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| Theodore Dubois: The Seven Last Words of Christ/ Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer | 
 enlarge | Artists: Francois C.t. Dubois, Lubbock, Texas First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir, Gordon Mcmillan, Frederick Swann, Felix Mendelssohn
Label: Gothic Records
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 44325
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 49124
UPC: 000334912420
EAN: 0000334912420
ASIN: B000059LY4
Release Date: March 27, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Introduction | | • | First Word | | • | Second Word | | • | Third Word | | • | Fourth Word | | • | Fifth Word | | • | Sixth Word | | • | Seventh Word |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Wonderful! March 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our choir is performing the "Seven Last Words" for our Good Friday service. I am the church organist and was not familiar with this work. I ordered this recording and I think it is wonderful! The choir and soloists are excellent and the organ accompaniment is outstanding. Since then I have heard some other recordings and they don't even compare to this one.
 Another listeners' thoughts August 8, 2007
Both outstanding and disappointing at the same time. Organ is fantastic, as are choir and two male soloists. Soprano has lovely clean tone, but if your hearing in the upper register is failing, you will have a very difficult time understanding her words. (Male soloists are very understandable). The fourth word has great tone, but feels like the director was pressed for time on the overall CD and decided to make up all the gap in this number. Some may prefer the tempo, but for this listener, who has also sung the number many times, the 'hurry up' takes all the anquish and passion out of this most intimate of discourses from the Savior to His Father and reduces it simply as a song to be sung. I'd still buy it for overall quality.
Outstanding English Recording! March 22, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is so outstanding. Beautifully sung and recorded. You might not imagine that is would sound this good in English but it does. If you are a Christian, you owe it to yourself to experience "THe Last Seven Words of Christ". It really says it all.
Wonderful Performance February 26, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I thought the performance of "The Seven Last Words of Christ" was wonderful. I personally prefer the translation from the old Theodore Presser edition better the the G. Schirmer. The quaility of the soloists and the choir was exceptional. The recording level volume causes you to turn your stereo up and down at times but I found that to be only a minor distraction. It provided my choir with a great sampling of the excitement this wonderful old work can bring. I recommend this recording highly.
Keith T. Roden
Director of Sanctuary Music
Camp Hill United Methodist Church
Camp Hill, PA
A recording absolutely worth your consideration July 15, 2003
I actually purchased this CD because it has 'Hear My Prayer' on it. However, the clarity and balance between choir and organ on this CD is the best I have heard in any recording. If you're tired of hearing the organ blast away choirs' words or listening to choirs that sound as though they're singing in a huge cavern where all the words join as one, this CD will bring you much needed relief! Not only is the recording quality simply outstanding, the clarity of the choir and the soloists is very, very good.
BTW, the first piece on this CD - 'Hear My Prayer' - is so good that I can still listen to it several times a day. I can not imagine hearing a better recording of this piece of music.
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