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The new recording from the Pacific Boychoir is here! In addition to the B-Minor Mass, Bach wrote four other masses. These "Lutheran" masses are from Bach's time at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. The Pacific Boychoir Academy, the only choir school on America's West Coast, has recorded two of these masses with boy sopranos and altos and an orchestra of Early Music specialists led by Kati Kyme.
US$18, includes tax & shipping

Mass in G Minor, BWV 235
1 Kyrie (chorus)
2 Gloria (chorus)
3 Gratias (Raymond Martinez, bass)
4 Domine Fili (Adam Kutny, alto)
5 Qui tollis(Thomas Busse, tenor)
6 Cum Sancto Spiritu (chorus)

Mass in G Major, BWV 236
7 Kyrie (chorus)
8 Gloria (chorus)
9 Gratias (Tom Hart, bass)
10 Domine Deus (Jacob Wilson, soprano and Adam Kutny, alto)
11 Qui tollis(Ed Betts, tenor)
12 Cum Sancto Spiritu (chorus)


The Pacific Boychoir sings two sets of pieces in the newest recording of music by New Mexico composer Michael Mauldin. In addition to the Pacific Boychoir, Enchantment features performances by the Ensemble of Santa Fe, the Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra, as well as Lawrence Blind and the composer on piano. The CD is available from the composer's website and from CD Baby.

Enchantment: Three Meditations for Two Pianos

Voices from the Chaco: Concertino for Piano and Woodwind Quintet

A Little Magic (Pacific Boychoir SSA)
I. Prayer
II. Pilgrimage
III. Stones

World Words (Pacific Boychoir SATB)
I. Nasha hozho
II. Kairos
III. Mitakuye oyashin

Four Zuni Mountain Miniatures for Chamber Ensemble

Santa Fe Magic

 

That Promised Land is the Boychoir's spirituals recording, which led to an award for director Kevin Fox from the Friends of Negro Spirituals in 2006. The recording features tenor Jonathon Hampton and many of the songs the Pacific Boychoir has become known for on tour around the world.
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1. I Open My Mouth, arr. Andre Thomas
2. Little David, Play on your Harp, arr. Moses Hogan
3. All My Trials, arr. Norman Luboff
4. Take My Mother Home, arr. unknown
5. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, arr. Robert de Cormier (Malcolm Lane, alto)
6. Witness, arr. Jack Halloran
7. There is a Balm in Gilead, arr. William Dawson (Maximilian Burnham, soprano)
8. Ain't Got Time to Die, Hall Johnson (Jonathan Hampton, tenor)
9. Precious Lord, arr. Scott Tucker (Paul Adams, bass and Jonathan Hampton, tenor)
10. I Stood on the River of Jordan, arr. Moses Hogan
11. Deep River, arr. Parker/Shaw
12. City Called Heaven, arr. Josephin Poelinitz (Jonathan Hampton, tenor)
13. Over Yonder, arr. Joseph Jennings (Jacob Wilson, mezzo-soprano)
14. The Storm is Passing Over, Simon Tindley
15. Wade in the Water, arr. Moses Hogan (Jonathan Hampton, tenor)
16. Ain'a That Good News!, arr. William Dawson
17. Praise His Holy Name!, Keith Hampton
18. The Battle of Jericho, arr. Moses Hogan (play sample mp3)
19. Hear My Prayer, Moses Hogan

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The Boychoir sings Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, and collaborates with the Pacific Collegium for Britten's rarely-heard A Boy Was Born. Recorded in 2005 at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Karen Gottlieb, harp.
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A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
1. Procession
2. Wolcume Yole!
3. There is no Rose
4. That Yonge Child (Jacob Wilson, soprano)
5. Balulalow (Jacob Wilson, soprano)
6. As dew in Aprille
7. This Little Babe
8. Interlude
9. In freezing winter night
10. Spring Carol (Julian Abelskamp and Jacob Wilson, soprano)
11. Deo Gracias
12. Recession

A Hymn to the Virgin
13. A Hymn to the Virgin (Adam Kutny, Paul Flight, Ed Betts, and Tom Hart, quartet)

A Boy Was Born, op. 3
14. Theme: A Boy Was Born
15. Variation I: Lullay, Jesu
16. Variation II: Herod
17. Variation III: Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour (Jacob Wilson, soprano)
18. Variation IV: The Three Kings
19. Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-Winter
20. Variation VI (finale): Noel!

