Shushan The Palace

by Jane Siberry

Overview

Shushan the Palace (Hymns of Earth), Jane Siberry's Christmas album, also doubles as her classical album. The recording, "originally only Christmas songs, but ultimately becoming less seasonal," as she puts it in her liner notes, finds her singing religious material composed by the likes of Handel, Bach, Mendelssohn, Holst, and others. The classical music meets her more than halfway, especially because of her own orchestrations and those of Peter Kiesewalter, which, employing a small orchestra, are not dissimilar to the style of some of Siberry's original, secular music. As a vocalist, she likes to overdub numerous parts, creating a sound that sometimes recalls vocal groups of the mid-'50s, such as the Chordettes and the McGuire Sisters. This is not the average Christmas album, but it may please the more reverent and serve as a formal, yet not stuffy, change of pace from typical seasonal fare. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/2004
Label:	Sheeba Music
UPC:	0881331001122
Rank:	163589

Tracks

1. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56~Part 2. No. 38, Air. How Beautiful Are the Feet
2. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3)~No. 9. Aria. Sheep May Safely Graze
3. A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob (after Mendelssohn)
4. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56~Part 3. No. 45. Air. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus
6. In the Bleak Midwinter, for chorus & organ, H. 73
7. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (The Apple Tree Carol)
8. Work(s)~Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
9. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56~Part 2. No. 52. Air. If God Be For Us

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jane Siberry   Primary Artist,Vocals,Keyboards
Peter Kiesewalter   Clarinet,Keyboards
Lawrence Vine   French Horn
Manon Lafrance   Trumpet,Flugelhorn,Piccolo Trumpet
Jill Kirwan   French Horn
Robert Uchida   Violin
Jim "Eno" Roe   Oboe
Sally Benson   Viola
Martine Dube   Violin
Mark Friedman   Violin
Michelle Seto   Viola
Tob Kiesewalter   Recorder
David Hutchenreuther   Cello
Christopher Lane   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Leah Roseman   Violin
Colin Traquair   Trombone
David Thies-Thompson   Violin
Chris Lane   Trumpet,Flugelhorn,Piccolo Trumpet
Jim Roe   Oboe
Rosalind Sartori   Cello
John Geggie   Double Bass

Technical Credits

Peter Kiesewalter   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Recording,Orchestration
Michael Praetorius   Harmony
Steve Fallone   Assistant,Mastering Assistant
Theodore Baker   Lyric Translation
Harriet Reynolds   Lyric Translation
Charles Jennens   Composer,Lyricist
Jason George   Photography
Johann Rost   Lyricist
Ingrid Veninger   Photography
Aiden Meehan   Artwork
Ralph Alfonso   Design
Ross Murray   Engineer,Recording
Susan Anderson   Paintings,Paintings
Johann Schop   Composer
J. William Lamb   Liner Notes,Liner Notes
Salomon Franck   Lyricist
Johann Sebastian Bach   Harmony,Composer,Adaptation
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Jane Siberry   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Liner Notes,Orchestration,Vocal Arrangement
Jim Zolis   Engineer,Recording
Elizabeth Poston   Composer
Christina Rossetti   Lyricist
George Frederick Handel   Composer