Ghent Oratorio Society Flemish Choral Music CD

This recording is devoted to a program of popular music of the Netherlands ? early choral music, old folk tunes in modern choral arrangements and contemporary works in a popular style. The Ghent Oratorio Society was organized in 1948 from the nucleus of several then existent Belgian choirs. Marcel De Pauw became conductor and Remi Suys rehearser. Its aim was to form one central society that would perform great, though generally unknown, choral works with particular emphasis on Flemish compositions. The vintage audiophile recording presented here was recorded in Ghent, Belgium in 1952 by the acclaimed audio engineer Jerry Newman, a pioneer in recorded sound. All selections have been newly remastered.

1. O la, o che bon eccho! (The Echo Song) 2. Serenade van een Landsknecht (Minstrel's Serenade) 3. Mille Regretz (Alas, My Love) 4. In't Groene (In The Meadows) 5. Fiamenga (Flemish Dance) 6. Maria die zoude naar Bethlehem gaan (Mary Went to Bethlehem) 7. Het was een maghet uutvercoren (A Virgin Was Chosen) 8. Ic sag Caecilia komen (I Saw Cecelia Coming) 9. Ic Seg Adieu (I Bid Adieu) 10. Amoreus liedekijn (Love Song) 11. Gagliarda 12. Daer ging 'nen pater (A Monk Was Following) 13. Reuzelied (Giants' Song) 14. Fantasia 15. Hymne Aan De Schoonheid (Ode To Beauty)