Charles Laster II & Silvia Pratesi: Believe What You Say and See

New Music on January 25th, 2010 No Comments

Whether you call it praise music or New Jack gospel, this genre is most often a classic case of “preaching to the choir,” with song lyrics lifted artlessly from the King James bible and histrionic music calculated to “reach out and touch somebody’s hand.” Dear god. Luckily, Charles Laster II and Silvia Pratesi don’t make [...]

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THE NEWEST SOUNDS – EUGENE ORMANDY conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir interpreting Vivaldi’s “The Seasons”; RAY CONIFF, Love Songs Revisited; MAHALIA JACKSON’S “I Believe”; THE BROTHERS FOUR who left Washington University to join the fraternity of folk singers; The DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET; OSCAR BROWN’S “Sin And SOUL”; JACK DOUGLAS “At The Bon Soir”; and Conductor LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S “Peter and the Wolf”. ….. 1961 Columbia Records Ad, A4614.

University Choir News on November 20th, 2009 No Comments

Product DescriptionThis Item is an original Magazine ad, taken from a vintage magazine of the year indicated. The ad is suitable for framing and displaying in your home or office. The scan of this item was taken through plastic film, however it is an accurate representation of the item. The nominal size is 10.5 inches [...]

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