Track Listing

1. In That Great Gettin' Up Morning, spiritual
2. Sinner, Please Doan Let Dis Harves' Pass
3. Over My Head I Hear Music, spiritual
4. Oh, What A Beautiful City!
5. Lord, How Come Me Here
6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home/Lordy, Won't You Help Me?
7. Ride On, King Jesus
8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
9. You Can Tell the World, spiritual
10. Scandalize My Name
11. The Great Day (The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia, 1860)
12. Oh, Glory, spiritual
13. Calvary/They Crucified My Lord
14. Talk About A Child
15. Gospel Train, spiritual
16. My God Is So High, spiritual
17. There Is a Balm in Gilead, spiritual
18. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47249 in Music
• Released on: 1991-03-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Spirituals in Concert [Live]-Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman
This is a fabulous CD. The ensemble pieces are wonderful, especially the opening jubilee spiritual "In that Great Gettin' Up Mornin'." This is an excellent beginning for what is an outstanding concert, and the divas are at their best. Particularly moving are renditions of "Over My Head/L'il David" and "Ride on King Jesus." Miss Sylvia Lee's arrangement of "Scandalize My Name" is engaging, soulful, and entertaining, especially in view of the way that Miss Battle and Miss Norman interpret it. The late, great Thomas Kerr's arrangement of "Great Day" allows both sopranos to show their voices off to high advantage. All in all, an enjoyable compilation and expression of the American spiritual.

Vocal and Symphonic Brilliance
Each selection is filled with vocal perfection and brilliant orchestration. This shows the marriage of classical symphonic music with deeply soulful spirituals.

"Spiritually" uplifting
It is hard to complain about any recording featuring the incomparable Jessye Norman and the beautiful voice of Kathleen Battle, who can reach unbelievably high notes. The numbers they do together, including Great Day and Gospel Train, are rousing. My only reservation about the disc is that the sound quality isn't the greatest (it seems to be recorded at a very low volume and is a little muddled in parts particularly in the ensemble numbers). For people willing to buy several CDs of spirituals I strongly recommend it, if you want just one I would recommend Ms. Norman's solo recital or Marian Anderson's.