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Chanticleer: Sound in Spirit. Warner Classics R2 61941.
Chanticleer is the immaculate male choir that has been gaining so much attention, winning so many plaudits, and becoming so popular lately. Their newest disc, Sound in Spirit, is a slight departure from their usual early religious music, traditional American tunes and hymns, gospels, spirituals, Renaissance songs, and the like.
If I may quote from the album's producer, Steve Barnett: "This is the first Chanticleer recording totally conceived for recording and remixing in a studio environment. It is the first Chanticleer recording to be conceived as a total experience--ideally it should be listened to from beginning to end without pause--thus there is no silence or space between tracks. It is the first to add outdoor ambient sounds." And I might add, it is also the first Chanticleer recording to sound like a throwback to the 1980's and 90's "New Age" music so beloved of the record-buying public.
The music of the disc dates from the thirteenth century to the present, from chants and liturgical Latin texts to modern compositions written especially for this recording. ...