Archive for Turtle Creek Chorale
Looking Back On: Psalms – Turtle Creek Chorale
In continuing our ongoing new series “Looking Back:” albums from Reference Recordings’ past, we are taking the opportunity to feature a 1999 release that is particularly appropriate for the current Holy Week holidays — Psalms, featuring the Turtle Creek Chorale. Why Psalms? In the continual search for repertoire appropriate to a large male chorus, our attention turned toward the multi-faceted texts of the Psalms. Over the past 3,000 years, much has been written about the…
Happy Easter from Reference
To kick off the Easter weekend we’re bringing you the Turtle Creek Chorale performing Ave Maria. The Turtle Creek Chorale, America’s finest male chorus, has a long history with RR. Starting in 1992, they gave a spine-tingling performance of Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, and continued with four more critically-acclaimed CDs including one of RR’s all-time best sellers, the Requiem by John Rutter. Serenade Psalms Testament Postcards Times of the Day Rutter Requiem
A Testament of Freedom – MLK Jr. Day
As a tribute for today’s holiday, we feature our album “Testament” and the Turtle Creek Chorale ensemble. While reading the liner notes you will find these songs speak the same sentiments of hope for our nation that Martin Luther King Jr. embodied in his life. John Ardoin, Dallas Morning NewsTestament – Introduction “I hear America singing” wrote Walt Whitman But what was the song he heard? A New England carol, a southern spiritual, an Appalachian…
Music for Independence Day – Testament
Continuing our “Music for Independence Day” series, we introduce an older Reference Recordings recording (RR-49 in fact) of the Turtle Creek Chorale performing “Testament.” TestamentTurtle Creek ChoraleDallas Wind Symphony An inspiring collection of Americana, with texts by Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, including The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson. “The precision of the Turtle Creek Chorale is something to hear, and the Dallas Wind Symphony asserts its authority at every turn.” –H&B…
Happy Easter from Reference Recordings
We wanted to feature a couple of releases of ours that might help you to celebrate this Easter weekend. Both albums feature the renowned Turtle Creek Chorale. PSALMS“The Absolute Sound Super Disc List” SING HALLELUJAH! The ancient wisdom of the Psalms has been inspiration for great composers for 3000 years. A unique program of world-premiere recordings is by living composers, many of whom have a long-standing relationship with the Turtle Creek Chorale. The world-renowned group…