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Imagine Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome album, and then imagine an album of American folk songs that's about as far away from Springsteen's performances as it could possibly be. Whether that idea appeals to you will indicate your level of potential interest in The Songs We Sang, which is something of a throwback to the Mitch Miller era -- and shows the level of musical professionalism that always characterized Miller's productions. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have precise intonation, very skillful blend, and an altogether pleasant sound. They're accompanied by peppy background groups -- some combination of guitar, harmonica, accordion, bass, and piano -- that range from bland to cornball, and their articulation, while it's so clear that educators could use this disc to introduce speakers of other languages to American songs, comes off as a bit stilted in phrases like "live and die in Dixie," where the two ds in "and die" are cleanly severed. It's high school choir folk song, with arrangements that add some slightly lush harmonies but never a level of complexity. It works best, perhaps, in the sweet melodies and harmonies of slower numbers like Annie Laurie, and worst, perhaps, in play-party songs like Skip to My Lou, which has an annoyingly singsong quality. The program ends oddly with a set of contemporary Western songs like Cool Water and even Marilyn Bergman's Hooray for the Cowboys, which are not by any stretch of the imagination folk songs, but there's plenty of musicianship on display here, and the disc is worth attention simply because it's the sort of thing that not many ensembles attempt anymore.
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Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist, MainArtist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Down in the Valley (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist, MainArtist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Black is the Color (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Skip to My Lou (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Charles Kemper, Artist - David Hagedorn, Artist - Silvester Vicic, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Dixie (Arr. N. Luboff) [Attrib. D.D. Emmett] (Anonyme)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Anonymous, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Camptown Races (arr. J. Halloran) (Stephen C. Foster)
JACK HALLORAN, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Stephen C. Foster, Composer - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Laura Lee (arr. E. Fissinger) (Edwin Fissinger)
Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Stephen C. Foster, Composer - Greg Hippen, Artist, MainArtist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Charles Kemper, Artist - Edwin Fissinger, Composer
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Oh! Susanna (arr. E. Fissinger) (Edwin Fissinger)
Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Stephen C. Foster, Composer - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Charles Kemper, Artist - Edwin Fissinger, Composer - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist - Clint Hoover, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Gentle Annie (arr. E. Fissinger) (Edwin Fissinger)
Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Stephen C. Foster, Composer - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Charles Kemper, Artist, MainArtist - Edwin Fissinger, Composer
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Goin' to Boston (arr. A. Parker) (Traditional)
Traditional, Composer - Alice Parker, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
My Old Kentucky Home (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw) (Stephen C. Foster)
Alice Parker, Composer - Robert Shaw, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Stephen C. Foster, Composer - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Seeing Nellie Home (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw) (Robert Shaw)
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, Composer - Alice Parker, Composer - Robert Shaw, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
The Lonesome Valley (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw) (Traditional)
Traditional, Composer - Alice Parker, Composer - Robert Shaw, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Shenandoah (arr. J. Erb) (Traditional)
Traditional, Composer - James Erb, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Hooray for the Cowboys (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Marilyn Bergman, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - David Hagedorn, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist, MainArtist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Red River Valley (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - Traditional, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist, MainArtist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - BOB NOLAN, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist, MainArtist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Riders in the Sky (arr. for choir) (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir, MainArtist - Joan Griffith, Artist - David Hagedorn, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist - Silvester Vicic, Artist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Cool Water (arr. N. Luboff) (Norman Luboff)
Norman Luboff, Composer - BOB NOLAN, Composer - Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Greg Hippen, Artist - VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Choir - Joan Griffith, Artist - Bobby Stanton, Artist - Clint Hoover, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
Albumbeschreibung
Imagine Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome album, and then imagine an album of American folk songs that's about as far away from Springsteen's performances as it could possibly be. Whether that idea appeals to you will indicate your level of potential interest in The Songs We Sang, which is something of a throwback to the Mitch Miller era -- and shows the level of musical professionalism that always characterized Miller's productions. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have precise intonation, very skillful blend, and an altogether pleasant sound. They're accompanied by peppy background groups -- some combination of guitar, harmonica, accordion, bass, and piano -- that range from bland to cornball, and their articulation, while it's so clear that educators could use this disc to introduce speakers of other languages to American songs, comes off as a bit stilted in phrases like "live and die in Dixie," where the two ds in "and die" are cleanly severed. It's high school choir folk song, with arrangements that add some slightly lush harmonies but never a level of complexity. It works best, perhaps, in the sweet melodies and harmonies of slower numbers like Annie Laurie, and worst, perhaps, in play-party songs like Skip to My Lou, which has an annoyingly singsong quality. The program ends oddly with a set of contemporary Western songs like Cool Water and even Marilyn Bergman's Hooray for the Cowboys, which are not by any stretch of the imagination folk songs, but there's plenty of musicianship on display here, and the disc is worth attention simply because it's the sort of thing that not many ensembles attempt anymore.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:41
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Philip Brunelle
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Clarion
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) Koormuziek
(C) 2010 Clarion (P) 2010 Clarion
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