Mormon Tabernacle Choir - The Beloved Choruses (1958) Vinyl LP • Eugene Ormandy

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back); slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is original (plastic); seams partially split. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear; developing split near center. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Split near center of bottom-edge. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. 1965 stereo pressing with Gray "2-eye" label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Sheep May Safely Graze: From The "Birthday" Cantata, No. 208
2. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring: From The Cantata No. 147 ("Herz Und Mund")
3. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
4. In Deepest Grief--From The "St. Matthew Passion"
5. The Heavens Are Telling: From "The Creation"
6. To Music
7. Glory, Glory, Glory
8. On Great Lone Hills: From "Finlandia"
9. Hallelujah Chorus: From The "Messiah"

About The Record:

The Beloved Choruses, by Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is a combined effort by two outstanding groups. The concert appearances of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Philadelphia Orchestra made musical history in the autumn of 1958. Such a union was long overdue and Columbia Records is proud to have been able to make recording arrangements with the during the time they were together. As the first fruits of the meeting of these two great musical organizations, this album offers a choice selection of beloved choruses. Eugene Ormandy combines the matchless sonorities of the Philadelphia Orchestra with the unequaled tonal resources of the Tabernacle Choir to provide a wonderfully new experience in good listening. (liner notes)