Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The 31 songs spread over two CDs running over 96 minutes that make up this compilation are "from the valleys of Wales" only in the sense that the singers are. They are the 60-strong members of the Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, which has been singing out officially since 1910 and unofficially well before that. There are songs here that they could have been singing at their first gathering and quite a few that have been added to their repertoire over the years. The recordings themselves, originally made for the Soundline label and licensed by Silva Screen, date from the period 2000-2006. They have been sequenced to give two different impressions of the choir, which might be dubbed the sacred and the secular. Disc one features a number of selections credited to "Traditional," some with overtly religious titles ("Angels Watching O'er Me," "I'll Walk with God"). The singers are appropriately reverent in approaching this material. Some of the more contemporary songs on the second disc also have an inspirational appeal ("Bridge Over Troubled Water," "The Impossible Dream," "You'll Never Walk Alone") even if they aren't actually hymns, and they get respectful readings, too. But there is also livelier fare. The singers get as upbeat as they can on "Mame," even if they never quite sound like they're from the American South. And a dramatic solo voice (unnamed in the credits) leads "Bui-Doi," a song from the musical Miss Saigon about abandoned children. Appropriately, the religious and the nationalistic are conflated in the closing track, that anthemic song known to every British schoolboy, "Jerusalem." The choir proves to be both traditional and innovative on this satisfying set of highlights from its more recent recordings.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mansel Thomas, Arranger, Work Arranger - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - William Apling, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2008 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - Gareth Whitcombe, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - N. Davis, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2008 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Harold Boulton, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - J.T. Davies, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2010 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - Arwel Hughes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Harry Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Belland, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Friedrich Silcher, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Charles Thompson, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Martin Shaw, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
William Owen, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Protheroe, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Robert Burns, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Roberton, Arranger, Work Arranger - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Nicholas Brodszky, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Karl Jenkins, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Yuri Shaporin, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Henry Francis Lyte, ComposerLyricist - Liddle, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist - G.K. "Ozzie" Arnold, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records
DISC 2
Rolf Lovland, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Graham, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Paul Simon, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Gilbert Becaud, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Kretzmer, ComposerLyricist - Aznavour, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Hand, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Amanda McBroom, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Herbert Kretzmer, ComposerLyricist - Alain Boublil, ComposerLyricist - Claude-Michel Schonberg, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Jerry Herman, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
JOE DARION, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Leigh, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Alain Boublil, ComposerLyricist - Claude-Michel Schonberg, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, ComposerLyricist - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Hubert Parry, ComposerLyricist - William Blake, ComposerLyricist - Massed Male Voice Choirs, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Album review
The 31 songs spread over two CDs running over 96 minutes that make up this compilation are "from the valleys of Wales" only in the sense that the singers are. They are the 60-strong members of the Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, which has been singing out officially since 1910 and unofficially well before that. There are songs here that they could have been singing at their first gathering and quite a few that have been added to their repertoire over the years. The recordings themselves, originally made for the Soundline label and licensed by Silva Screen, date from the period 2000-2006. They have been sequenced to give two different impressions of the choir, which might be dubbed the sacred and the secular. Disc one features a number of selections credited to "Traditional," some with overtly religious titles ("Angels Watching O'er Me," "I'll Walk with God"). The singers are appropriately reverent in approaching this material. Some of the more contemporary songs on the second disc also have an inspirational appeal ("Bridge Over Troubled Water," "The Impossible Dream," "You'll Never Walk Alone") even if they aren't actually hymns, and they get respectful readings, too. But there is also livelier fare. The singers get as upbeat as they can on "Mame," even if they never quite sound like they're from the American South. And a dramatic solo voice (unnamed in the credits) leads "Bui-Doi," a song from the musical Miss Saigon about abandoned children. Appropriately, the religious and the nationalistic are conflated in the closing track, that anthemic song known to every British schoolboy, "Jerusalem." The choir proves to be both traditional and innovative on this satisfying set of highlights from its more recent recordings.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:35:57
- Main artists: The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Silva Screen Records Ltd
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2008 Silva Screen Records Ltd. ℗ 2008 Silva Screen Records Ltd.
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.