Awake My Soul: Sacred Hymns and Anthems
Tantara Records
A collection of 14 favorite hymns performed under the baton of then conductor Mack Wilberg (now the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), Awake My Soul was recorded at Brigham Young University and features the indomitable spirit of the BYU Men's Chorus, which is said to be one of the largest and finest of its kind in the nation.
Songs include:
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Words: Joachim Neander; Music: German hymn tune, arr. Mack Wilberg
2. The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Words: Henry Baker; Music: Irish folk melody, arr. Mack Wilberg
3. Redeemer of Israel
William W. Phelps and Freeman Lewis, arr. Mack Wilberg
4. Beautiful Savior
Silesian folk melody, arr. Mack Wilberg
5. Lead, Kindly Light
John Henry Newman and John B. Dykes, arr. Mack Wilberg
6. Awake My Soul, to Joyful Ways
American folk hymn, arr. Mack Wilberg
7. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Mack Wilberg
8. Fight the Good Fight with All Thy Might
J. S .B. Monsell and John Gardner
9. Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound
Words: John Newton; Music: American folk melody, arr. Mack Wilberg
10. Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace
St. Francis of Assisi and John Rutter
11. For All the Saints
William Walsham How and Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Earl Rosenberg
12. We'll Shout and Give Him Glory
American folk hymn, arr. Mack Wilberg
13. El Yivneh Hagalil (God Will Build Galilee)
Hebrew folk melody, arr. Peter Sozio
14. The Spirit of God
Words: William W. Phelps; Music: anonymous melody, arr. Mack Wilberg
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