Colors of Love (Chanticleer album)

Colors of Love
Studio album by
Chanticleer
Released1999 (1999)
GenreChoral
Chanticleer chronology
Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1764
(1998) 		Colors of Love
(1999) 		Magnificat
(2000)

Colors of Love is a Grammy Award winning 1999 album of contemporary choral music by Chanticleer to a concept designed by Frank Albinder. The album won Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.[1]

Track listing

  • Cradle songs. Rouxinol do pico preto (Brazil) (4:22); Lulajze, jezuniu (Poland)(3:52); Buy baby ribbon (Tobago) (2:15) by Steven Stucky (10:14)
  • Village wedding by John Tavener (9:39)
  • Canti d'amor. Winds of May, that dance on the sea (1:13); O cool is the valley (1:08); This heart that flutters near my heart (2:17); Silently she's combing her long hair (1:28); Gentle lady, do not sing sad songs (2:27); Sleep now, O you unquiet heart (1:37); All day I hear the noise of waters (2:13) by Bernard Rands (12:32)
  • Words of the sun by Zhou Long (4:43)
  • Tang poems. Written on a rainy night (3:20); Wild grass (2:14) by Chen Yi (5:45)
  • The rub of love by Augusta Read Thomas (2:33)
  • In time of Steven Sametz (9:17)
  • Love songs. Look out upon the stars, my love (1:22); Love is a beautiful dream (2:41); Alas, the love of women (2:43); For stony limits cannot hold love out (1:02); All mankind love a lover (0:58) Augusta Read Thomas (8:46)

References

  1. ^ Craig Wright Listening to Western Music 1133953913 2012 Then, listen more generally to the beautifully clear a cappella sound of the performing group Chanticleer, which commissioned this work. The album (Colors of Love), on which The Rub of Love appears, won a Grammy in 2000.