Spirituals In Concert: K/Norman;J/Levine;J Battle: Amazon.ca: Music

1. In That Great Getting Up Morning

2. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass

3. Over My Head/ Lil' David

4. Oh, What A Beautiful City

5. Lord, How Come Me Here

6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home-Lordy, Won't You Help Me

7. Ride On, King Jesus

8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot-Ride Up In The Chariot

9. You Can Tell The World

10. Scandalize My Name

11. Great Day

12. Oh, Glory

13. Calvary-They Crucified My Lord

14. Talk About A Child

15. Gospel Train

16. My God Is So High

17. There Is A Balm In Gilead

18. He's Got The Whole World In His Hand

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spirituals in Concert [Live]-Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman, Oct 2 2002

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This is a fabulous CD. The ensemble pieces are wonderful, especially the opening jubilee spiritual "In that Great Gettin' Up Mornin'." This is an excellent beginning for what is an outstanding concert, and the divas are at their best. Particularly moving are renditions of "Over My Head/L'il David" and "Ride on King Jesus." Miss Sylvia Lee's arrangement of "Scandalize My Name" is engaging, soulful, and entertaining, especially in view of the way that Miss Battle and Miss Norman interpret it. The late, great Thomas Kerr's arrangement of "Great Day" allows both sopranos to show their voices off to high advantage. All in all, an enjoyable compilation and expression of the American spiritual.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "Spiritually" uplifting, Jan 31 2001

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It is hard to complain about any recording featuring the incomparable Jessye Norman and the beautiful voice of Kathleen Battle, who can reach unbelievably high notes. The numbers they do together, including Great Day and Gospel Train, are rousing. My only reservation about the disc is that the sound quality isn't the greatest (it seems to be recorded at a very low volume and is a little muddled in parts particularly in the ensemble numbers). For people willing to buy several CDs of spirituals I strongly recommend it, if you want just one I would recommend Ms. Norman's solo recital or Marian Anderson's.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Symphonic Gospel, Sep 14 2000

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J. Enders "jenders" (Darmstadt) - See all my reviews
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Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle are the spearheads in this ensemble presenting gospels in symphonic arrangement. The music and the arrangements for the two singers, chorus, and symphonic orchestra are well done, electrifying, and inspiring. Choir and orchestra are well trained, and there is no need to mention in detail the great bandwidth in the voices of the two soloists. Additionally, the CD is made from a live recording with an enthusiastic audience, cheering probably the performing ensemble to even better results.

Nonetheless, there are some minor points which keep me from granting the full-score 5-stare rating: One might be the symphonic arrangement itself. It is hard to tell in how far these pieces are still original gospel music, or is it another case of Rock/Pop/... goes classic? In some pieces, especially during loud and enthusiastic parts, the clarity of the sound begins to suffer, and some kind of "noise stew" buries anything besides the leading voices. I am not sure whether the recording is to blame for that or the conductor James Levine. But all in all, it is a refreshing and motivating collection of music.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Broadway takes on the spiritual ...
... takes it on and puts it on the canvas by the end of the first round.

I'm going to be the dissenting voice here: thank goodness I signed this disk out of the public library... Read more

Published on Jan 29 2004 by Robert Elgie

5.0 out of 5 stars Vocal and Symphonic Brilliance
Each selection is filled with vocal perfection and brilliant orchestration. This shows the marriage of classical symphonic music with deeply soulful spirituals.