I picked up a collection entitled simply "Voices" that claims to be a "collection of the worlds greates choirs" about 12 years ago that is a real treat. It is a boxed, 3-disk set that includes everything from Russian choral arrangements to whalesong, Ladysmith Black Mambazo to Tibetan monks. Don't know if it is still available (and it certainly isn't all unaccompanied voice -- as it also includes excerpts from everything from gospel to Motzart's Reqium) but it has some really intersting stuff that I wouldn't have encountered otherwise. If you're interested, let me know and I can take a closer look at it and try to supply more details. (I don't have the box or the rather large booklet that came with it anymore, only the disks, but I can certainly have a look).
the unaccompanied voice
i’m partial to a cappella singing in a several genre. i’m hoping i’m not alone in this and, thus, seek recommendations of such performances from my compatriots on the ‘gon. let me begin with a listing of a few recordings that are among my favorites:
• fairfield four; almost anything, but particularly “standing in the safety zone” and “I couldn’t hear nobody pray.”
• the persuasions; “frankly a cappella” (a tribute to zappa) and “might as well” (a tribute to GD)
• the bobs; “...cover the songs of”
• “the unaccompanied voice” (secretly canadian cd)
• the roches; “the roches”
• chanticleer; “colors of love”
• anonymous 4; “11,000 virgins” (hidegard von bingen), also , not quite a cappella but beautiful “voices of light” (richard einhorn)
please share some of yours.
-cfb
• fairfield four; almost anything, but particularly “standing in the safety zone” and “I couldn’t hear nobody pray.”
• the persuasions; “frankly a cappella” (a tribute to zappa) and “might as well” (a tribute to GD)
• the bobs; “...cover the songs of”
• “the unaccompanied voice” (secretly canadian cd)
• the roches; “the roches”
• chanticleer; “colors of love”
• anonymous 4; “11,000 virgins” (hidegard von bingen), also , not quite a cappella but beautiful “voices of light” (richard einhorn)
please share some of yours.
-cfb