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Each holiday season brings numerous recordings from small British choirs, but stateside, there are many fewer. This one by the fine ten-voice choir Seraphic Fire, not even from one of the major choral centers, can stand with any release of the 2023 season and should be around for several years subsequently. Despite the presence of works from various places, including the increasingly-becoming-a-holiday-standard Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Britain's Elizabeth Potton, the program here has a distinctively American flavor, such as African American spirituals and the ubiquitous I Wonder as I Wander. These are nicely integrated into a program that offers some depth along with the faves, including pairs of settings of the same text. Sample the Spanish-language Jesús in pesebre and its English counterpart, Away in a Manger, in a setting by crossover phenomenon Ola Gjeilo. It is all artfully chosen to make a pleasing impression that hangs in the head in a more lasting way. The choral singing is precise, with the texture varied by a group of distinctive young soloists; check out mezzo-soprano Tivoli Treloar in I Wonder as I Wander. The album is worthwhile simply as a survey of some vocal up-and-comers and much more. The engineering from a South Florida chapel has a spacious acoustic that results in good text intelligibility but may not be to all tastes; sample and decide.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Anonymous, Composer - William Sandys, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Edwin Fissinger, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - John Ireland, Composer - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Composer - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Matthew Goinz, Soloist - Luc Kleiner, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Gottfried Wolters, Arranger - Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Composer - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Timothy C. Takach, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Jean de Brebeuf, Lyricist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Susan LaBarr, Arranger
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - James Kallembach, Composer - Frances Whitmarsh Wile, Lyricist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Michael Praetorius, Composer - William Duffy, Soloist - James K. Bass, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Heinrich Seuse, Lyricist - Nickolas Karageorgiou, Soloist - Chelsea Helm, Soloist - John Buffett, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Dupre Quigley, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - John Buffett, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Dupre Quigley, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Tivoli Treloar, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Lyricist - William J. Kirkpatrick, Composer - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Patrick Dupre Quigley, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Alexandra Colaizzi, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Chelsea Helm, Soloist - Elisse Albian, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Anonymous, Lyricist - William J. Kirkpatrick, Composer - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Ola Gjeilo, Arranger - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - Elisse Albian, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - William Levi Dawson, Arranger - Addy Sterrett, Soloist
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - James K. Bass, Conductor, MainArtist - Seraphic Fire, Choir, MainArtist - William Levi Dawson, Arranger
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
Album review
Each holiday season brings numerous recordings from small British choirs, but stateside, there are many fewer. This one by the fine ten-voice choir Seraphic Fire, not even from one of the major choral centers, can stand with any release of the 2023 season and should be around for several years subsequently. Despite the presence of works from various places, including the increasingly-becoming-a-holiday-standard Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Britain's Elizabeth Potton, the program here has a distinctively American flavor, such as African American spirituals and the ubiquitous I Wonder as I Wander. These are nicely integrated into a program that offers some depth along with the faves, including pairs of settings of the same text. Sample the Spanish-language Jesús in pesebre and its English counterpart, Away in a Manger, in a setting by crossover phenomenon Ola Gjeilo. It is all artfully chosen to make a pleasing impression that hangs in the head in a more lasting way. The choral singing is precise, with the texture varied by a group of distinctive young soloists; check out mezzo-soprano Tivoli Treloar in I Wonder as I Wander. The album is worthwhile simply as a survey of some vocal up-and-comers and much more. The engineering from a South Florida chapel has a spacious acoustic that results in good text intelligibility but may not be to all tastes; sample and decide.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:34
- Main artists: Seraphic Fire James K. Bass
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Seraphic Fire Media
- Genre: Comedy/Other Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
2023 Seraphic Fire Media 2023 Seraphic Fire Media
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