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Dessoff's Latest CD, Glories on Glories

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Recorded live in performance in March 2009, Dessoff's latest CD Glories on Glories features stirring American choral works by William Billings, Charles Ives, Horatio Parker, and Randall Thompson, featuring shape-note hymns, songs from the battlefield, and more.

The recording is available for purchase via cdbaby.com, iTunes, and digstation.com, and will also be available for purchase at Dessoff concerts and events.

For the full album notes by music director James Bagwell, please click here.

Track Listing

1. Modern Music - William Billings (The Psalm Singer’s Amusement, 1781)
2. Jordan - William Billings (The Suffolk Harmony, 1786)
3. Chester - William Billings (The Suffolk Harmony, 1756)
4. Urbs Syon unica (from Hora Novissima) - Horatio Parker (1893)
5. Psalm 67 - Charles Ives (1897)
6. Glories on Glories - Charles Ives (1902)
7. Psalm 90 - Charles Ives (Psalm 90)
8. The Last Words of David - Randall Thompson (1949)
9. Marching through Georgia/The Battle Cry of Freedom - Henry Clay Work (1865)/George Frederick Root (1862)
10. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground - Walter Kittredge (1864)
11. Ode on Music - Oliver Holden (American Harmony, 1792)
12. Bunker Hill - Andrew Law (Worcester Collection, 1786)
13. Singing School - J. H. Moss (The Social Harp, 1865)
14. Promised Land - Miss M. Durham (Southern Harmony, 1854)
15. Beautiful River - Robert Lowry (1864)
16. Saints Bound for Heaven - William Walker (Original Sacred Harp, 1884)
17. Weeping Mary - John McCurry (Social Harp, 1855)
18. Hallelujah - anonymous (Original Sacred Harp, 1844)
19. Soar Away - A. Marcus Cagle (Original Sacred Harp, 1971)