The Ancient wisdom of the Psalms has been the inspiration for great composers for more than 3,000 years. The renowned Turtle Creek Chorale of Dallas searched through this rich legacy and selected a unique program of "Psalms" by living composers - and all world-premiere recordings!" Two hundred strong male voices are heard with the mighty Fisk pipe organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center; brass ensemble, harp and percussion: a thrilling sound not often encountered. The challange "Prof." Keith Johnson faced, to capture all the inner subtleties and the incredible dynamics of this music inspired him to create perhaps his finest HDCD recording to date. It's a moving, rousing, and quite unforgettable musical experience.

REFERENCE RECORDINGS is a well known audiophile label. Indeed "Professor Keith O. Johnson" has been associated with many cutting edge recording examples / techniques not only on the software side of the business, but in the hardware side as well - the highly known and respected "Spectral" brand name comes to mind immediately. 

Their music software  (both CD and LP) competes with the likes of other grand audiophile labels such as; MFSL, Sheffield Lab, Wilson Audio, Opus 3, Mark Levinson, Proprius, etc..

Many of the company's issues have been associated with sonic spectaculars, more specifically, with The Absolute Sound (TAS) magazine, or as it's known in audiophile circles "HP's Super Disc List" (Harry Pearson) as is this title - "The Absolute Sound Super Disc List"!

If you haven't done so already, give a few of the Reference Recording titles a spin, you won't be sorry!

This listing is for a rare audiophile CD title - a FACTORY SEALED CD PRESSED and ISSUED by Reference Recordings - a highly collectible title from the Reference Recordings CD catalog, featuring -

The Turtle Creek Chorale

Timothy Seelig, conductor

Christopher Berry, organ

Ellen Ritscher, harp

Brass and Percussion Ensemble

CD Title -

Psalms

• Make a Joyful Noise (Buryl Red)
• Psalm 1: Truth Is God's Gift (Danny Ray)
• Psalm 8: The Majesty and Glory of Your Name (Tom Fettke)
• Psalm 23: The Lord's My Shepherd (arr. Kurt Kaiser)
• Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands (Nancy Mize Roberts)
• Psalm 91: The Secret Place (Danny Ray)
• Psalm 93: The Lord Reigneth (Michael Cox)
• Organ Improvisation (Christopher Berry)
• Psalm 92: It Is a Good Thing to Give Thanks (Anne Albritton)
• Psalm 100: A Festive Psalm (Joseph M. Martin)
• Psalm 103: Bless the Lord, My Soul (James Q. Mulholland)
• Psalm 121: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Charles Brown)
• Psalm 85: A Psalm of Peace (Jane Marshall)
• Psalm 150: Praise The Lord! (Mark Hayes)

The CD is from the rare REFERENCE RECORDINGS series of audiophile CDs.

• CD catalog # RR-86CD
• HDCD
• CD issued in 1999
• CD made in the USA

The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERT are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition as this item is actually FACTORY SEALED!

The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).