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Copyright 2009 Harmonies Workshop

Acappella singing for the Christmas season. Christmas Acappella and More Christmas Acappella are available in either CD or cassette format. From Harmonies Workshop.

Men's Chorus and Quartet, Ladies Triple Trio.

Copyright 2009 Mennonite Media

The voices of the men's quartet recorded more than 40 years ago for the Mennonite Hour radio program can now be heard on CD.

The album, titled Good News! A Celebration of the Gospel, was the idea of John Horst Jr., a professor at Eastern Mennonite University and bass in the quartet from 1956-63. According to Horst, the songs represent some of the "heyday" years of the men's quartet, which some listeners may remember from the radio program, or the weekend and summer tours the quartet made to various churches. These acappella hymns were a regular feature on the weekly radio program, which went off the air in 1979.

The songs were originally recorded with a single microphone placed in front of the quartet. Transferring them from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital masters required little additional enhancement, leaving a very pure original sound. "[The sound] is quite natural," said Horst, who commented that "the originals were really in very good shape.

Horst chose the songs after listening to about 120 quartet numbers archived between 1957 and 1964. After selecting the pieces that would go on the 60-minute album, Horst organized similar songs into categories such as "hymns and anthems" and "gospel songs."

Because the recordings were originally planned for radio, they are relatively short pieces - one to three minutes - with simple arrangements, sung clearly so that the audience would understand the words. "We sang with a lot of energy and enthusiasm," Horst said. "I think that comes through."

Mixed chorus, ladies' sextet, men's chorus, and men's quartet.

A collection of vintage Mennonite hymns and anthems from the early Mennonite Hour choral groups (1950s-1960s).

Copyright 2005 Mennonite Media

Mixed chorus, Ladies' sextet, men's chorus, men's quartet

Great hymns of the church organized like a symphony with four movements.

Copyright 2005 Mennonite Media

Men's chorus and quartet acappella music.

Twenty six hymns and songs about the beauty, grandeur, complexity, and awesomeness of God's beautiful world. You'll hear mixed chorus, men's chorus, men's quartet, and ladies' triple trio and sextet offering praise and worship from quiet and meditative to up-temp tunes. All from original recordings by the Mennonite Hour Singers.

Copyright 2008 Mennonite Media

Mixed Chorus, Men's Chorus and Quartet, and Ladies' Sextet.

A special CD of soothing, comforting music expressing Christian faith and hope, selected to use in the final weeks, days and hours of waiting when living with a terminal illness. Family members often keep vigil by a loved one's bedside, and this music will communicate to all what words cannot convey.

Songs include: God of our Strength; The Love of God; God Will Take Care of You; Abide With Me; I Need Thee Every Hour; Hold Thou My Hand; Rock of Ages; Jesus Savior Pilot Me; No One Ever cared For Me Like Jesus, His Eye is on the Sparrow and 15 more.

Copyright 2007 Mennonite Media