℗ 2019 Affetto Recordings
Released | May 24, 2019 |
Duration | 1h 01m 42s |
Record Label | Affetto Recordings |
Catalogue No. | AF1901 |
Genre | Classical (Sacred) |
Love So Amazing: The Hymn Arrangements of Stuart Forster
Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir, Micahel Murray
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
1.1
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Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
4:26 | |||
1.2
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Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Jakob Hintze; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
3:07 | |||
1.3
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Amazing Grace (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
3:14 | |||
1.4
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New Songs of Celebration Render (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Louis Bourgeois; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
3:27 | |||
1.5
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Come Down, O Love Divine (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
3:24 | |||
1.6
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For All the Saints (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
3:26 | |||
1.7
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He Is Risen (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Joachim Neander; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
3:02 | |||
1.8
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Sing, Ye Faithful, Sing with Gladness (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Christopher Dearnley; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:37 | |||
1.9
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Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Robert Williams; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:59 | |||
1.10
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All Creatures of Our God and King (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
4:58 | |||
1.11
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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:34 | |||
1.12
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:58 | |||
1.13
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Lord, You Give the Great Commission (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Cyril Vincent Taylor; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
5:21 | |||
1.14
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When in Our Music God Is Glorified (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Charles Villiers Stanford; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
3:07 | |||
1.15
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O God of Earth and Altar (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:19 | |||
1.16
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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
3:34 | |||
1.17
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Be Thou My Vision (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
1:57 | |||
1.18
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Angel-Voices Ever Singing (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Edwin George Monk; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Michael Murray |
2:36 | |||
1.19
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Jerusalem (Arr. S. Forster)
Stuart Forster; Hubert Parry; Stuart Forster; Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Choir; Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Choir; Joseph Foley; Dana Oakes; Zebediah Upton; Hans Bohn; Gregory Spirodopoulos; Kenneth Amis; Robert Schulz; Michael Murray |
2:36 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Hymn singing is fundamental in protestant churches, but not normally the subject of an album released worldwide. The musicianship presented here is singular, sung by two volunteer choirs with power and emotion. The inspired arrangements heard on this recording have developed over decades of working with wonderful choirs and congregations, as well as by singing with, and listening to, many inspired colleagues. Some of the descants were conceived for particular services, while other arrangements grew further for special occasions. Several of the brass arrangements were composed for the ordination and consecration of the Rt. Rev. Alan Gates as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 2014.
Australians Michael S. Murray and Stuart Forster have worked together for more than 20 years, including conducting and accompanying in one another’s Episcopal churches, Christ Church in Cambridge and Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, located on opposite sides of the river Charles in Boston, Massachusetts, and during choir tours throughout America and Europe. Waiting and planning for the right moment to share their combined parish traditions of engaged singing from the vast legacy of hymnody bestowed upon the Anglican tradition has been fulfilled in this album. The installation of the exquisite Schoenstein organ at Church of the Redeemer, the restoration of the acoustic in Henry Vaughan’s exquisite architecture, and the publication of some of Stuart Forster’s hymn arrangements made the timing just right. What you will hear on this album is a superlative combined choir of about eighty voices singing some of the best-known hymns accompanied by a newly designed organ as they’ve never been heard before.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Affetto Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.12 -2.08 to -1.04 | -19.35 -21.92 to -16.51 | -16.28 -19.00 to -14.00 | 10 9 to 12 | |
1 | Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -18.98 | -16.1 | 11 |
2 | Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.05 | -21.12 | -18.2 | 12 |
3 | Amazing Grace (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -20.92 | -18.1 | 10 |
4 | New Songs of Celebration Render (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -18.41 | -15.4 | 11 |
5 | Come Down, O Love Divine (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.38 | -16.4 | 10 |
6 | For All the Saints (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.43 | -19.20 | -15.9 | 10 |
7 | He Is Risen (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -18.90 | -15.9 | 10 |
8 | Sing, Ye Faithful, Sing with Gladness (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -20.26 | -17.4 | 11 |
9 | Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.93 | -16.8 | 10 |
10 | All Creatures of Our God and King (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.15 | -15.0 | 10 |
11 | I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.03 | -16.2 | 10 |
12 | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.69 | -16.1 | 10 |
13 | Lord, You Give the Great Commission (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.46 | -16.5 | 11 |
14 | When in Our Music God Is Glorified (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -17.62 | -14.8 | 10 |
15 | O God of Earth and Altar (Arr. S. Forster) | -2.08 | -16.51 | -14.0 | 9 |
16 | Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.04 | -15.5 | 11 |
17 | Be Thou My Vision (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -21.92 | -19.0 | 12 |
18 | Angel-Voices Ever Singing (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -19.47 | -16.3 | 10 |
19 | Jerusalem (Arr. S. Forster) | -1.04 | -18.57 | -15.8 | 10 |