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This brilliant and acoustically stunning new choral recording by James Jordan and Anam Cara features performances of works by some of the greatest contemporary and traditional choral composers, including Benjamin Britten, Gerald Custer, Morten Lauridsen, Hans Leo Hassler, Orlando Gibbons, Aaron Copland, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Johann Hermann Schein, John Leavitt, and Roger Ames.Each piece on this recording possesses the magical quality to teach us how to live: "Amazing Grace," which was born out of human despair, shows us that faith, hope, and belief can help even the most darkened spirit. Morten Lauridsen's "O magnum mysterium" shows us in sound the awe and wonder of things we cannot explain but can experience. The stunningly simple setting by Benjamin Britten of "A New Year Carol" possesses a sheer beauty that causes the listener to see a much simpler world.This recording is the first in the GIA Choral Works seri...