classical music: Mack Wilberg

classical music: Mack Wilberg

classical music:

Mack Wilberg

Simple Gifts
Louis Applebaum, Aaron Copland, ...

CBC Records, 1991

A Celebration of Christmas
Byu Choirs & Orchestra

Tantara, 1995

One of BYU's all-time favorite offerings, and first in BYU's acclaimed Celebration Series of television specials, A Celebration of Christmas presents the combined choirs and orchestra of BYU in 19 tracks of Christmas mood and memory. Seen nationally on PBS for several years, A Celebration of Christmas combines the spiritual, traditional, and ...

Cantate Hodie: Sing Forth This Day!

Peter Bianchi, Craig Courtney, ...

Clarion, 2002

Not your father's Christmas album
This is quite a collection, and a must-have for anyone's collection of holiday music. Stacking a group of CD's on your changer can often yield similar renditions of the same carols. "Cantate Hodie: Sing Forth This Day!" contains some of your old favorites with a new ...

Consider the Lilies

John Rutter, Jonathan Willcocks, ...

Mormon Tabernacle, 2003

The Sweetest Music
I love this CD. My family and I listened to it over and over and over again, during the last few weeks of my mother's life. It has been a comfort to me in time of sorrow. Now it brings tears every time I listen to it. This music is like loving arms around me. It ...

A Thanksgiving of American Folk Hymns

Brigham Young University Combined Choirs, BYU Singers

Tantara Records, 2004

Wonderful expression of tradtional American music.
This is a fabulous DVD of faith-filled music, done with an incredible spirit. I have thoroughly enjoyed the CD for over 10 years and when I came accross the DVD I bought it. The final song, "Come Thou Fount", is worthy of a finale from any of the greates performers. I ...

Alleluia!
Marty Haugen, Ludwig Van Beethoven, ...

da Chiesa Sound Recordings, 2007

Love Is Spoken Here

Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg, ...

Mormon Tabernacle, 2005

A serene peaceful album of children's songs and lullabies
"Love is Spoken Here" is the newest released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Featuring children's primary songs, well-known lullabies, and popular favorites, this is a unique entry in the Choir's repetoire, and the albums breathes ...

Orford Six Pianos

Charles Gounod, Eduard Holst, ...

Atma Classique, 2008

This One's a Hoot!
When I was a kid back in the 1940s, there was a group that appeared regularly on radio -- this was before TV and when there was actually good music played on the major networks in the USA; alas, those days are gone! -- who called themselves the First Piano Quartet. ...

Requiem: Choral Music of Mack Wilberg

Mack Wilberg, Craig D. Jessop, ...

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 2008

A Transcendent Masterpiece
This is a glorious recording. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the soloists, Bryn Terfel and Fredericia Von Stade are outstanding. But this music belongs to the composer, Mack Wilberg and to the recording engineers. And yes, to the newly renovated Tabernacle building ...

Peace Like a River

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Irving Berlin, ...

Mormon Tabernacle, 2004

every good adjective
This album is all beauty and solace. The singing is pristine, the arrangements lush and often stirring--never saccharine. As with the previous reviewer, my first listing of "Peace Like a River" brought me to tears (especially "Peace Like a River," the sopranos in ...

American Treasures
Randall Thompson, William Billings, ...

Mark Records, 2007

All Creatures of Our God and King

Tantara Records, 1999

With this farewell CD as a member of the BYU music faculty, much-admired conductor/arranger Mack Wilberg serves up a spiritually rewarding and musically memorable collection of hymns and anthems. In addition to his expressive baton and the wonderful sound of his concert choir, Dr. Wilberg's trademark style as an arranger is featured here, with ...