Gloriæ Dei Cantores, critically acclaimed for their interpretations of American music, present an exciting collaboration with Grammy Award-winner Mark O'Connor. Featured on this recording is a 15-minute commissioned work by O'Connor, Let Us Move, with violin obligato. Also featured are arrangements of beloved hymns and folk songs from Appalachia and the South. Exploding with energy and excitement, this must-have album presents a new American classical style of music, inspired by the rich American folk tradition.
"Nothing could have prepared me for the day I first heard this music sung back to me. . . . Gloriæ Dei Cantores' voices sounded like angels descending from Heaven, delivering and rendering my music in a way that seemed to shake the rafters and elevate the spirit."
—Mark O'Connor, February 2001
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| 1 | Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal  | arr. Alice Parker | 2:23 |
| 2 | His Voice as the Sound | Traditional | 2:14 |
| 3 | Bright Canaan  | Traditional | 1:58 |
| 4 | O Thou, in Whose Presence | Joseph Swain | 2:07 |
| 5 | New Concord | Charles Wesley | 2:10 |
| 6 | Let Us Move | O'Connor, Mark | 15:29 |
| 7 | Begin, My Soul | Traditional | 1:40 |
| 8 | Tender Thought  | Psalm 139 | 2:41 |
| 9 | Social Band | Traditional | 2:02 |
| 10 | Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head | Arr. John Jacob Niles | 3:14 |
| 11 | Resignation | Isaac Watts | 2:25 |
| 12 | I Will Arise | Robert Robinson | 1:05 |
| 13 | Lorena | Arr. Michael Hale | 7:27 |
| 14 | Holy Manna | Arr. John Carter | 2:30 |
| 15 | Angel Band | Arr. Michael Hale | 3:04 |
| 16 | Death Shall Not Destroy | Traditional | 2:36 |
| 17 | Vernon | Charles Wesley | 3:04 |
| 18 | Foundation  | | 2:37 |
| | Total Time: | | 58:38 |
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 | Folk Mass by: Gloriæ Dei Cantores The choral works of Grammy Award-winning violinist Mark O'Connor Our Price: $17.05 |