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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.

A Christmas instrumental recording with artist Calvin Dyck.

A recording produced by Communitas Supportive Care Society (formerly MCC Supportive Care Services), a non-profit, faith-based social services agency. Funds raised from the sale of this recording go toward the work of Communitas Supportive Care Society in supporting people who have disabilities. Copyright 2004.

Copyright 2009 Mennonite Media

A lively collection of "songs for small and tall" that have quickly become favorites of families, schools and congregations across Canada and beyond. 17 tracks, featuring guitar, banjo, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, accordion, various South American folkloric instruments, and more.

Copyright 2002 SmallTall Music.

1999 Spring Chorale. Songs include: Shout, O Glory; Sing, Ye Righteous; Come and Rejoice; Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains; Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; Shout To The Lord; 'Twas Eventide; Shine on Us; Then Will The Very Rocks Cry Out; My shepherd Will Supply My Need; Jesus thy Boundless Love to Me; Jesus, I Adore Thee; Lord Christ When First; The Lord is Risen Indeed; and Christ, We Do All Adore Thee.

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.