Recorded in a cathedral, so the acoustics are amazing. Other choral CDs (and even from other Chanticleer ones) is that it was Part of the haunting, resounding sound that sets this CD apart from Put on this CD, it's Christmastime to me by the end of 'Es ist ein Much that I listen to it year-round-even in the heat of summer, when I It was my first Chanticleer CD, recommended by a music club, and itĬertainly hasn't been my last, but it's still my favorite. I simply don't have the words to describe the sublimity of this CD.īreathtaking? Sublime? I'm not sure the right words have been invented for it. Mixing (preferably by candlelight, imagining the twilight scene in ElyĬathedral's Lady Chapel, whose glorious acoustic graces the sound).

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