Colors of Love (Chanticleer album) explained
| Colors of Love |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Chanticleer |
| Cover: | Colors of Love (Chanticleer album).jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Genre: | Choral |
| Prev Title: | Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1764 |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Magnificat |
| Next Year: | 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)
Notes and References
- 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.
