A Land of Pure Delight: William Billings Anthems and Fuging Tunes | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1992 |
Recorded | 1991 at the Joseph Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago |
Genre | Hymns |
Length | 53' |
Label | Harmonia Mundi France 907048 |
Producer | Engineer: Lawrence Rock |
A Land of Pure Delight: William Billings Anthems and Fuging Tunes is a 1992 album of hymns, anthems and songs written by William Billings performed by the American vocal ensemble His Majestie's Clerkes conducted by Paul Hillier on Harmonia Mundi Records as a sequel to their earlier Ghoostly Psalms: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550–1800. [1] [2]
The album was favourably reviewed by the Chicago Tribune as sung with "impeccable musicianship, full-throated tone, warmth and security of blend and expressive intelligence", and listed in the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. [3] The Digital Audio Music List reviewed the audio quality of the album as "technically exceptional in every positive way". [4]
A Land of Pure Delight: William Billings Anthems and Fuging Tunes | |
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![]() | |
Studio album by | |
Released | 1992 |
Recorded | 1991 at the Joseph Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago |
Genre | Hymns |
Length | 53' |
Label | Harmonia Mundi France 907048 |
Producer | Engineer: Lawrence Rock |
A Land of Pure Delight: William Billings Anthems and Fuging Tunes is a 1992 album of hymns, anthems and songs written by William Billings performed by the American vocal ensemble His Majestie's Clerkes conducted by Paul Hillier on Harmonia Mundi Records as a sequel to their earlier Ghoostly Psalms: Anglo-American Psalmody 1550–1800. [1] [2]
The album was favourably reviewed by the Chicago Tribune as sung with "impeccable musicianship, full-throated tone, warmth and security of blend and expressive intelligence", and listed in the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. [3] The Digital Audio Music List reviewed the audio quality of the album as "technically exceptional in every positive way". [4]