Hymns | Beth Nielsen Chapman | Music from the back of the bus coming back from the football game

Hymns | Beth Nielsen Chapman | Beautiful harmonies

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Hymns

	Hymns Beth Nielsen Chapman Emergent, 2004 average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Following the Success of her 2004 UK Number One Country Album "Look", Beth Nielson Chapman Returns with "Hymns". The Album Not Only features Well Known Classics, Others were Written by Chapman, and Blend Together to Make for a Beautiful Sounding Album, which Flows Soothingly Through the Speakers. No USA Release Scheduled.

Music from the back of the bus coming back from the football game

Anyone who went to Catholic School before about 1965 will recognize these hymns. They were what we were taught at school, despite Sister's (and Brother's best efforts, we never did get the Latin pronunciation quite right, and although in church we did a fair approximation of either Gregorian Chant (or those 19th century settings of Ave Maria and O Sanctissima, on our own we reverted to form. That would have been the slow dances in a gym circa 1960, or maybe the slower folk songs we had in chorus sometimes. Think Goodnight Sweetheart Well It's Time To Go or maybe Down In The Valley The Valley So Low. It is a combination of American Catholic folk songs, in a professionalized performance informed by the Platters and Carl Sandberg's American Songbook. Seen in that light, measured against that standard, I can't imagine a better rendition.

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Beautiful harmonies

This has to be my favorite CD of Beth Neilsen Chapman's collection. It is very unlike her other CDs, being mostly composed of Catholic hymns. I've never cared for Catholic hymns, for the most part, or Gregorian chants either, but Beth does such a nice job with these hymns that I think almost anyone would enjoy listening to this CD. The hymns are sung in a very peaceful, haunting manner with beautiful harmonies and minimal instrumentation.

Reflective and restful

I received this CD for my birthday and loved it so much I listened to it while in labor in the hospital. My doctor and nurse both commented on how much they liked the CD. Beth Nielsen Chapman has a very mellow voice that is perfect for reflection, meditation, or just relaxing, and listeners who are Catholic will recognize many Catholic traditional hymns on this CD. But the CD is not for Catholics only. I bought several copies for friends and highly recommend this CD.

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Hymns