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Fred Flaxman plays excerpts from this extraordinary male choir's "How Sweet the Sound," as well as from three previous albums: "Wondrous Love," "Where the Sun Will Never Go Down," and "Our American Journey." Songs include Camptown Races, Love Walked In, Old Time Religion, Deep River, Keep Your Hand on the Plow, Nelly Bly and many others.
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Fred Flaxman plays excerpts from this extraordinary male choir's "How Sweet the Sound," as well as from three previous albums: "Wondrous Love," "Where the Sun Will Never Go Down," and "Our American Journey." Songs include Camptown Races, Love Walked In, Old Time Religion, Deep River, Keep Your Hand on the Plow, Nelly Bly and many others.
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Program 65
"Chanticleer"
MUSIC: Chanticleer: "Nelly Bly" from Wondrous Love [Teldec 16676-2, track 3] [under the following]
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide Fred Flaxman, and during the next hour let's explore the music of the extraordinary, internationally reknown San Francisco male chorus Chanticleer.
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Chanticleer has been around for many years and I had certainly heard about them. But I didn't realize how much I had been missing all this time by not having any of their recordings until I recently received their newest release, which is called How Sweet the Sound. This album is so terrific, the voices so perfect, the interpretations so exciting, that I just had to have more!
So this hour I'm going to share with you my very favorite pieces by Chanticleer from four of their many CDs. I'll play a couple of selections from How Sweet the Sound...
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