Recordings

St Charles Singers have six recordings available for purchase

Aaron Copland, Old American Songs
	A Naxos Recording featuring St Charles Singers and Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Tracks: The Tender Land Suite Piano Concerto, featuring Benjamin Pasternack Old American Songs, Vol. 1: The Boatmen's Song, The Dodger, Long Time Ago, Simple Gifts, I Bought Me A Cat Old American Songs, Vol. 2: The Little Horses, Zion's Walls, The Golden Willow Tree, At the River, Ching-a-ring Chaw 2008 Total Time: 63:42 DDD Reviews $9.99
Christmas in St. Charles
	A Proteus Entertainment release featuring the Metropolis Chamber Orchestra Carols, original works, & arrangements by Rutter, Parker/Shaw, Willcocks, Luboff, Pórt, Handel, others Clip Sans Day Carol, Trad./arr. Rutter "One of those wonderful, down-home Midwestern American ensembles offering solid technique and shimmering, well-balanced choral textures." —American Record Guide Tracks: Sans Day Carol Trad/arr. Rutter Away in a MangerKirkpatrick/arr. Rutter Nativity Carol Rutter Quittez, Pasteurs Trad/arr. Rutter I Sing of a Maiden Hadley Bogoróditse Djévo (Mother of God and Virgin) Pórt I Wonder as I Wander Trad/arr. Boyd Angels We Have Heard on High French Carol For Unto Us a Child Is Born Handel While Stars Their Vigil Keep Luvaas Spanish Lullabyarr. Carter Masters in This Hall arr. Parker/Shaw Christmas Night 16^th Cent./arr. Rutter Little Road to Bethlehem Head Donkey Carol Rutter Jingle Bells arr. Langford Ding Dong Merrily on High 16^th Cent. French Carol El Noy de la Mare Trad/Garno/Llobet Still, Still, Still Keith andBergman/arr. Luboff 2004 Total Time: 54:30 DDD $9.99
I Know Where I’m Going
	A Proteus Entertainment release featuring the Metropolis Chamber Orchestra Choral Music by John Rutter & American and British Folk Songs Clip Flower of Beauty, John Clements “The singing is invariably clear and cleanly articulated, the voices bright and generally well-balanced, the overall performances benefiting from crisp rhythms and phrasing and dynamic choices that bring character and excitement to each piece.” — David Vernier, Classics Today Tracks: Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred arr. Rutter There Is a Garden in Her Face arr. Rutter The Urchin’s Dance arr. Rutter Riddle Song arr. Rutter Midnight’s Bell arr. Rutter The Bellman’s Song arr. Rutter Flower of Beauty Clements The Keel Row arr. Rutter The Turtle Dove arr. Vaughn Williams Black is The Color of My True Love’s Hair arr. Churchill Lamorna arr. Richards Black Sheep arr. Rutter Down By the Sally Gardens arr. Rutter He’s Gone Away arr. Nelson Swansea Town arr. Holst The Oak and The Ash arr. Langford Early One Morning arr. Wilcocks I Know Where I’m Going arr. Rutter 2003 Total Time 52:08 DDD $9.99
Live at Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
	Music of John Rutter, Moses Hogan, Aaron Copland, George Shearing and other carols Recorded on July 18, 2000 Clip Monday’s Child, Rutter Clip Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, Churchill Clip Organ Fugue BWV578, J.S. Bach Tracks: Ave Maria, Busto Latin Magnificat in B flat, Stanford My Lord, What a Mornin', arr./Burleigh Give Me Jesus,arr./Fleming Elijah Rock, arr./Hogan At the River, Copland The Promise of Living, Copland The Blue Bird, Stanford Monday's Child, Trad. Rutter The Owl and the Pussycat, Lear Windy Nights, Stevenson Matthew, Mark, Luke & John; Trad. Sing a Song of Sixpence, Trad. Lullaby of Birdland, Shearing Live with Me and Be My Love, Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, Shearing When Daffodils begin to pear, Shearing It Was a Lover and his Lass, Shearing Spring, Shearing Who is Sylvia, Shearing Fie on Sinful Fantasy, Shearing Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain, Shearing Shenandoah,arr./Erb Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, arr./Churchill Organ Fugue BWV578, Bach/arr./Ward Swingle 2000 Total Time 72:00 DDD $5.00
Candlelight Carols
	A live recording December 2003 at Baker Memorial Methodist Church, St Charles, Illinois Featuring carols and works by Poston, Rutter, Burt, Pfautsch, Howells, Busto and more. Clip Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Clip I Saw Three Ships Clip In the Bleak Midwinter Tracks: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, Poston What Sweeter Music, Rutter O Come Little Children, arr/Jennings I Saw Three Ships, arr/Jennings Caroling, Caroling, Burt Go Tell It On the Mountain, arr/Jennings Gift Carol, arr/Pfautsch, Myn Liking, Terry Sing Lullaby, Howells Ave Maria, Busto Hymn to the Nativity, Leighton Infant Holy, arr/Wilcocks Once in Royal David’s City, arr/Wilcocks The Virgin’s Slumber Song, Reger Star Carol, Burt Silent Night, arr/Sargent In the Bleak Midwinter, Holst 2003 Total Time 80:00 DDD $5.00
Christmas with St Charles Singers
	Traditional carols and other pieces by Wilcocks, Rutter, Darke, Howells, Pettman, J.S. Bach Clip Carol of the Bells Clip A Spotless Rose Clip Ding Dong Merrily on High Clip O Little Sweet One Tracks: O Come, All Ye Faithful — arr/ David Willcocks Carol of the Bells — Lentovich, arr/Wilhousky The Little Drummer Boy — arr/John McCarthy In the Bleak Mid-Winter —Harold Darke King Jesus Hath a Garden — arr/John Rutter A Spotless Rose — Herbert Howells Ding Dong Merrily On High — arr/ C. Jennings In Dulci Jubilo — arr/John Rutte Away in a Manger , Kirkpatrick,arr/John Rutter Lo How a Rose E're Blooming,Praetorius I Saw a Maiden, arr/ Edgar Pettman/Zither Carolarr/Malcom Sargent The First Nowell, arr/David Willcocks O Little One Sweet — harmonized by J.S. Bach 2003 Total Time 34:08 DDD $5.00