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Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
Posted by admin in gospel worship on 06 8th, 2010 | 10 responses
Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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Songs & Prayers from Taize
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Review by for Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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This is a good foundation or introduction to the genre of Southern Gospel quartets. As per the title, there are 20 tracks (more than many CDs) with twenty different artists and styles. Some of the cuts were recorded live, but all are studio-quality cuts. As a sampler, this album will help listeners decide what gospel groups to investigate further, based upon the sound of their contributions to this CD.
Review by G for Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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This is the best CD I’ve ever bought in my 40+ years! If you love southern gospel, you’ll like this CD.
Review by WANDA C PROUGH for Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THIS RECORDING–IT IS GREAT, FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL AND VERY ANNOINTED.–IF YOU NEED A BLESSING,PURCHASE IT TODAY. I WOULD NEVER SELL MINE IF I KNEW I COULD NOT GET ANOTHER ONE.
Review by N. J. Weaver for Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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My family and I really enjoy this CD. Good,down to earth gospel music. Great groups. Anyone would enjoy it.
Review by Melba M. Buell for Southern Gospel’s Top 20 Songs of the Century
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I love Southern Gospel and this CD is so good that I gave my last one to my son and ordered another one for me.
If you enjoy Southern Gospel you will love this one for sure.
Review by Eva Lengyel for Songs & Prayers from Taize
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I have visited Taize a few years back, and this CD brings me back a lot of very nice memories…The simplicity and pureness of the musicand songs are every day reality forthose living there.It is dedicatedto God, in many languages of the Globe…the songs are so grabbing,simple, yet beautiful-just like themessage God has for Humanity.It iswritten with eternal Love.The CD isan excellent aid for those who pray,meditate, or simply looking to relaxtheir mind…It feels, as you are there, with them.It is a truly spirit lifting experience, a breathof fresh air…from Heaven.
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If you are looking for inspiration to pray while singing and/or listening to music, listening to Taize is certainly one of the most fulfilling spiritual experiences. I have been listening to Taize for about 10 years, and I do not cease to find inspiration in the simple yet beautiful tunes the Taize community offers to the Christian world.
Review by FrKurt Messick for Songs & Prayers from Taize
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Taize style music is very popular among college-age worshippers today, and our Centre for University Ministry regularly offers Taize services. The hallmarks of Taize services are simplicity, peaceful spirituality, and music based upon the chant styles of the Taize monastery in France. Founded in the aftermath of the second World War by Brother Roger, who died in a prayer service in the midst of the community in August 2005, Taize is dedicated to peace and ecumenical action.
Taize music is both simple and sophisticated. Brother Roger, founder of Taize, seeks to add a prayerful element to music, and a musical element to prayer, believing firmly in the old dictum, ‘those who sing, pray twice’.
The songs of Taize are designed to be sung by those who have difficulty carrying a tune, as well as those whose training and background in music extends to high levels.
This recording contains many of the best Taize chants. Given the international outreach of Taize (it is a great pilgrimage site for people all over the world), the chants tend to be sung in Latin. The Latin is not due to Catholic influence as much as it a shared language among many people’s linguistic heritage while no longer being anyone’s first language. Brother Roger reclaimed Latin as a language for the monastery so that no one ‘living’ language would claim a dominance over others.
Taize worship relies on psalms heavily, as well as periods of silence, Bible readings, and prayers. Some such pieces are included here.
The way Taize chants ‘work’ is that they are simple phrases and simple tunes that gradually reveal depth and sophistication by being repeated over and over. All chants presented in this text are put in multiple-part harmony (usually four-part), and some are marked to be done in rounds.
This recording is a rich expression, wonderfully presented. According to Brother Roger, all who follow this journey of the spirit remain alongside other people, adding their prayers and voices together. ‘They do not separate prayer and commitment.’
Review by V. Kibler for Songs & Prayers from Taize
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The Taize meditation CD has many songs sung in Latin, including the popular “Veni Sancte Spiritus”. (Parenthetically, an expanded version of this song is on another excellent Taize CD “Taize: Veni Sancte Spiritus”.) Each of the tracts is short with no song longer than three-and-a-half minutes. While I can guess at the Latin meanings of the lyrics, I have had to look up translations of a few of the songs. While I enjoy listening to this CD, and have purchased copies to give to others who like the Taize meditaions, it is probably my least favorite of the five CDs presently available.
Review by Dorothy Hesson for Songs & Prayers from Taize
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This Taize cd brings refreshment to me when I hear it. I was in Medjugorje this past Christmas. I ordered the CD because the titles were the same as those sung in Medjugorje. I wasn’t disappointed. When I listen to the CD, I am reminded of the peace I experienced in Medjugorje!