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Rivers of Delight (American Folk Hymns From the Sacred Harp Tradition)

Word of Mouth Chorus (Artist), Larry Gordon (Performer)
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Product Details

  • Performer: Larry Gordon
  • Audio CD (May 7, 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • ASIN: B000005IVY
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #51,971 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shape-note perfection, July 29, 2002
By David A. Beamer (Clawson, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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The Word of Mouth Chorus, from Vermont, started out as a "normal" choir, doing standard church choir repertoire. They started singing "shape-note" music shortly after their founding, but the performances sounded like a normal church choir. A few years later, some of the choir members were inroduced to the "real McCoy" at a singing convention in Georgia. The "performance practice", for lack of a better term, of the folks in Georgia had a profound effect on them.

The result was that they completely rethought and relearned how to perform this music. They don't sound like a normal church choir here; they sound raucous and untutored, with loud nasal voices sticking out of a group of other loud, raucous voices. The effect is exhilerating; the drive and energy are like nothing you've ever heard. Other recordings of the shape note music of the Sacred Harp tradition of the American South take the brash rough edges off the tone. Not here -- you get the real deal; raw, edgy, unabashed, and a lot of fun.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good balance, May 6, 2002
Recordings of sacred harp music tend toward being either field recordings with poor production standards or over-civilized, lifeless professional performances. This classic recording strikes the right balance. It serves particularly well as an introduction to the genre. It is a fine addition to any music collection, whether or not there is any other sacred harp included.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and Haunting, January 7, 2004
Words cannot explain the power of this recording. There is something beautiful about shapenote singing, yet it is also a little eerie and unsettling in its deliberate atonality. If you look at the tombstones in any historic cemetery and see how lovely the old carvings are on them - how they are works of art in themselves - you will appreciate that there can be beauty in the most simple of earthly things. That, to me, defines shapenote singing - it is beautiful like old tombstones are beautiful. However talented the singers, shapenote singing should never lose touch with its earthiness. It should be heavenly and yet tied to mortality. The Word of Mouth Chorus are wonderfully talented and polished, yet they sing with an emotionality and spirit that sets this recording apart from so many others. I have several shape note CDs in my collection. All of the others are either too professional, belying shapenote's roots, or too rustic. If you only buy one CD of shapenote music, it should be this one. To this day, the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I hear "Windham" - and that is how it should be.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rivers of Delight
I am very impressed with this CD. I can hear the words. And these folks sound better then we did when we were singing these songs [like we wished we sounded].
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As far as I am concerned, this is the ONLY decent shape note recording. All the others are either low budget amateur affairs or are stiff high art classical recordings. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars great American hymnody starter
this is a very good recording. Excellent acapella renditions of the Sacred Harp songs know to early colonists and continued in the Bible belt today. Read more
Published on May 20, 1999 by fal@ccsu.edu

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