best when it can sing the main melody simply, without too much adornment. The addition of brass ensemble and percussion adds little, to my ears anyway. The best of this CD: HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION, COME COME YE SAINTS and THE MORNING BREAKS. A great sounding CD.

Always love the style and quality of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Great for inspirational listening. Would like to have more cds like this one.

It's the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. No need saying anything more than that. Big sound with a nice mix of music.

The CD is beautiful. The quality you'd expect from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. These are the hymns I've known all my life. Very comforting to listen to.

This collection has many of the popular Mormon Tabernacle Choir songs. (However, I would have liked to hear Battle Hymn of the Republic.) The instrumental accompaniment also works very well. I especially like the drums and brass on songs like "Onward Christian Soldiers". The main fault of this recording is the sound quality. The fidelity is just not what would be expected from a recording today. It would sound fine on a cassette tape, but is just not the quality I would expect on CD. (Perhaps these masters were sitting around a little too long.)

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is always great and so is this CD.