One of the best aspects of Easter is the music ... written by some of the world's greatest composers. And the churches are filled with it during this, the most important holiday of the Christian year. Further, you don't need to limit your enjoyment of this glorious music to Sunday morning or even concerts in church. Why not consider purchasing several of these albums and bring the beauty home, take it with you in your car, or iPod, and let the wonder of this season lift your spirit where ever or whenever you are in the mood.
These albums are among the best, currently selling collections of Easter music.
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WILLIAM NEIL, Organist of the National Symphony Orchestra, is well known for his performances of traditional and contemporary organ music. Prior to his appointment in 2001 as Organist of The National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC he served as Organist of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. He has performed with ensembles like the New York Trumpet Ensemble, Millar Brass Ensemble and Washington Symphonic Brass, and with the National Symphony under the baton of Slatkin, Rostropovich, Siciliani, Hogwood and others. Mr. Neil is the first Washington organist invited to perform on the Charles Fisk Organ at the Meyerson Center in Dallas, Texas. In 2001, he was a featured soloist in the inaugural concerts of the new Casavant Organ at Robert Jacoby Hall with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Inspired by the teaching of organists Leonard Raver, Arthur Poister and Will Headlee, and harpsichordist Anthony Newman, Mr. Neil has enjoyed a career! both onstage and in the classroom, serving on the faculties of George Mason University and The Catholic University of America as organ instructor. Many of his former students hold prominent academic and church music positions in the United States and around the world, and he is featured in recordings on the MSR Classics, Philips Classics, Sony Classical, Naxos, Summit and Newport Classics labels. William Neil was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania and attended Penn State University and Syracuse University.
Featuring over 7 centuries of beautiful and sublime pieces from Bach, Mozart, Part, Tallis, Tavener, Beethoven, Barber, Charpentier, Rutter and more. The pieces cover all phases of the life, death and resurrection of Christ, making it the perfect music for any Christian holiday and easy listening year-round.
Music For Holy Week
publisher: EMI Classics
ASIN: B000002S5K
sales rank: 159743
price: $6.63 (new), $2.24 (used)
No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: RUSSIAN EASTER Title: RUSSIAN EASTER Street Release Date: 03/11/1997 Domestic Genre: CLASSICAL COLLECTIONS-ARTIST DESC.
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