Norman Luboff Remembered

Norman Luboff Remembered Artist: Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum , Conductor Almeda Berkey , Composer/Pianist Jackson Berkey , Norman Luboff , Johnny Mercer , American Traditional , Spiritual Traditional , Stephen Foster , John Holt , Leslie Adams , L. Vance P. / Pockriss , Rube Bloom , Barb Thornburg , Camille Metoyer-Moten , Daniel Schultz , Laureen Pickle , Michael Jewell , Paul Rath , Rebecca Noble , and Stephanie Voss
Label: Soli Deo Gloria
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 735336002120
EAN: 0735336002120
ASIN: B000077DDR


Release Date: 2002-10-15

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Tracks:

  1. Canto de Granada
  2. Tender Love
  3. Colorado Trail
  4. Shenandoah - Solo: Dan Schultz
  5. Catch a Falling Star
  6. Dream
  7. Fools Rush In - Solo: Rebecca Noble
  8. Sence You Went Away
  9. Show Me the Way - Solo: Laureen Pickle
  10. Old Time Religion
  11. Just a Closer Walk - Solo: Camille Metoyer-Moten
  12. Stranger - Solo: Paul Rath
  13. Amazing Grace - Solo: Dan Schultz
  14. Steal Away
  15. Great Day - Solo: Laureen Pickle
  16. Joshua - Solos: Catherine Vouk - Michael Jewell
  17. Bye and Bye - Solo: Barb Thornburg
  18. When the Saints Go Marching In

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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Norman Luboff Remembered.......2007-01-10

A very poor recording,almost amateurish. The voices seem to be adequate but the recording is so poor it is difficult to tell. This recording goes into my "I heard it once and that's enough" pile. The purchase was a mistake.

3 out of 5 stars Please, more Choir, less Instruments!.......2005-06-07

I agree with the first reviewer. At age 56, I heard these guys live, and the arrangements were sublime. The vocals were amazing. Here, the instruments almost drown out the choir! Perhaps the pianist and bass player were relatives of the producer?? I would recommend almost any other Luboff CD over this one, even the ones reproduced with pops and hisses from the LP.

"Colorado Trail" is OK. "Shenandoah", one of the Choir's signature songs, is totally messed up.

Very disappointing, I'm sorry.

3 out of 5 stars "A" FOR EFFORT.......2004-06-27

As a Norman Luboff Choir fan, I was extremely pleased to hear that a modern high fidelity remake was available of some of Mr. Luboff's works. Thank you to Mr. Berkey for resurrecting Mr. Luboff. I hope more discs are in the works or planned without the following shortcoming.

Unfortunately, the disc was disappointing because of what may appear to some to be a silly reason but not to me. The recording engineer probably did everything right except establish the presence of the choir relative to the instruments. Listen to a Norman Luboff Choir vinyl album or re-release on CD to hear what I mean.

In the original records, the choir is acoustically featured while in this CD, it's just another choir with equal emphasis placed on the orchestra. I hope that in future releases if any, the producer demands the same emphasis be placed on the choir voices as was originally applied in the recordings. After all, it is the Norman Luboff Choir voices I want to hear.

5 out of 5 stars Norman.......2003-05-15

...I want to thank Almeda and Jackson Berkey for helping to keep Norman's legacy alive and Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum is wonderful.

5 out of 5 stars The choir is superb.......2003-03-19

This CD is a Nebraska product, and a fine one it is! The director of the choir, Almeda Berkey, has combined with her husband, composer and professional pianist, Jackson, to produce this nostalgic look at the wonderful arrangements of their former mentor and employer, Norman Luboff. The liner notes in the accompanying booklet tell of the surprising association of Omaha's Chip Davis as a singer in the Luboff choir, along with Almeda. The choir is superb, well balanced, displaying beautiful voices and a thoroughly professional sound equal to that any of the Luboff choirs on the twelve LPs this author owns...Good variety in programming is a plus, as folk songs, pop songs, folk hymns and spirituals are all presented. Congratulations to the Berkeys, Recording Engineer Clete Baker and all involved on a first-rate recording!"

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