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Cantate (2004) features Bach Cantata 150 for the first time in America sung with boy sopranos and boy altos, with period instruments, and at Baroque pitch. Also on the CD are solo and duet works sung by Boychoir soloists Julian Abelskamp and Jacob Wilson. The first pressing of this CD sold out, but the recording has been re-released (as of March, 2005) under the Titanic Records label. Place your order here using PayPal, or look for the CD in your local Titanic Records retailer.
US$15, includes tax & shipping

Cantata BWV 150; JS Bach
1. Sinfonia

2. Chorus: "Nach dir, herr"
3. Aria: "Doch bin und bleibe" (Julian Abelskamp, soprano)
4. Chorus: "Leite mich"
5. Trio: "Zedern mußen" (Adam Kutny, Thomas Busse, Raymond Martinez, trio)
6. Chorus: "Meine Augen"
7. Chorus: "Meine Tage in dem Leiden"

8. Sub tuum preasidium, WA Mozart (Julian Abelskamp and Jacob Wilson, soprano)
9. Ergo interest/Quaere superna; WA Mozart (Julian Abelskamp)
10. Cantate Domine; Isaac Posch (Julian Abelskamp and Jacob Wilson, soprano)
11. Meine glaubiges Herze; JS Bach (Julian Abelskamp, soprano)

Surrexit Pastor Bonus, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy op 39, no. 3
12. Surrexit pastor bonus
13. Tulerunt Dominum
(Julian Abelskamp and Jacob Wilson, soprano)
14. Surrexit Christus (Andres Velez, alto)
15. Surrexit Christus (chorus)

 

The San Francisco Symphony's recording of Mahler's Third Symphony won the Grammy for Best Classical Album in 2004. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the latest in the Mahler symphony recording project. The Pacific Boychoir joins forces with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the women of the SF Symphony Chorus on the recording, made in concerts in September 2002. The double CD includes Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, sung by Michelle DeYoung.
You can get this CD at many CD retailers, or you can order this CD from the SFS Shop.

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The Boychoir's Live Down Under CD features the repertoire from the July 2001 PBA tour to New Zealand and Australia, with choral and solo works by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Casals, with spirituals, and selections from Copland's Old American Songs. This is your opportunity to hear the first recording of a nascent boys choir in its early years.
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1. Nigra Sum; P Casals
2. Laudamus Te; A Vivaldi (Nicholas Felicich and Alex Bensick, soprano)
3. Gloria; Gabriel Fanelli
4. Cujus Animam Gementem; GB Pergolesi (Nicholas Felicich, soprano)
5. Ellens Sweiter Gesang; Schubert/Brahms (Alex Bensick, soprano)
6. Trio from The Magic Flute (Alex Bensick, Nicholas Felicich, Gabe Fanelli, trio)
7. The Little Horses; A Copland
8. Simple Gifts; A Copland
9. I Bought Me a Cat; A Copland
10. Long Time Ago; A Copland (Fletcher Stucky, mezzo-soprano)
11. Ching-a-ring Chaw; A Copland
12. Weep No More; D Childs
13. Call Me Irresponsible; S Cahn, J van Heusen
14. I've got you under my skin; Cole Porter
15. I Should Care; S Cahn, A Stordahl, P Weston
16. Johnny One Note; Rodgers & Hart
17. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Robert de Cormier (Nicholas Felicich, soprano)
18. Go Down, Moses; arr. Mark Hayes





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