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Mariachi
Mariachi
Music is the expression of our Hispanic people and is the ambassador
of good will to peoples of many cultures through the universal expression
of music. The joy of mariachi music embraces and is appreciated by people
of all backgrounds. This joyful music collection, MARIACHI, presented
by Cuco Chavez and Sue Ann Pinner, with its unique emphasis in Spanish
and English bilingual participation, demonstrates the inclusiveness
of all peoples within any liturgical celebration. It is a valuable contribution
to our liturgical music repertoire and to our multicultural liturgical
celebrations.
"The
many languages, customs and cultural riches of the people of this Archdiocese
all give cause for celebration, and should be brought to bear in the
celebration of the Sunday Eucharist."
Cardinal
Roger Mahony.Order this album |
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Magnificat
"It was a marriage made in heaven": Sue Ann Pinner and The Starlights. and MAGNIFICAT-THE DIVINE POWER OF SINGING is proof.
Sue Ann Pinner's musical partnership with the Starlights was, she believes, divinely guided. She saw them at the famous gospel brunch at Los Angeles' acclaimed House of Blues, and was blown away by their powerful and uplifting performance.
The Starlights has established itself as a major new force in gospel with more than 100 performances at the House of Blues in L.A., New Orleans and Chicago, an appearance on CNN, and a stunning concert at the Gospel Music Workshop of America. The Starlights has performed at a variety of venues throughout the U.S and are the first gospel group to be featured in LIVE magazine. The joy they spread to their audiences goes also to a variety of charitable causes, including the American Diabetes Ass., for which they are the national spokesmen.
Lead singers Rodney Thompkins, Ronnie Dion Palm and their uncle Greg Botts have roots deep in the gospel tradition. Botts' father, the late Henry Botts, sang baritone for decades with the Pilgrim Travelers, a pioneer gospel group.
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"The recording is a fair approximation of Heaven....'Gloria in excelsis' to Soprano Soloist Sue Ann Pinner."There is something profoundly compelling about the ancient prayer AVE MARIA. Every major composer has set the text of the simple and elegant invocation to music: Mozart, Shubert, Franck, Brahms, Verdi, Rachmaninoff. And of course, Gounod adapted the sacred melody to Bach's First Prelude, probably the most famous rendition. There is something equally compelling about opera star and recording artist; Sue Ann Pinner's musical interpretation of 10 of the AVE MARIAs, as well as variations on sacred texts by Palestrina, Scarlatti, Grieg, and others. From the haunting acapella 13th-century Gregorian Chant that opens this recording to Schubert's beautiful composition that seems to pierce the core of the soul, Pinner sings each piece as if she knew what was in the hearts and minds of each composer. Order this album |
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