Compact Disc Recordings

Listed below are seven compact discs conducted by René Clausen and feature The Dale Warland Singers, The Concordia Choir (Moorhead, Minnesota) and Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College. We are excited to announce the release of - Concordia Choir Christmas - Today, Heaven Sings! You may also want to read a recent review about the recording In the New Moon which appeared in Classics Today.

a new Creation

Featuring the Dale Warland Singers performing Rene Clausen's first major work.
This cantata is appropriate for excellent church music programs.

  1. Prologue; René Clausen
  2. All Flesh Is Grass/O Be Joyful ; René Clausen
  3. The Call ; René Clausen
  4. The Lament; René Clausen
  5. Agnus Dei; René Clausen
  6. I Am The Bread Of Life; Rene Clausen
  7. A New Creation; René Clausen
  8. The Greatest Of These Is Love; René Clausen
  9. Hymn; René Clausen
  10. The Spirit Helps Us/Praise The Lord; René Clausen

    PRICE compact disc $18

Concordia Choir Christmas - Today, Heaven Sings!

The Concordia Choir
Released - November 1999!

Celebrate the birth of Christ with this collection of deeply spiritual Christmas choral works. Several of these tracks were aired on Concordia College's nationally telecast Christmas concert and now they are available on this 53 minute CD. The title track is one of Kenneth Jennings most recent compositions and Lauridsen's 'O Magnum Mysterium' by itself would be worth the price of the recording. This is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone on your gift list. We accept school and church purchase orders.

  1. Today, Heaven Sings, Kenneth Jennings
  2. The Godly Stranger, G. Winston Cassler
  3. O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen
  4. Noèl Ayisyen (a Haitian Noël), Emile Desamours
  5. Shout the Glad Tidings, Ned Rorem
  6. Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming, Michael Praetorius
  7. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, arr. Paul J. Christiansen
  8. Carol of the Drum, Katherine K. Davis
  9. A Spotless Rose, Herbert Howells
  10. Go, Pretty Child, Jack M. Jarrett
  11. How Still He Lies, Brent Pierce
  12. Lost in the Night, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  13. Three Kings, The, Healey Willan
  14. Sweet Was the Song, René Clausen
  15. The Exaltation of Christ, Charles Forsberg
  16. Advent Motet (Entrance Scene), Gustav Schreck

    PRICE compact disc $15

My Soul's Delight


The Concordia Choir
Released - January 1999!

This recording includes a wide variety of traditional choral literature with a special emphasis on folk and hymn-based arrangements. Several NEW arrangements are featured, including Carol Barnett's scoring of the hammered dulcimer-inspired 'Little Potato' and Clausen's gentle setting of the well-known hymn 'Softly and Tenderly.'

  1. My Song in the Night, arr. Paul J. Christiansen
  2. Create in Me a Clean Heart, arr. Paul J. Christiansen
  3. Oh, Yes!, arr. Carol Barnett
  4. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, arr. Edwin Fissinger
  5. Ain't Got Time to Die, Hall Johnson
  6. Little Potato, arr. Carol Barnett

    7. Two American Folk-Songs    , arr. John Rutter
  7. Sourwood Mountain
  8. Black Sheep
  9. The Best of Rooms, Randall Thompson
  10. Past Life Melodies, Sarah Hopkins
  11. Noel Ayisyen, Emile Desamours
  12. Witness, arr. Jack Halloran
  13. Pilgrim's Chorus, arr. Paul J. Christiansen
  14. Praise to the Lord, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  15. Softly and Tenderly, arr. Rene Clausen

    PRICE compact disc $15

In The New Moon - Read the ClassicsToday review here

The Concordia Choir

Dr. Clausen calls this his "finest recording yet!" This digitally recorded CD features one of his newest compositions titled "In Pace" (In peace), written in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Also included on the CD is John Taverner's "Song for Athene" which was performed as the recessional at Princess Diana of Wales' funeral. The Concordia Choir is one of the first American choirs to perform this mystic and deeply spiritual piece.

This stunning, hour-long, recording also features several other 20th century pieces not found on other choral recordings. This one is a must-have for your collection!

  1. Exultate Deo; Francis Pulenc
  2. Agnus Dei; Krzysztof Penderecki
  3. Agnus Dei; Sven-David Sandström
  4. Sanctus; Frank Martin
  5. O Tod, wie bitter bist du; Max Reger
  6. Singet dem Herrn; Hugo Distler
  7. Totus Tuus; Henryk Górecki
  8. Song for Athene; John Tavener
  9. In Pace; René Clausen

    PRICE compact disc $15

The Choral Music of René Clausen (Volume I)

An excellent collection of René Clausen compositions as interpreted by the composer

Crying For A Dream

  1. I. Hear Me, I Will Live
  2. II. War Song
  3. III. How Can You Buy The Sky (paraphrased from Chief Seattle)
    Three Whitman Settings
  4. A Noiseless Patient Spider
  5. Quicksand Years
  6. The Last Invocation
  7. Tonight, Eternity Alone
  8. Magnificat
  9. Deep River
  10. O Vos Omnes
  11. Seek The Lord
  12. Set Me As A Seal (as performed by the Dale Warland Singers)
  13. Psalm 100 (as performed by the Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College, Sigrid Johnson, Conductor)

    PRICE compact disc $15

Folk Songs, Spirituals & Hymns

The Concordia Choir
Featuring René Clausen's interpretation of several of the great Lutheran hymns

  1. Las Agachadas; Aaron Copland
  2. This Little Light Of Mine; arr. Paul J. Christiansen
  3. Shenandoah; arr. James Erb
  4. Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal; arr. Alice Parker
  5. I Got Shoes; arr. Shaw-Parker
  6. All My Trials; arr. Norman Luboff
  7. John Saw Duh Numbah; arr. Shaw-Parker
  8. Set Down Servant; arr. Robert Shaw
  9. Abide With Me; arr. Lucy Hirt
  10. Lamb of God; arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  11. Lost in the Night; arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  12. Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying; arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  13. O Day Full of Grace; arr. F. Melius Christiansen
  14. Beautiful Savior; arr. F. Melius Christiansen

    PRICE compact disc $15

Salvation is Created

The Concordia Choir
Featuring 20th Century Motets and Russian Liturgical Anthems

  1. Our Father; Alexander T. Gretchaninoff
  2. Nunc Dimittis; Alexander T. Gretchaninoff
  3. Salvation Is Created; Pavel Chesnokov
    All-Night Vigil, opus 37; ed. V. Morosan and A. Ruggieri
  4. Nr. 6 Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice
  5. Nr. 7 Glory to God in the Highest
  6. Magnificat; Rene Clausen
  7. Yea, Though I Wander; ed. Paul J. Christiansen
  8. Agnus Dei; Sven-David Sandstrom
  9. Recordare Domine Quid Acciderit Nobis; Alberto Ginastera
  10. Alleluia; Randall Thompson
  11. The Exaltation of Christ; Charles Forsberg

    PRICE compact disc $15

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